Can deaf fly under sports pilot rule?

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allen

For the most part they were average unless you factor in the additional
work it took for them to pass their flight checks and the hassles they
did for the medicals. It took some extra effort on my part in learning
to adapt their physical problems to the physical acts of control
manipulations, etc. It was a challenge and ended up being educational
for me as well as fun, and frustrating, and satisfying, and gratifying,
etc.
Selway Kid

Sorry, I did not mean to imply that deaf pilots were not "normal"
pilots. It's just that deaf pilots are really not common. It was a bad
use of words on my part, sorry!

Myself, I have a severe case of hearing loss and that's why I was
interested in hearing more about your experiences teaching deaf pilots.
I will be looking for some instruction soon here in the Texas Hill
Country and will have to find an instructor that has experience in
dealing with deaf/hard of hearing students. I imagine many of them do
not want to deal with these kinds of student. Nonetheless, I am capable
of carrying on a conversation on the phone, etc, but the radio stops me
cold.

When I was going to high school in South Texas (near Harlingen), there
was a deaf cropduster and I figured that was the only way for for
hearing impaired people to fly! Also, I thought a Sports Pilot
certificate would enable more people like me to fly, but further
investigation has shown that they can fly with a PPL as well. All news
to me. Still learning. Thanks all for your feedback.
-Nick

wrote:

Myself, I have a severe case of hearing loss and that's why I was
interested in hearing more about your experiences teaching deaf pilots.
I will be looking for some instruction soon here in the Texas Hill
Country and will have to find an instructor that has experience in
dealing with deaf/hard of hearing students. I imagine many of them do
not want to deal with these kinds of student.

I have a disability myself and have had different experiences here
and there, but generally speaking pretty good; most people
(instructors, examiners, FAA inspectors) have had the attitude of
'hmm, that's interesting/different, how can we help?; :-) so don't
be afraid to ask; at the same time, I have found it quite useful
to associate with folks in the same situation; I mentioned the
Deaf Pilots Association (http://deafpilots.org), with which I am
not personally acquainted, but I reckon it might be similar in spirit
to IWA (http://wheelchairaviators.org) of which I am a member;
It provides tips, pointers to instructors, AME, etc. who are
experienced in the issue, and more importantly in a way, role models,
i.e., folks like you who went successfully through the process;
in addition of course of joining AOPA which is a source of good info
as well.

all the best,

--Sylvain

On 17 Mar 2006 12:31:35 -0800, wrote:

I will be looking for some instruction soon here in the Texas Hill
Country and will have to find an instructor that has experience in
dealing with deaf/hard of hearing students.

I remember reading a how-to-fly pamphlet from the 1940s(?) that had
small photos of the instructor (sitting in the front seat of a tandem
aircraft, of course) demonstrating hand signals. Typically the
aircraft had no intercom, so there were no audio instructions once in
the air. Maybe you can find an instructor willing to learn or refresh
his knowledge of these signals. (And a Piper Cub to go with it, since
they'd be less valuable if you were in the left seat.)



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