Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:37:30 -0000, wrote:


Personally, I thought the medical requirements were a hold over of WWII
fighter pilot requirments.

--
Jim Pennino


How has the human body changed since then? :-)

The average person is a bit taller and weighs more.

"Since data on Americans' average height was first collected in the early
20th century, children and adolescents grew about an inch and a half
taller every 20 years."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98438

Medical knowledge has changed a lot since then.

GA pilots do not engage in dogfights.

There is no data showing having all GA pilots take a 3rd class medical
has accomplished anything.


--
Jim Pennino