During your ground school, you'll learn bits of "book knowledge" you'll need to be a proficient pilot. You have several options for ground training, but the goal is to successfully complete your aviation written test.

• A minimum of 20 hours flight time including:
• 15 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor.
• 5 hours solo flight.
• Flight training must include at least:
• 2 hours cross-country flight training.
• 10 takeoffs and landings to a full stop.
• One solo cross-country flight of at least 75 nautical miles total distance with a full-stop landing at a minimum of two points and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 25 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations.
• 3 hours flight training in preparation for the practical test.
• Ground training from an instructor or home-study course.
• FAA knowledge test on applicable aeronautical knowledge areas.
• FAA practical test for the applicable light sport aircraft privilege.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS  FOR SPORT PILOT
(14 CFR part 61.23/53/303)

A Medical or U.S. Driver’s License
(Other Than Balloon or Glider)

• A Student Pilot Seeking Sport Pilot Privileges in  a  Light-sport Aircraft

• A Pilot Exercising the Privileges of a Sport Pilot  Certificate

• A Flight Instructor Acting As PIC of a Light-sport  Aircraft

A Person Using a Current and Valid  U.S. Driver’s License Must

• Comply With Each Restriction and  Limitation  Imposed on Your Drivers License

• Comply With Any Judicial or Administrative Order  Applying To The Operation of a Motor Vehicle

• Not Have Been Denied Your Most Recent  Application For A Medical Certificate (If You Have  Applied for Medical Certificate)

• Not Have Your Most Recently Issued Medical  Certificate Suspended or Revoked (If You Have  Been Issued A Medical Certificate)

• Not Had Your Most Recent Authorization for a  Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate  Withdrawn (A Special Issuance Is Not A Denial)

A Person Using a Valid Medical or Current and Valid U.S. Driver’s  License Must

• Not know or have reason to know of any medical  condition that would make that person unable to  operate a light-sport aircraft in a safe manner

• That is carrying a passenger or property for compensation or hire.
• For compensation or hire.
• In furtherance of a business.
• While carrying more than one passenger.
• At night.
• In Class A airspace.
• In Class B, C, or D airspace, at an airport located in Class B, C, or D airspace, and to, from, through, or at an airport having an operational control tower unless you have received ground and flight training and a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor in accordance with 61.325 certifying you are authorized to exercise these privileges.
• Outside the United States, unless you have prior authorization from the country in which you seek to operate. A sport pilot certificate carries the limitation "Holder does not meet ICAO requirements."
• In a passenger-carrying airlift sponsored by a charitable organization.
• At an altitude of more than 10,000 feet msl.
• When the flight or surface visibility is less than 3 statute miles.
• Without visual reference to the surface.
• If the aircraft has a maximum forward speed in level flight that exceeds 87 knots CAS, unless having met the requirements of 61.327.
• Contrary to any operating limitation placed on the airworthiness certificate of the aircraft being flown.
• Contrary to any limitation or endorsement on your pilot certificate, airman medical certificate, U.S. driver's license, or any other limitation or logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor.
• Contrary to any restriction or limitation on the sport pilot's U.S. driver's license or any restriction or limitation imposed by judicial or administrative order when using a driver's license to satisfy the requirements of Part 61.
• While towing any object.
• As a pilot flight crewmember on any aircraft for which more than one pilot is required by the type certificate of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is conducted.