Sport pilot question

[LostComm]

Maybe this will be answered at OSH next week, but here goes:

Suppose I hold commercial privileges on my ticket, and a CFI. A buddy has a powered parachute that falls under the new Sport Pilot/Aircraft rule.

He's an instructor under the rules for an approved Ultralight association, yet holds no FAA ratings.

We fly together, he provides instruction to me. How would I log this time?

After some training, he "signs me off." Now I fly and have 5 hours in the craft. Am I now a powered parachute CFI?

Does the powered parachute need to have an "N" number?

What about my buddy? Does his logbook (powered parachute) translate to total time when I train him for a private certificate?

Seems to me this might be a truly inexpensive way to build time. Sure it's not turbine multi, but if you're within striking distance of ATP minimums this could do the trick!

-Lostcomm

 

[pilot602]

As far as I can tell you'd log it dual received.

As for the rest of it ... it's in the rule someplace but I haven't read the whole thing yet ... I'd imagine the FAA is going to have "info" seminars or some kind of booklet made up that will handle the FAQs. At least I hope so.

In generaly I think this is going to be a very good thing for aviation ...

 

[GregCollins2]

In order to log the time, the PPC aircraft must have an ELSA, SLSA, or Experimental Airworthiness Certificate and an N-number. In addition, the instructor must have converted to an FAA Sport or Private Certificate and have a Sport Pilot Instructor rating. Instruction from an EAA, USUA, or ASC Instructor cannot be logged toward any ratings yet. It is going to take several months for the actual procedures to get ironed out and for LSAs to start being issued Airworthiness Certificates.

EAA.ORG, Sportpilot.org, and USUA.org web pages have lots of information. The selection and training process for Sport Pilot DPEs should start very soon and that will begin the ball rolling.