undoctor
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
Posts: 212
Location: Bethelhem, PA
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 Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: Ultralight/LSA confusion |
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Even at airports with control towers, after identifying myself (as
above), as soon as the tower controller sights my Kolb, he'll come back
with, "Ultralight three delta kilo, cleared to land." Sheesh! (In the
famous words of Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon!")
So instead of fighting the system, I eventually gave in, and began
referring to myself on the radio as "Ultralight niner three delta kilo."
But when I had this conversation with John Williamson a few years ago,
in his wisdom and perpetual quest for correctness, he recommended I NOT
identify myself as "ultralight," but rather continue to use the correct
nomenclature, like "Experimental Kolb 93DK," or "Light Sport 93DK."
"Do it the right way," he told me. I'll always remember that.
Dennis/All;
While GA pilots may be confused and uninformed about the difference between
ultralight and LSA aircraft, you'd think that the instruction manual would
get it right. Wrong! Check the attachment of a page from the Jeppesen
ground school textbook. Two people enjoying the ride.
Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA
FireFly 11DMK
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