Is a sport pilot license the same as a light-sport aircraft license?
Pilot Certificates come is basic categories: Sport, Recreational, Private, Commercial, Airline Transport. Those certificates may, under certain circumstances have various ratings: Airplane Single Engine Land, Rotorcraft Helicopter, Instrument Airplane, … You may find all of the ratings in FAR 61.5. Aircraft, also come in various categories such as Airplane, Rotorcraft, lighter-than-air, … The Sport Pilot Certificate is a pilot certificate, and the Light-Sport Aircraft is an aircraft in any category that meets certain takeoff weight, max speed, and stall speed limitations. Under the right conditions, the holder of a Sport Pilot Certificate may operate a Light-Sport Aircraft. You should look at faa.gov->current regulations->FAR 61.303 which says things like: If you hold a FAA Medical Certificate, and a Sport Pilot Certificate you may fly, “any light sport aircraft for which you hold the endorsements required for its category, class, make and model,” provided that “You must hold any o
