"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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So let me see if I have this right. Under the rules for sport pilot
medical self certification, both the following scenarios are acceptable.
[possible heart attack and high blood pressure]

That depends on your definition of "any medical condition that would make
the person unable to operate the aircraft in a safe manner". And, of
course, on the FAA's.

My personaly definition would rule out the heart attack victim for sure (at
least, until the victim got a clean bill of health from a qualified doctor).
The high blood pressure guy, that's more iffy but assuming his doctor knows
about the condition and has cleared him to drive a car (for example), I
don't see why he would not be permitted to fly.

Remember, this rule is not new. It simply has been extended to apply to a
new category of aircraft. It has been in use successfully for other
categories for some time now. Any question you have regarding Sport Pilot
medical certification is an old question, "answered" by the application of
the same rule to the previously-existing aircraft categories.

Pete