I want to fly, but am completely clueless

[Tupac]

Devil Dog was at the doolittle raiders reunion a couple of years ago, I bought a shirt from them. I'm not going to be in georgetown in the next week, but I intend on making that one of my legs during long leg xcountry. I'll let you know when it is, I like meeting members of the AH community.

[1sum41]

anytime man. my last class of the day is at the airport. shes a beautiful bird.

[Pork]

looks like I'm going to have to count on you to take me up.. but NO SINGING!!!

either that or stare at the laser 

That would be20/20 "corrected" vision. So as Tupac stated, as long as you can have glasses to get there you are good to go.

Regards

Pork ( almost blind..uncorrected... commercial pilot)

[Tupac]

That would be20/20 "corrected" vision. So as Tupac stated, as long as you can have glasses to get there you are good to go.

Regards

Pork ( almost blind..uncorrected... commercial pilot)

Do you fly big jets or are you a CFI?

[Pork]

Do you fly big jets or are you a CFI?

Commercial Heli.

Have done recurrent and company training before, but not an Ab-Initio instructor. I have no desire to spend my day sitting beside someone whose only goal is to kill me.

Regards

Pork

[flight17]

dont lie on your physical, but see if you can find a ME that is a pilot. They will know how to word things on the report the best. Also go into detail about any problems and explain them in detail.

[Golfer]

20/20. But you can have glasses

Try again.  14CFR Part 67 holds your answer.

If you intend to fly recreationally Dicho; correctable 20/40 near or distant is all that's required for what's called a third class medical certificate.  This allows you to operate with private, recreational and student pilot certificates which themselves afford you the privileges of flying an airplane for not less than the pro-rata cost of the airplane and also not for hire.  For hire simply meaning you're being compensated to operate the airplane which as a private, recreational or student pilot you are now allowed to do.

To fly with the privileges of a commercial pilot or airline transport pilot certificate you require a second or first class medical certificate which requires 20/20 distant vision (corrected to) and 20/40 near vision (again corrected)

LASIK and other such procedures are very much approved and for further details you can contact a local Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) which is usually best to get referrals from local pilots for their doctors or going here:

http://www.aviationmedicine.com/

This used to be Virtual Flight Surgeons but they're a team of very pilot friendly doctors whose business it is to educate you on your medical issues.

[68Wooley]

just dont know what the faa says about the autism spectrum. i just have a feeling they will put the hammer down just because theyll see its related to austism and not actually relize its on a scale and not a black and white diagnoses

Is this something you want to do as a career or just for fun? If its the later, you could look at the Sport Pilot Certificate. It limits you to a certain category of aircraft (two person and relatively light) and to flight in good conditions (VFR), but the only medical requirement is that you hold a current driver's license. The training cost / requirements are also lower.

[Tupac]

I have no desire to spend my day sitting beside someone whose only goal is to kill me.

Regards

Pork

LOL

I'd like to be a CFI, it just seems like a really cool job.

I wasn't aware that it was 20/40 for class 3. I thought it was 20/20 all.

[Wolfala]

So, I know there's a lot of people here with licenses, and was wondering if you folks could help me out. I honestly want to take up flying, but I have no clue what to do or how to go about it. Any tips or advice?

Piglet,

 Goto Hayward and California Airways - ask for Keith and tell'm Wolf sent ya. His outfit is affordable and they don't suck. Concord is a bit limited unless yr flying Cirrus's out of Sterling aviation.

[Tupac]

Piglet,

 Goto Hayward and California Airways - ask for Keith and tell'm Wolf sent ya. His outfit is affordable and they don't suck. Concord is a bit limited unless yr flying Cirrus's out of Sterling aviation.

Do you only teach people to fly Cirrus's? I looked at your videos on youtube, and they all look like the Cirrus

[CAP1]

just an fyi...for you kids(i never thought the day would come when i called teenagers kids.....)

anyway....check into your local civil air patrol. you can get flight training through them, although you do other things too.

[Pigslilspaz]

Piglet,

 Goto Hayward and California Airways - ask for Keith and tell'm Wolf sent ya. His outfit is affordable and they don't suck. Concord is a bit limited unless yr flying Cirrus's out of Sterling aviation.

Alright, but I am going to be hopefully going to CalPoly SLO next year if i can get into the summer program. And thanks for the head's up, I was really thinking about Stirling since Buchanan Air Field is a 5 minute drive from my house.

[Pigslilspaz]

Is this something you want to do as a career or just for fun? If its the later, you could look at the Sport Pilot Certificate. It limits you to a certain category of aircraft (two person and relatively light) and to flight in good conditions (VFR), but the only medical requirement is that you hold a current driver's license. The training cost / requirements are also lower.

A couple years ago, I wanted to do commercial, but then realized once I got my first job that no matter what, you'll probably end up resenting it. So for me, it would probably be private. Already planned out Aeronautical Engineering as my Major once i got to CalPoly.

[humble]

So, I know there's a lot of people here with licenses, and was wondering if you folks could help me out. I honestly want to take up flying, but I have no clue what to do or how to go about it. Any tips or advice?

Not really that hard, all you need is time and money.