Old, bold Sport pilots

[Cub Driver]

In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
medical every year!

This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."



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[Icebound]

"Cub Driver" > wrote in message
...
>
> In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
> provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
> than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
> medical every year!
>
> This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."
>
>

You may correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you are going to take
*4* pax on a driver's licencse medical, anyway? Is not the SP limit, like,
1 ??




>
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>
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[Lakeview Bill]

Pilot and one passenger...



"Icebound" > wrote in message
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>
> "Cub Driver" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
> > provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
> > than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
> > medical every year!
> >
> > This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."
> >
> >
>
> You may correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you are going to take
> *4* pax on a driver's licencse medical, anyway? Is not the SP limit,
like,
> 1 ??
>
>
>
>
> >
> > -- all the best, Dan Ford
> >
> > email (put Cubdriver in subject line)
> >
> > Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
> > Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
> > the blog: www.danford.net
>
>

[Ross Richardson]

Cub Driver wrote:

>In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
>provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
>than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
>medical every year!
>
>This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."
>
>
>
>-- all the best, Dan Ford
>
>email (put Cubdriver in subject line)
>
>Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
>Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
>the blog: www.danford.net
>
I have been a member of AOPA since 1970. I thought this was one of the
times that they didn't belly up to the bar on the 3rd Class each year.
They promote a drivers licence for the sport and rec licenses and in my
state I think it is every 5 or 6 years on a drivers license. And the
argument is that a very small percentage of the accidents are medical
relivent. There should be no limitations on the 3rd class medical.

Ross

[Jerry]

Falcon Insurance associated with the EAA can provide sport pilot insurance.
I switched from the AOPA to EAA insurance for that reason. Insurance says
Medical Certificate when required.

Jerry in NC

"Ross Richardson" > wrote in message
...
> Cub Driver wrote:
>
>>In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
>>provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
>>than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
>>medical every year!
>>
>>This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."
>>
>>
>>
>>-- all the best, Dan Ford
>>
>>email (put Cubdriver in subject line)
>>
>>Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
>>Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
>>the blog: www.danford.net
>>
> I have been a member of AOPA since 1970. I thought this was one of the
> times that they didn't belly up to the bar on the 3rd Class each year.
> They promote a drivers licence for the sport and rec licenses and in my
> state I think it is every 5 or 6 years on a drivers license. And the
> argument is that a very small percentage of the accidents are medical
> relivent. There should be no limitations on the 3rd class medical.
>
> Ross

[Ross Oliver]

There was no mention that this was specific to Sport Pilots in the article
on the AOPA web site:
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/050406insurance.html
I assumed the article was describing an insurance program for older
Private Pilots. I would be interested to know what the age cutoff
is for insurance companies to stop writing new policies. The article
does not quantify "older."

[Cub Driver]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:30:11 -0400, "Icebound"
> wrote:

>> In its email newsletter this morning, AOPA boasted that it would
>> provide insurance to older pilots within certain limitations: no more
>> than 4 pax, value less than $100,000, and -- get this! -- 3rd class
>> medical every year!
>>
>> This would seem to rule out flying on a driver's license "medical."
>>
>>
>
>You may correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you are going to take
>*4* pax on a driver's licencse medical, anyway? Is not the SP limit, like,
>1 ??

You're correct, but that's hardly the point. You aren't REQUIRED to
carry 3 passengers (plus the pilot; I should have been more specific)
in order to get the insurance! It's an outside limit, like the $100K.


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[Cub Driver]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:52:02 -0500, Ross Richardson
> wrote:

>I have been a member of AOPA since 1970. I thought this was one of the
>times that they didn't belly up to the bar on the 3rd Class each year.
>They promote a drivers licence for the sport and rec licenses and in my
>state I think it is every 5 or 6 years on a drivers license. And the
>argument is that a very small percentage of the accidents are medical
>relivent. There should be no limitations on the 3rd class medical.

Now that we're talking about old, bold pilots, New Hampshire requires
a road test at 75 and at each renewal. I don't know how long it's good
for.

I have a friend whose father was n his 90s and had to take the thang
every year. She would drive him over. On the last occasion, when he
was 96, he came out from the office saying: :"Never again!" She
assured him that of course he would be back. He showed her the
license: they had by error renewed it for four (five?) years, so he
would have been over 100 on his next occasion.

(He didn't make it to 100, as it happened.)


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[Cub Driver]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:06:44 GMT, "Jerry" >
wrote:

>Falcon Insurance associated with the EAA can provide sport pilot insurance.
>I switched from the AOPA to EAA insurance for that reason. Insurance says
>Medical Certificate when required.

Good to know. Thanks.

I won't rent without insurance, and my FBO has the same rule. It's a
major factor in deciding whether to go to Sport Pilot privileges.


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[Cub Driver]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 02:57:24 GMT, (Ross
Oliver) wrote:

>There was no mention that this was specific to Sport Pilots in the article
>on the AOPA web site:

Of course it's not specific to Sport Pilots, since it rules out Sport
Pilots by the terms specificed therein. That was my point.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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