Flying is one of life’s most rewarding adventures. The freedom of flight can offer everlasting enjoyment. It can lead to fun and interesting recreational, career and travel opportunities.

Five years ago, the FAA introduced a new pilot rating called Sport Pilot, and a corresponding aircraft called Light Sport, in an effort to bring the cost of learning to fly and owning a new aircraft to a level that is more within the reach of millions of pilot prospects.

Now, learning to fly can cost half as much and take half the time of a traditional private pilot certificate.

Being a licensed Sport Pilot makes it legal for you to fly almost anywhere in the United States and carry one passenger as pilot in command of an authorized Sport aircraft. Sport aircraft are single engine, have a maximum gross weight of 1,320 lbs and may not fly faster than 138 mph.

As a Sport Pilot you have almost all of the freedoms of a Private Pilot, with the following exceptions:

With a Light Sport Aircraft Certificate, you are limited to Daytime VFR (Visual Flight Rules). Flight above 10,000 feet is not permitted, and there are certain limitations about operations from large, busy airports. These restrictions mean that FAA-mandated minimum instructional time is reduced from 40 hours to 20 hours before taking the flight test for a Light Sport Pilot Certificate. As with any flight training, both you and the instructor will feel comfortable about your skill and judgment before solo flight is permitted.

In addition, an FAA flight medical is not required for the Sport Certificate.

Most people have many questions regarding flight training. Please call us at (609) 883-0555 so that we may discuss your flight training goals and help you realize a dream of becoming a pilot.