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Hi everyone! I’ve long been interested in flying, but I know there is no way I’ll ever get my medical because I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and have been taking medication for it most of my life.
So my question is: how far could I get in training/lessons before that becomes an issue? Would I be able to get time in a plane with an instructor, or would my condition bar me from flying anything bigger than a sport-license-eligible craft even with an instructor present?
Thanks for any info you can give me!
Don’t discount the light sport option you would be able to fly some fairly large 2 seaters, the 162, piper cubs and carbon cubs may seem small but it has worked great for me, was able to do everything a private pilot did when I had it other than fly before and after civil twighlight and never had the need to go over 10k feet in altitude. Was able to 100 hamburger run, take friends out, and even watch the sun fully come out over the horizon. And with these new Czech airplanes which can fly faster and are lighter, amazing options for light sport. Even cooler thing is, most probably at osh this year we will hear the FAAs decision on allowing C152, pa140s under the LPA category, so very bright future for being able to fly by yourself, obviously you have to medically self asses before each flight, make sure your fit to fly and won’t cause an accident or problem once your acting as PIC
I believe, someone correct me if I’m wrong, sometime between July 25th-30th the FAA will announce it, it’ll probably be all over the aviation news sites when it does get announced whatever the decision is. But forewarning, even if they do allow the 152 and pa140 to join I believe the ruling doesn’t go into effect until 2023
I agree, love the 162 wonderful little airplane to fly! Hopefully the relaxation comes sooner rather than later, would be cool to see the pa140 join the ranks under LPA
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That’s the catch with the light sport, 20 hours of total training time(minimum) took me like 27 and obviously in that section it’s like 2 hours so cross country and such. So yes a lot quicker (usually) to get a SPT, now for international flights, since I’m a Florida native and usually only fly in Florida, only Bahamas accepts the SPT rating for pilots since technically it’s not ICAO certified, haven’t checked for Canada or Mexico. So technically yes you can kind of fly internationally