Another 5 years...

[ifly4fun]

Renewed my medical today. Read 4 letters off of an eye chart, checked BP, 5 deep breaths, and have a nice day. I hope my fellow pilots can rest at ease knowing I am now fully medically capable of piloting an airplane for another 5 years.

 

[N3368K]

That new five year medical came into effect about the time I turned 40...

Congrats on being pronounced able to fog a mirror.

 

[Velocity173]

Every 5 yrs would be awesome. I've got my annual next week. 25th anniversary of straight class I & IIs. Somehow avoided SIs all this time...knock on wood.

 

[azure]

Every *year* would be welcome now... I've got SIs up the wazoo, mostly for misdiagnoses that have no way to be disabused. But worst was a real event last year, for which I'm grounded... indefinitely.

Enjoy the privilege...

 

[Velocity173]

Every *year* would be welcome now... I've got SIs up the wazoo, mostly for misdiagnoses that have no way to be disabused. But worst was a real event last year, for which I'm grounded... indefinitely.

Enjoy the privilege...

Wow. Don't remember you commenting about that before. Thought you were still flying. You gonna go LSA?

 

[azure]

Not planning on it at this point. Currently I'm waiting to hear from my AME about the documentation I've sent him. I think worst case is I'm grounded for two years, but it may not be that long. I just don't know yet.

If it turns out to be worst case, in the meantime I may take up soaring. There are at least two airports with lots of glider activity not too far away.

 

[RotorDude]

... in the meantime I may take up soaring. There are at least two airports with lots of glider activity not too far away.

I guarantee you won't regret it. In fact, I think you'd regret (like me) not having done it years earlier.

 

[Velocity173]

Yep. Been thinking about completing my glider cert this year. Got the 7 hrs but never got the cert.

 

[RotorDude]

Yep. Been thinking about completing my glider cert this year. Got the 7 hrs but never got the cert.

Go for it!