Terry Johnston, CFI/BFI, Congratulates John Lasko on his Sport Pilot Solo

At dawn on September 1, 2004 pilot John Lasko took off from runway 19 at El Monte, California. He was flying a tube-and-fabric, open-cockpit Quicksilver MXL II Sprint.  Lasko thus became the first person in the United States to fly a Light-Sport Aircraft under the new Sport Pilot rules recently promulgated by the FAA... Full Story