Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Medical Inquiry

I operated for two years under a special issuance. It was a royal pain in the a##.
I averaged 3 months of down time despite having my paperwork in 3 months before expiration,
which is what they suggest. They always came up with some other document that they wanted
despite the fact that I included everything they originally ask for.
My suggestion is if sport pilot privileges fit you then stick with that and save yourself a
lot of hassle. After all if they refuse a SI then your sunk, no SP then.
John

On Saturday 24 October 2009 08:05:52 Helen Woods wrote:
> The first thing you might want to do is check with AOPA or an AME to see
> if any of those things are actually show stoppers for a special issuance
> medical. I know the diabetic one is not but I'm less familiar with the
> heart issues. If they are conditions for which you could get a special

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