Dan C wrote: Almost all of the aviation accidents in the U.S. happen to a pilot who holds a valid medical
Dallas wrote: Wouldn't that be a truism before the LSA rating came into effect? Except for student pilots flying with an instructor all pilots held a medical certificate. That's in powered aircraft, of course. :-) Ah, but I remember discussion during the SP rule making process that there were very few accidents caused by medical issues that could possibly have been detected and prevented by the 3rd class medical. Ed Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm East Peoria, Illinois ed -at- edburk???head.??com (remove the ? marks and change -at- to @)
