SkyDog58
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Yep, you need your legs and feet to fly. At least Jessica Cox does.
Yep, you need your legs and feet to fly. At least Jessica Cox does.
Sounds right to me. The old man was able to get a special issue for a while even with the cancer.But you said she 'wouldn't necessarily her disqualified' for Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and terminal cancer? Right?
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Sounds right to me. The old man was able to get a special issue for a while even with the cancer.
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I have the utmost respect for you and what you've accomplished, as well as other folks with physical disabilities. And no, I don't tell at folks that park in handicap spots and then walk inside. Not all disabilities can be seen from the outside.I'm a triple amputee, been flying this way for about 5 years. Flew with the FAA from the FSDO and all that. Flew about 10 years will all my limbs before that. I know others with conditions.
Reaction from one poster here seems a lot like one who yells at a person parking in a handicap spot that walks with no visible disability. Fact is the disabled person may just be having a good day, between the bad ones.
Not a doctor? No first hand experience with a person's condition? Its impossible to know what they are or aren't capable of.
And a public one at that!Oh no! Not a warning!!!!
Yep, you need your legs and feet to fly. At least Jessica Cox does.
First post here so why not find out if I am still able to fly.
I have been flying off and on for 18 years now with 4 solos in 3 different states and 2 solo cross country flights.
In 2008 I was in a severe motorcycle accident and broke quite a few bones including my back. This caused nerve damage in my feet and left leg. I got back into flying in 2014 and wonder if there are hand control kits for aircraft that can be switched around. I have looked online and haven't really found anything.
Is this a real thing or am I destined to fly with a instructor for ever?
I completely agree! I have great friends that are transgender, and amputees that still fly, but they aren't stupid
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I guess it depends on what was amputated.Curious how transgender fits into a discussion about disabled pilots.
Curious how transgender fits into a discussion about disabled pilots.
Look up Douglas bader. He flew a spitfire, in combat, later , after the war, flew a multi for gulf oil. Both legs had been amputated due to an accident . Good book called " reach for the sky." ( about him)
Holy necropost!! You have to take it in context considering ruthie...I have a few friends in the LGBT(insert letter here). And none of them do it for attention, they are normal people. So go ahead and take it out of context all you want
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Bob, correct me if I am wrong, and I think it is great that someone with a disability can fly, I know I would.
Many eons ago when I took my private pilots ground school at a junior college there was a guy that was on arm crutches. The teacher said, you know you will never get your private ticket due to your handicap. He replied, yes, but I want to take ground school anyway for my own knowledge and I want to fly paraglider or something to that effect.
The instructor was wrong. There are many physical limitations that can be addressed with a Special Issuance. The applicant must demonstrate to an FAA ops inspector that s/he can perform the actions required to fly safely and that's that.
Bob