We've talked about this before, Ken, but I can't remember why you couldn't
get your certificate.  I had problems with the depth-perception exam, but
I'd learned a way to fake around that (pretty supid, but I was 16 at the
time).  The FAA is working on a new "sport pilot" ticket that you might be
able to get.  It's not as difficult to pass the medical as it is for a
straight Private Pilot ticket.  My old GP is a local FAA med examiner--I'll
ask him for the particulars if you're interested.  I haven't been behind the
yoke since my dad and I looked at that 150 for my brother a year or so back.
I can't be PIC (pilot-in-command), but it's too expensive to fly anyway.  I
have a few friends nearby with planes, so if I get the itch, I can always go
right-seat.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Introduction


I actually did manage to get a private pilot's license in 1992. Learning to
fly was relatively easy, but the letter/phone/fax battle with the FAA over
issuing me a medical was a nightmare that took more than six months. <sigh>

i could not get the medical from faa




Now jumping out of them is a totally different matter. Not very many pilots
are skydivers. The prevailing attitude among pilots - which I share - is why
on earth would anyone want to voluntarily jump out of a perfectly good
airplane? <grin>

well, i could have done it, but, after the girl i was trying to impress was
forbidden to date me by her mom (no gimp for her daughter) i had no reason
to procede. turned out that her mother did her a great disservice, the younf
man that she was allowed to date was a turd and treated her shamfully.
something this gimp would have never done.