{"id":218,"date":"2010-08-02T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=218"},"modified":"2010-08-02T16:06:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T20:06:05","slug":"rules-for-sport-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/08\/rules-for-sport-pilots","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas Changes Rules For Sport Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the few drawbacks to earning the sport pilot certificate is the inability to use it for international flights.<\/p>\n

Until now, that is.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thanks to efforts by EAA and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, the Bahamas last week changed its rules to allow U.S.-based sport pilots to operate in its airspace.<\/p>\n

Significantly, the Bahamas becomes the first country other than the United States to accept a U.S. driver\u2019s license in lieu of a medical certificate to fly as a sport pilot internationally.
\nThe rules change is a direct result of discussions between EAA President Tom Poberezny and Bahamian officials that began during last year\u2019s AirVenture.<\/p>\n

Under the new rules, an FAA-certificated sport pilot operating in the Bahamas under U.S. sport pilot rules (FAR 61, Subpart J) must: hold a current and valid U.S. driver\u2019s license or at least a third-class medical certificate; have logbook endorsements certifying the pilot is proficient in Class B, C and D airspace (FAR 61.325); is authorized to perform cross-country flight (FAR 61.93); and adhere to FAR 61.315, which specifies a sport pilot\u2019s privileges and limitations (FAR 61.315).<\/p>\n

Additionally, U.S. light-sport aircraft operators must comply with all related FAA regulations before attempting a flight to Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Of course, all required aircraft documents must be aboard when flying in the Bahamas, and the pilot must carry both a pilot certificate and medical\/driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

In celebration of the latest changes to Bahamian rules, EAA, the Ministry and Florida-based EAA chapters are organizing a sport-pilot fly-out to the Bahamas, planned for the near future.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bahamas becomes the first country other than the United States to accept a U.S. driver’s license in lieu of a medical certificate to fly as a sport pilot internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}