I didn't say legally. Kevin1
--- In [email protected], dallas hewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin, > > Really? I didn't know that. > I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that to fly a powered aircraft solo you had to have a medical. > I guess you could include ultralights as powered aircraft not requiring a medical. > I was aware of it not being required for gliders. Don't know anything about balloons so wouldn't feign to talk about them. > I guess I was thinking of since I have been involved in flying (since 1976). > > Do you have some examples of folks flying w/o medical and license in a powered aircraft other than ultralight? > I'd like to know more about it and how to legally do it. > > Thanks, > > Dallas > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: kgassert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:23:24 AM > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Proposed rule changes ie is it a C or a D > > People have been flying without medicals long before Sport Pilot came > about. And without licenses.... . > > Kevin > > --- In ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, dallas hewett <dallash@ > > 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. :-) > > > > Dallas > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Dan Caliendo <djcaliendo@ ...> > > To: ercoupe tech <ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com> > > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:20:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Proposed rule changes ie is it a C > or a D > > > > Almost all of the aviation accidents in the U.S. happen to a pilot > who holds a valid medical > > Dan C > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 20, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Jerry Eichenberger wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Mike - > > > > That's great news about the rule change in the U.K. Can you fly > IFR without a medical? > > > > I probably won't live long enough to see it here in the U.S., but I > hope that someday the class 3 medical is totally eliminated for > pilots who are not flying for hire. > > > > In the U.S. glider pilots have never had to have a medical, and the > accident rate for medical incapacitation accidents is the same for > glider and powered aircraft pilots. And many power pilots who have > lost their medicals revert to glider flying to stay aloft in at least > something. So you can make a valid argument that theirs is a less > fit sample of pilots. Still, no increase in medical related > accidents. > > > > Jerry E. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ercoupe- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com]On Behalf Of Mike Willis > > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:14 PM > > To: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com > > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Proposed rule changes ie is it a C > or a D > > > > > > > > > > Very fortunately for me and many others, we have a 'non-medical' > license in the UK. The NPPL (National Private Pilots Licence) was > brought in a few years ago and does not require a medical, just a > valid drivers licence. In fact due to my medical history I can only > get a 3 year drivers licence before I have to reapply and have my > application supported by my doctor. But I can still fly! > > > > Compared to a 'normal' JAA PPL I am restricted to daytime VFR, and > can only fly outside the UK with written permission from that country > (reciprocal arrangements are not in place yet). Very sensibly the > CAA (our equivalent of the FAA) did not impose any weight restriction > so I can legally fly any type I would otherwise have been able to fly. > > > > As well as allowing many people like myself to start flying, the > scheme has also allowed many veteran pilots to stay in the air. I > may be wrong, but I believe there have been no increase in accident > rates etc. since the NPPL scheme was introduced. > > > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jerry Eichenberger > > To: John Cooper ; ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com > > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:09 PM > > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Proposed rule changes ie is it a C > or a D > > > > > > I agree with John Cooper. > > > > The sport pilot rule is the best thing since sliced bread. Let's > not screw with it, and open up cans of worms, when the comments > affect only a tiny minority of those exercising sport pilot > privileges. > > > > I'm just thankful we have an enlightened FAA (and I mean that) who > allowed guys like me to continue flying. > > > > Sure, we all could have written it differently, but remember that > virtually everywhere else in the world, even glider pilots have to > have medicals, and medicals with far stricter standards than our 3rd > class. I know of no other country that allows real, powered > airplanes to be flown without a medical - not even Canada. > > > > Be thankful for what we've got - it's good. > > > > Jerry E. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ercoupe- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com]On Behalf Of John Cooper > > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:47 AM > > To: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com > > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Proposed rule changes ie is it a C > or a D > > > > > > >>Would this even effect any other certificated aircraft but the > Ercoupe? If > > so maybe it would be a small enough change that they would go for > it.<< > > > > I know for a fact that there are Luscombes that would be affected. > Also > > probably some Taylorcrafts. Maybe others, but I don't know. > > > > I think you want to stress meeting the type certificate as the > criteria, and > > avoid discussions around planes that have been converted > incorrectly. The > > latter would open a huge can of worms that is best avoided, IMHO. > > > > John Cooper > > Skyport Services > > 4996 Delaware Tnpk > > Rensselaerville, NY 12147 > > 518 797-3064 > > www.skyportservices .net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > ____________ __ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile. yahoo.com/ ;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR 8HDtDypao8Wcj9tA cJ > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >
