If you medical is denied you are not eligible to fly even under sport pilot. So if you have medical problems that you think may cause you a denial better to let it expire and just fly as a sport pilot as long as you have a drivers license.
In a message dated 9/2/2009 7:59:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JimBair@SportAviationUnlimited.com writes:
My understanding is that if you take an FAA medical and fail it, you're screwed. Whatever license you happen to be going for has nothing to do with it. It's an issue of failing a medical.Jim----- Original Message -----From: Robert RankinSent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:44 PMSubject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Light-Sport vs. Private
From: Jim Bair <JimBair@SportAviationUnlimited. >com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups. com
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 10:41 PM
Yes. It's quite simple. To exercise Private Privileges, you need a medical (Class III). Do you have one? If the answer is "No", then you are limited to Sport Pilot Privileges.I have an ATP. With no physical, I'm a Sport Pilot, just like you with your Private in your pocket.Jim----- Original Message -----From: dongeneda2000Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:56 PMSubject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSAOK, let me try to fathom this: For flying an LSA into Class A, B, C airspace in daylight, my Private Pilots license allows me to do that, but when the sun goes down, my license don't exist any more because I have no current medical, and I am no longer a private pilot. Then again, I do not have a current BFR, so maybe I am not even a pilot at all.
I would tend to disagree, and call myself a private pilot (in accordance with the license in my pocket) who has no medical or BFR. Am I missing something here?
--- In Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com, Dwayne <masterdr@.. .> wrote:
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> Aw you are just saying that cause I can't see at night anymore :-(. I
> don't intentionally fly at night anyway, but would be nice to be legal
> on those times when the sun quits sooner than your flight plan, and you
> need to land at night. I guess it would not be the first time I had to
> cheat a little bit.
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> I thought that was the case, but this post from Dwayne inndicated differently:
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> Any IFR rated pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it IFR.
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> Any Private Pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it night or day.
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> My message said no such thing...
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> You are NOT a Private Pilot if you do not have a current Medical. You are a Sport Pilot. You may have held a Private Pilot before, but you degrade down to a Sport Pilot when you the following things exist:
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> 1. Let your Medical Expire.
> 2. Your license is not revoked in any way.
> 3. Your drivers license is not revoked in any way.
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> If you lose your medical during a checkup, you lost your ability to fly *any* airplane except for Ultralights.
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> Until you get your medical back, you are ONLY a Sport Pilot, NOT a private Pilot. It is one of the reasons they use the word Sport instead of Private.
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> Dwayne
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> Great to hear from ya!
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> --- On Wed, 9/2/09, dongeneda2000 <DonGeneda@. ..> wrote:
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> From: dongeneda2000 <DonGeneda@. ..>
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA
> To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 12:00 PM
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> Aw you are just saying that cause I can't see at night anymore :-(. I don't intentionally fly at night anyway, but would be nice to be legal on those times when the sun quits sooner than your flight plan, and you need to land at night. I guess it would not be the first time I had to cheat a little bit.
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> I thought that was the case, but this post from Dwayne inndicated differently:
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> Any IFR rated pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it IFR.
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> Any Private Pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it night or day.
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> Any Sport Rated Pilot (for that type of aircraft) is limited to daytime only, and restricted from entering class B and C airspace unless they have an endorsement for such airspace.
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> Dwayne"
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> Say Bob, in case others missed the link to your website in your signature, that is one fine web location with really great information!
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com, Bob Comperini <bob@> wrote:
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> > On 09:08 AM 9/2/2009, dongeneda2000 wrote:
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> > >So - - I am a private pilot, with no current medical. Does that allow me into B and C airspace and night flying when I fly LSA aircraft?
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> > With no current medical, you can only exercise SP privileges, which means no more night flying for you. However, you still keep your Class B/C/D airspace privileges
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> > --
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> > Bob Comperini
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> > e-mail: bob@
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> > WWW: http://www.fly- ul.com
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