LSA Weight Limit Increase?

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LSA Weight Limit Increase?

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Rumor has it that on January 19th there will be a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (if the Government is back up and running by then) to increase the LSA weight limit to 3200 lbs. Has anyone heard anything about this?
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I've seen the discussion tossed around in AOPA and EAA periodicals..........nothing firm yet. I'd call my pal at the FSDO and ask him, but ..............he's temporarily laid off............. :o ....something about the gov't not having any dough.
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Victor, did the IRS stop taking money from your paycheck? The gov't has plenty of money. But the legislation authorizing them to spend it expired. Needs a new piece of legislation.
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Hmmm,

Good reminder, I'll see the "man" this week.........finally and ask him if he knows anything.
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Sorry it took so long to respond. I had a great time interacting with numerous FAA folks at a recent IA seminar. None of them had heard anything about a weight gain for the LSA. Almost to a person they responded with, "since the Basic Med, I doubt anything more will be done with LSA to expand the envelope".
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Re: LSA Weight Limit Increase?

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My real interest in expanding LSA is to get more flexible maintenance/modification rules. Would be awesome to get a Light Sport Repairman Certificate and be able to do most of the work on my C120 along with having more options in avionics, etc.
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I doubt anything like that is on the horizon. The aircraft remains a certificated aircraft; it just qualifies to be flown by someone exercising light sport pilot privileges.
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