Is he flying under the LSA rules, I wonder? The FAA database shows that his
last medical was issued 4/2002. It's the only name match in the database.

For now he's flying under the sport pilot rules, but when I met him he
said he was hoping to eventually get a special issuance 3rd class
medical approved based on his remarkable recovery plus the
demonstrated ability of a year's worth of cross country flights in the
Cub.