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LSA Step-Downs: Training Is a Must

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Special Light Sport (S-LSA) are factory-built aircraft that meet industry-developed consensus standards and not Federal Aviation regulations and are issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate. That’s a 915 iS-powered JMB Aircraft VL-3 European ultralight being cared for by the Lockwood team. There are also legacy LSAs.

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Stupid Pilot Tricks

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It had cut into the tail rotor gearbox, tearing it off the helicopter. Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. No mention of IPC results.