"W P Dixon" wrote in message
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Well I beg to differ, since alot of trained pilots are no longer eligible
to
fly per the FAA due to medical reasons...I hope the SP rule will end up
helping them as well should they chose to fly again.

WP, be careful how you "read the regs"... if you were "denied" an FAA
Medical, you do not automatically qualify for Sport Pilot... i.e, you
applied for a 1st, 2nd or 3rd class medical and was denied by FAAOKC or any
designated Aviation Medical Examiner who sent the paper work to OKC.

If you allowed a medical to expire, and did not apply for renewal, because
you knew you could not pass a medical, then you may be entitled to exercise
the sport pilot option with a "light sport aircraft".

There is a paragraph in the Sport Pilot regulations that states that those
that have been denied a medical do not qualify. The "key" is, "does the FAA
have a denied medical application on file".

Hope it all works out so you can fly..

BT