Greetings Lyn,
I total agree with your assessment of Private vs LSA. I have a private but will go back with a LSA aircraft of some sort. (Anyone know of any good used Challengers ? )
From you description of "you would die of something else" you must have had PCa?
I had but was successfully treated. Or so far anyway. 3 years after treatment psa is >.1 .
I will not seek a new medical for my Private Lic., but what is the medical hassle?
David d.
On 6/1/2011 10:05 PM, Lyn Wagner wrote:
I am one of the sport pilots who backed down from private for a number of reasons. Number 1 was because of the medical. I still could get the medical but the cost and hassle was getting more for a SODA because I am a cancer survivor. I am tested annualy at this point and have been assured by my doctor I will die of something else. I still maintain a DOT physical to drive a 80,000# plus semi down the highway at a closing speed of over 100 MPH and mere feet from a head on collision. I fly for fun and it has never been anything else so sport pilot is not really stepping down. I traded a PA22 Piper for the Taylorcraft and what I got besides sport pilot legal is a simple fun airplane which is about 1/2 the cost to operate and maintain. I have no need for a fancy glass panel. I do not fly IFR nor have any desire to. A hand held GPS and a comm radio are good for navigation and most of the time keeping the windshield clean is more important. A lot of the bells and whistles are not even used if you are truly following sport pilot rules. What I fly is not even a consideration for a flight school because insurance is too expensive for that and to think a whole generation of pilots trained in just such planes. There are no sport class airplanes available for rental within a reasonable distance because there has been need generated for them. I do not understand really because there is more money spent on recreation now than ever such as boats, jet skis, four wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles and ect. but these items can be purchased and enjoyed instantly, no training and studying for tests. For one thing we can not seem to get an even break from the press, for every decent report are dozens by illiterates babbling about the dangers of flying in anything smaller than a 747.
One of my pleasures is giving young eagle flights to hopefully generate some interest and get some youngsters involved in this lunacy we all enjoy.
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Lyn Wagner
Taylorcraft BC12-D
N96290
LXN
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