Sport Aviation Marketing

light sport aircraft as aerial gunning platform?

April 16th, 2006

According to an Associated Press article published in the Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune, it appears as though the FAA is allowing Idaho to issue permits for aerial shooting of predators to protect livestock if their airplane qualifies as an LSA. According to the article:

“These are the newest, hottest things for ranchers,” said Allen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the FAA in Renton, Wash. “This is something people out West really wanted, to be able to use these aircraft out in the middle of nowhere to do the things they need to do.”

OK then. Maybe there is a new market here. However, the article goes on to state some scary statistics and a few wild inaccuracies about Sport Pilot. For example, the article quotes lobbyist Stanley Boyd who is just plain wrong when he states:

“Now, ranchers can take eight hours of instruction, pay a small certification fee and then just take a felt pen to write your ‘N’ number on the side of your craft and bingo, you’re legal.”

Anyone that reads this blog knows I’m a huge proponent of bringing new blood into the sport of aviation. However, this is NOT what I had in mind…

Read the full article.

[tags]light sport aircraft, SLSA, Sport Pilot[/tags]

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