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Well, after several trips between Vermont, Pittsburgh and Boston it turns out that the seizures might have alerted me to the diagnosis earlier, so I have a bit of a head start, but with new molecular markers rather than the old histologic determinants, this turns out to be the deadlier...

Disability and impairment are different, and the FAA is concerned with impairment, i.e. what activities you can and can not do. Disability is occupation dependent and has to do with employment rather than activities of daily living, which determine impairment ratings. Many conditions have...

The basic underlying problem is that while it's fairly easy to prove that you DO have something, it's fairly hard to prove that you DON"T have something that was once present but now is not. In order to proceed, the FAA will request all of your records and can simply deny you if they don't get...

Don't worry about lying about anything. It wouldn't do any good except to get you into even deeper trouble,when records are requested and provided. Your own assessment of what you did and didn't have for a diagnosis is completely useless to the FAA. You will have to prove that you are squeaky...

Regardless of ROW the seaplane pilot should be able to pick a takeoff area that won't contain boats during the takeoff. The biggest problem I had with that was with jet skis, some intentionally trying to get as close as possible as fast as possible just to show off.

I meant to make it clear that you OR ATC can more easily declare with the important information already exchanged.

I always worry about what seems to be a non-event turning into a bigger event, so at the very least it’s good to advise ATC. Nothing needs to be “declared” for it to be an emergency at that point.

So a bladder leak could be the problem but shouldn't be after 16 years. Who knows, though? Quality has eroded in so many products recently.

Does your aircraft have fuel bladders and if so what year is it? If no bladders that would eliminate the tape adhesive possibility.

I had that happen in the C206 and didn't figure it out until I had an engine failure over mountainous and wooded terrain. As I was preparing to land in a small area of clearing, the engine restarted, then stopped, then restarted again, maybe three times in all. I made to an airport and had the...

I don't know. It's bad enough that CAMI can require expensive tests that are not medically indicated and are not covered by your health insurance, but requiring you to take a drug that your own doctor doesn't feel is medically indicated (especially when the drug itself is disqualifying) seems...

If I had to do it all over again, that's an option that I'd seriously consider. On the other hand you can just fly there and enjoy what it has to offer. It's an aviator's paradise for a whole variety of reasons.

Agree.There's dizziness from spinning around on a playground and there's dizziness from a serious underlying cause, like cardiac event, inner ear pathology, central nervous system pathology, medicinal side effect, etc., etc. The OP had the wisdom to seek medical attention to investigate those...

Look at it as "punishment" for impulsive actions (like leaving the ER after syncopal episode) and be thankful that it wasn't an undiagnosed condition that could have killed you on the way home. The FAA is not wild about impulsivity either, and lists it as one of the five hazardous attitudes.

Keep in mind that you have to answer yes or no to a series of questions in the "have you ever in your life" box that includes "dizziness or fainting spell" as well as "unconsciousnes for any reason", both of which by your own statements did occur, and the listing of syncope on your hospital...

But most prescriptions are a result of a visit to a health care professional, which is a yes/no checkbox if done within the last 3 years, followed by a listing of the reason for the visit below that. So you move up the ladder of "failure to disclose" if don't comply with that. And 17a above...

That never gets old . . .

I'd argue that tower gave you an instruction that assigned an altitude in controlled airspace so you are required to comply with that. The question is how much deviation from that is allowed, but I agree that you would never be busted for being that amount off. A problem might arise if an...

I didn't take ANY narcotics after total knee replacement. It was a few days of toughing it out then just ibuprofen for pain. Before the discovery of narcotics humans used endogenous mechanisms to manage their injuries - over many thousands of years, actually.

Any estimate is subject to the "while we're at it" feature, meaning you will likely find things that are airworthy but more convenient to upgrade during the project than after you think it's all done. Thirty years ago I could probably have bought a pretty good J3 but elected to buy one that...