Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 3rd Class medical

Jim,

I think you need not worry too much about the clear english speaking ability.

If you listen to the radio chatter at most any busy airport, you will hear lots
of pilots that are obviously using english as their third language and/or have
accents that could not be cut with a carving knife.

R. Williams

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From: Jim Shanahan <jimshanahan707@yahoo.com>
To: "Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com" <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:49:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 3rd Class medical

> ...it is required that you SPEAK English,clearly, to fly...I speak
> English a bit less than clearly...that is the question on my
> medical...you don't need to speak to drive a car but you must to fly.
> That is the entire issue and what appears to be a CYA, get a Doc to
> say you speak fine and I'm good to go. I would not fly until I was
> very comfortable with hours w/ my CFI ..
>
>  
>
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> From: circicirci <acensor@fastmail.fm>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 3rd Class medical
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>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, JOHN WROTE TO JIM SAYING:
>
> >....According to your original post you already had your SEL IE private license.
> If that is the case and you let your medical expire and never
> attempted to renew it then you do not need to do anything to fly as a
> SP... SA (Special Issuance) is a type of MEDICAL it is NOT a license.
> So the question is do you currently have a private pilot license,
> regardless of status of medical....<
>
> One slight correction to that:
> If as John says you ever had your private pilot's license and it
> hasn't been revoked (for buzzing the Whitehouse or whatever) and you
> did not fail the last 3rd class medical you took it is still valid as
> a license to fly any LSA-qualified aircraft without a third class
> medical as long as you have a valid drivers license with you and are
> complying with any restrictions on the drivers license (such as must
> wear corrective glasses). BUT like all pilots you must be current.
> That means you must have taken a checkride within the last two years.
> And you have to have made three landings within the last 90 days.
>
> In short, if you have your old license and go get a checkride from a
> CFI you're good to go. Given that you're rusty the CFI may require you
> to spend some time (3 hours? 8 hours? whatever it takes to come up to
> speed where he/she doesn't think you're a hazard to yourself and
> others in the air. I would tell the checkride CFI that you ONLY intend
> to fly with Sport Pilot privilages. That means he/she should not be
> testing you on any instrument navigation or night flight knowledge
> that sport pilots don't require.
>
> Also rememember that ANYone can go get some hours training (refresher
> in your case) without any license or medical from ANY CFI willing to
> take them up in any aircraft the CFI is willing to strap into. You
> don't need a license or a medical. If you have a license (new, old,
> student, or whatever -- current or not) you can log those hours as
> dual time in your log book for whatever that's worth.
>
> If you have a friend who is a pilot who is willing to take you up (for
> share of the gas or the rental fee) you can get some informal training
> (it will not be loggable as time for you) to get back some skill.
>
> Seems to me that what you need to do is either find one CFI you
> understands your situation, get him/her to give you enough refresher
> to the point he/she is willing to sign you off as having passed a
> checkride. Or find one to get refresher from and a second one to take
> you on a checkride.
>
> Finally: If you aren't considering or able to purchase a LSA or join a
> real flying club that owns an LSA check around carefully that there
> REALLY are some airports/FBOs that have LSA legal aircraft available
> to rent and what THEIR restrictions on who they will rent to!
>
> In my areas there isn't within 150 miles a single FBO or flying club
> that has an LSA for rental use. In a situation like that someone with
> either a hard earned sport pilot license or with their current Private
> Pilot's license and their driver's license will find, as I did, that
> their sport pilot right to fly an LSA is useless.
>
> If that's your situation getting your license current will be a waste
> of time and money as you won't find anything you can fly unless you
> buy our own LSA.
>
> A few cities have LSA's for rent. Seattle does. Some are very new
> slick aircraft at reasonable rental rates. But in fact the vast
> majority of FBOs that rent aircraft don't have an LSA -- mostly older
> Cessnas. Even the 150 isn't LSA/sport pilot legal.
>
> Alex
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