Sport Flying USA Services

We do Dynamic Propeller Balancing! Dynamic Propeller Balancing equalizes rotational forces throughout the propeller and engine, creating a hyper-smooth ride from startup to shutdown and everywhere in-between! Email or call today to schedule your balancing. ... [email protected] 717-735-1600

Holiday Special! Discovery Flights for your special someone this holiday season. Discovery Flights are now $200 - buy today and surprise them with an extraordinary gift. Call us today!

With warmer days ahead, many pilots are getting back into the air and for others, flight training is just around the corner! Are you looking to start flight training? We want YOU! Kickoff your flight training and connect with one of our instructors to get started right away! We are now scheduling students to being ground school training and prepare for their written exams. This is the best way to get a jump start on their flight training and less time on the ground means mo...re time in the air! Sport, Private, Commercial and Multi-Engine Written exams are available. Message or call us today to get started! Shane Kelley, Advanced Ground Instructor (833) 2FLY BRISTELL or (717) 723-0516

HOT NEWS from BRM Aero - HIGH WING Bristell B8. Dear friends, let us share with you first picture of our brand new high wing Bristell B8. It is all metal high... wing without struts with steerable nose wheel and fuel capacity 120 l. The cabin width is 125 cm, with steering wheels in the cockpit. Basic model is with Rotax 912 ULS 100 hp and we will work on the next options installation: IS, 914, 915 IS. The first official introduction will be at AERO Friedrichshafen 2020 and after this air show will be possible to made also test flight. Bristell B8 is already two months in production, so If somebody want to book the production slots for B8, it is possible from now on. B8 will be certified in Czech Republic like UL with MTOW 600 Kg same way as Bristell. See more

Sensenich Propeller Service demonstration on balancing procedures, c. 2010 at KLNS. At Sport Flying USA, we also provide dynamic propeller balancing for comfort, safety and reduced wear on your engine.

Advising ATC of a GPS-jamming emergency Pilots who encounter an interruption of GPS navigation that affects flight safety or who have related flight-control issues can say the phrase Stop buzzer to air traffic control. That phraseology should initiate the process of interrupting the testing to restore navigation signal reception. During previous GPS-interference events, pilots declared emergencies, but the jamming continued because ATC did not understand that the emergency ...was related to the GPS interference. According to the Pilot/Controller Glossary, Stop buzzer is a term used by ATC to request suspension of electronic attack activity. Pilots should only use the phrase when communicating with ATC, or over the emergency frequency 121.5 MHz, if a safety-of-flight issue is encountered during a known GPS interference event. They should make ATC understand that they face a GPS-related emergency, and that halting the GPS interference will resolve it. See more

Are you a rusty pilot? Do you find yourself forgetting some of the information you learned while achieving your certificate? Don't you wish you could have a course to refresh your memory? Are you a STUDENT PILOT?? We have an answer for you! Sport Flying USA is holding our own ground school course right here at SFUSA! Our ground school will be taught by our CFIs, and will cover material from basic aerodynamics, weather and cross country planning; plus much more! Where? ... Class is held at Lancaster Airport (KLNS) 500 Airport Road, Suite D When? Each class will be held for approximately 8 weeks; Dates and Times TBD. Cost: $550 Per Person for Entire Course, $650 for those who wish to have all access for upcoming ground school courses in preceding years. For those interested, please contact Shane Kelley at 717-723-0516 or E-Mail [email protected]

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Ever tried to schedule an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner for a CFI check ride? Well wait was the keyword. This may change. The FAA now allows schools and students to schedule check rides directly with the DPE without waiting for one being assigned to them. The key points of the rule are as follows: DPE’s may conduct the tests for which they are authorized without restriction as was previously typically established on a basis of their FSDO boundaries; Initial CFI practical t...ests can directly be scheduled with examiners who have authorization to conduct those tests. They no longer must contact a FSDO office to have an examiner assigned; DPE’s are now authorized to give up to 3 full practical tests and an unlimited number of retests in a day; and, DPE’s must provide a minimum of 24 hours notice of any practical test activity to their managing office. Other issues have been revisited, such as geographical boundaries restrictions for some special licenses (gliders, etc.) given the scarcity of examiners in those areas. Read the full text here. On a different proposal, not yet a rule, the FAA also filed an NPRM (notice of proposed rule making) to allow experimental aircraft to be used for training. Verbatim: add [regulatory] language that permits training in experimental light sport aircraft (ELSA) for compensation or hire through existing deviation authority provided in paragraph (h) of that section. The FAA noted that to ensure these aircraft are used solely for the purpose of flight training and to better control and monitor the use of ELSA for flight training, the FAA proposes to require a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) for operators who intend to conduct flight training compensation or hire using ELSA. The 2004 Light Sport Final Rule created the LODA process to allow training for compensation or hire using certain categories of experimental aircraft.

We have a visitor! A US Army UH-60 seen sitting behind N359BL while it waits to pick up personnel. Awesome sight!

Fall is here! We will be seeing plenty of sunshine over the next few days; Do you have any favorite photographs flying over the autumn foliage? We would love to see them!