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On Aug 31, 11:39 pm, Stella Starr wrote:
Ramsey wrote: If you call that an answer, you're a dumb ass. Boy, you sure contribute a lot to the discussion. Bet you're proud when people google all your thoughtful contributions. Why bother? Well Stella, what do you expect from someone named after a condom? Lou |
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"Lou" wrote in message ... On Aug 31, 11:39 pm, Stella Starr wrote: Ramsey wrote: If you call that an answer, you're a dumb ass. Boy, you sure contribute a lot to the discussion. Bet you're proud when people google all your thoughtful contributions. Why bother? Well Stella, what do you expect from someone named after a condom? Lou A Ramsey condom? Yep, you're a dumb ass. But not to worry, it's not too late.You and Stella can still answer him directly and fill this thread out to 200 or 300 posts as usual. Arguing the fine points of yanking the medical of thousands of healthy pilots, just because of their age, could make a really nice fire that would undoubtedly burn for days. So by all means, have at it. |
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It's the marital arts training that keeps me going {;-)
Jim -- "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." --Aristotle "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... Loved martial arts training. -- Dudley Henriques |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:53:20 -0700 (PDT), Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
On Aug 31, 3:13*pm, Gezellig wrote: Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff? I'm still flying 70-80 hours a month at 72. I will keep on flying until I bust a physical. Flying seems to keep me younger than my contemporaries or is it my 2x week workouts in Aikido (2nd degree black belt)? Perhaps its my 2 year old son? Some people age quickly and some don't. I don't. Best of luck to you, I am mid 50s and would hate to think that there might be a mandatory retirement for a PPL. We fly in a hostile GA environment and I can see an airport manager like the moron at VGT taking any ball he can and attempt to run with it. If he can claim experimentals unsafe, training unsafe, why not elderly age unsafe? The PPL exam is pretty much a joke which doesn't help as a defense. |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:12:33 -0500, Viperdoc wrote:
The physical exam does not verify anything, and is largely a screening tool. Besides, you don't fly anyway, and it doesn't matter to the rest of us who do. MOF I do (if you meant me) and I agree on the medical. Which draws attention, imo, to a potential issue that could be use to support the need for a PPL age cutoff. |
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No, I meant Anthony. He doesn't fly, and by his own admission couldn't pass
a medical or even the PPL test. |
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... Orval Fairbairn wrote: I know quite a few pilots flying well into their 70s -- some in high-performance planes. Hell Orval, it took that long for some of us to get proficient :-))) -- Dudley Henriques I have a friend in our soaring club who flew Corsairs as a USMC pilot in WW2 and still flys regularly in our club - usually the first to launch and the last to land. To top it off, most of the time he flys his Pitts to the club from his home field. Ben Jeffrey |
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Ben Jeffrey wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... Orval Fairbairn wrote: I know quite a few pilots flying well into their 70s -- some in high-performance planes. Hell Orval, it took that long for some of us to get proficient :-))) -- Dudley Henriques I have a friend in our soaring club who flew Corsairs as a USMC pilot in WW2 and still flys regularly in our club - usually the first to launch and the last to land. To top it off, most of the time he flys his Pitts to the club from his home field. Ben Jeffrey Some of the "older" pilots are in phenomenally good health. I deal with a lot of them on a daily basis. They're amazing! -- Dudley Henriques |
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