{"product_id":"sport-pilot-license-program","title":"Sport Pilot License Program At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSport pilot, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e, and the rules as they now actually read\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eA fixed-price route to a sport pilot certificate in the Cessna 162 Skycatcher. The rules changed with the MOSAIC final rule, most summaries of the change are wrong in the same way, and this page says what it actually says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCessna 162 Skycatcher — two seats, high wing, single engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFAA sport pilot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGoverning rules\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 CFR 61.303, 61.315, 61.316, 61.321, 61.325 and 61.329\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat MOSAIC changed, and the part most summaries leave out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aircraft you may fly as a sport pilot are now defined by performance rather than by weight. The criteria sit in 14 CFR 61.316: a stall speed at maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 45 knots CAS, or 59 knots CAS where the aircraft is an airplane; two seats at most, though airplanes may hold certification for as many as four; a cabin that is not pressurized; and landing gear that stays down, with a propeller fixed or adjustable only on the ground, unless the endorsement described in 14 CFR 61.331 is in your logbook. Weight has dropped out of the test completely, because 14 CFR 1.1 no longer contains the definition that carried it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight flying is now available to sport pilots, and here is the sentence almost nobody includes: 14 CFR 61.329 asks for night instruction totalling three hours, a night cross-country beyond 25 nautical miles, ten landings after dark, every one of them to a full stop, at a tower-controlled field, an endorsement from your instructor, and on top of all that either BasicMed under 14 CFR 68.9 or a medical issued by the FAA. A driver's license does not get you to night flying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe medical position, stated precisely\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn daylight, a current U.S. driver's license stands in for the FAA medical a sport pilot would otherwise need. That is not the same as no medical requirement, and it is not the same as being medically unassessed — you are still responsible for not flying when unfit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you intend to fly at night, or to go on to a private certificate later, either BasicMed or an FAA medical under 14 CFR 61.23 becomes necessary, and settling that early is the least expensive way to test whether the plan holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur honest position on sport pilot as a starting point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a real certificate with real privileges and it costs less than a private certificate. It is also a narrower one: 14 CFR 61.315 limits what you may do with it, and if your actual goal is a private certificate then the hours you fly here count toward it but the money spent on a second checkride does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you know you want a private certificate, go straight at it. If your flying will be local, in daylight, in an uncomplicated airplane, and you want it to cost less, then this is the right product and we sell it without reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSport pilot is not a cheaper private certificate. It is a different one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat sits behind the program\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is Part 61 training. We publish a syllabus, a price and an hour count, and nothing about a track record the business has not had time to build.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957459087677,"sku":null,"price":8400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/sport-pilot-license-program","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}