Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: I need help

> Posted by: "bikerider1959" paulwalter@mchsi.com
>
> so you're saying hey big guys, you have to have twice as many hours ,
> study more and get a medical before you can do what us thin guys can do
> with less time and our drivers license.
>
> this elitist attitude is one of the things that has kept me from even
> attempting to learn how to fly for 50 years, comments from pilots like
> you might have a hard time fitting in the plane, and we might not even
> be able to take off,or there is no way you could ever pass the medical
> exam,and other comments when ever I would ask questions about it. that
> made me feel inferior and forever afraid of trying to get a medical
> certification.
> so Now I hear about the new class of flying with a drivers license
> Medical requirement that is intended to bring more new pilots into
> general aviation with less cost to the individual.
> you would think that with all the talk about the "Aviation Community"
> and the "Aviation Family" out there that there would be more tolerance
> for peoples differences and more help in trying to find ways for people
> to realize their dream of flying, instead we have an elitist I am
> better than you fat boy attitude. new pilots are fine as long as they
> fit into the Ken And Barbie mold.


Take it easy bikerider1959.
We're on your side.
I've seen many Ultralight and Sport Pilots, and very few of them are "Ken".
;-)

The medical costs about $100, and takes about half an hour.
It's just to check that it's reasonable for you to be out there
flying above others.... that your eyes work, legs work, etc.
It shouldn't be a show-stopper, but if it is, then maybe that's
a show that -should- have been stopped.

And obviously.... if you weigh more,
then you need to be in a bigger airplane....
Ultralights not really right for you.

The $100 for the medical -cannot- be a show stopper,
because you'd need many more 100s to participate in the sport.
It's a bit like yachting....
I recall a yachtsman,
keen to tell me what yachting is about...  he said,
"picture yourself standing in a shower of cold water and tearing up $20 bills!"


.... so what can we learn from that?....
You have to start with your -first- $20 bill.


Cheers,
Mike
;-)


(that was long ago... it's probably $100 bills now)





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