T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
The Canadian pilot can fly a U.S. registered plane only if
he gets a U.S. pilot certificate. He can get a U.S.
certificate based on his Canadian certificate by asking for
it at the local FSDO (Flight Standards District Office) of
the FAA.

As I understand it, he can get the private pilot U.S. cert based on his
Canadian cert but he must get a real FAA medical certificate from an
AME. Is this true?

-Robert