ET wrote:
"Jim Macklin" wrote in
news:P3ZVf.1183$t22.122@dukeread08:

The FAA can make a special issuance for many medical
conditions. As was also said, if you can qualify for a
driver's license you can be a Sport Pilot [new FAA pilot
classification].


BUT you cannot have "failed" your last FAA Medical... So you cant go to get
your medical, fail it, then say, "oh well, now I'll fly as a Sport Pilot".

So, dont go in for an FAA Medical unless you KNOW you can pass, if Sport
Pilot is an acceptible 2nd choice....

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I wonder if this is a new business idea in the making, ie physicians
who provide an FAA-like physical exam and tell you whether you will
qualify before you go to an FAA medical examiner.