Remove Airplanes Remove Gross Weight Remove Operating Limitations
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Meeting of the Minds 

Plane and Pilot

Known as the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification, it sounds like—and is—a regulation about aircraft, but it also has an entire section on pilot privileges and operating limitations. One major shift for MOSAIC LSA is higher gross weight, although no limit is specified.

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MOSAIC on the Horizon

Plane and Pilot

The trouble is this openness only applies to the aircraft approval, and not to the regulations governing pilot certification or operating limitations. This makes sense when you understand that MOSAIC has two componentsthe airplane and the pilot. Industry has pushed back, asking for higher limits, ranging from 57 to 63 knots.