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No extension for ultralight pilots and trainers planning sport pilot upgrade
By David Sakrison

There will be no extension of the January 2007 deadline for registered ultralight pilots to "test out" of sport pilot training requirements or of the January 2008 deadline for converting ultralight trainers to light-sport aircraft. Officials from the FAA’s Flight Standards Service clarified and emphasized that position Monday afternoon here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Those deadlines were specified in the sport pilot rule in 2004 and are firm, the FAA said.

Ultralight pilots who are registered with an FAA-recognized organization can transition to the sport pilot certificate if they pass the written and practical examinations before January 31, 2007. Registered ultralight pilots wanting a sport pilot ticket after that date must also complete the required flight training.

Properly logged ultralight training may be applied toward the sport pilot certificate. Ultralight pilots who do not complete the SP certificate requirements, before or after January 31, 2007, can continue to operate single-place ultralights under ultralight regulations. But, ultralight trainers (so-called "fat ultralights") must be converted to the new LSA rules by January 31, 2008. Fat ultralights that are not converted to LSA by the January 2008 deadline will not be permitted to operate in the ultralight or light-sport aircraft category after that date.