I have been told by an informed hang gliding business owner that:

As we all know, Dragonfly tug pilots will be required to have private pilot's
licenses by 2008 in order to tow hang glider pilots. By 2010 they will required
to have a towing exemption in addition.


None of your hours in a trike or a Dragonfly count for your private pilot's
license, so it will be expensive to get that license.


Older Dragonflies can be grandfathered in as Light Sport Aircraft
- Experimental if their owners have finished the process of registration as
Light Sport Aircraft which includes application for their N number and
airworthiness inspection by January 31st, 2008.

More on Sport Pilot in earlier articles:
http://ozreport.com/10.025#2,
http://ozreport.com/10.025#5, and
http://ozreport.com/10.028#5.


If you have comments or a rebuttal, please send them in. Jayne Depanfilis, USHPA
executive director, disagrees with this distillation of the report and will
respond in a couple of weeks as she is working on getting ready for the upcoming
USHPA BOD meeting.