The hangar door rolled open just as the first light of morning crept across the field. Inside, a builder wiped his hands on a rag, standing back to admire the sleek lines of his two-seat experimental aircraft. Until now, he had flown it under traditional rules, limited in ways that often felt outdated. But word had spread across the aviation community: change was coming. The FAA’s Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification—better known as the MOSAIC rule—was about to unlock a new era for recreational aviators. Conversations buzzed at fly-ins, forums filled with speculation, and pilots everywhere whispered about what some were already calling Sport Pilot 2.0. At long last, the path toward more capable light sport aircraft seemed wide open, and the dream of greater freedom in the skies was taking shape.