Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group The case of Jim Shanahan

Instead try and call and ask for Jay Tevis at 405-954-6400
If you can make him understand on the phone the question you are asking (Like Hey Jay, can you understand and hear me?). If he saus ye sI can. Hang up and go fly.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Jim Shanahan <jimshanahan707@...> wrote:
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> ...thank you Helen and I will..
> Jim
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> From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 1:46 PM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group The case of Jim Shanahan
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> OK folks, I think I've finally figured out what is going on here with
> our friend Jim. He has a PPL bu the concern is over his ability to
> speak English. In the FARs the "drivers license medical" doesn't cover
> a pilot who cannot speak. "Read, speak, and understand English" is a
> requirement for sport pilots as well as private pilots.
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> I had several deaf pilots call last winter to inquire about flight
> lessons and got into this in depth. A deaf pilot who can read lips and
> speak English can hop through the same hoops as the rest of us to get a
> SPL. However a deaf pilot who cannot read lips or speak English needs a
> SODA (statement of demonstrated ability) to complete flight training.
> Issuance of such is associated with issuance of a 3rd class medical.
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> The question we have here is whether or not an already rated pilot who
> looses his ability to speak needs a SODA to complete his BFR. I do not
> know the answer to that off hand.
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> Jim, DPEs are not the authority on this issue. The person you need to
> speak to is Jay Tevis at AFS 610, (FAA LSA OK City). Before proceeding
> any further on this, I recommend that you contact him at
> Jay.Tevis@... Jay can give you a definitive answer on this.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Helen
>

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