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Jaybird114

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  1. All: Good evening . . My name is Jay, I am 58 yrs old and have been putting off learning to fly for way too long. Over the last 8 months, I have been getting familiar with various pilots on YouTube and watching and reading a lot about pilot training. I have thought about going the Private Pilot License (PPL) route, then found out I would fail the 3rd class medical. See I have a desk job and for over 30+ year's I have sat too much and got that first pandemic disease, type II diabetes. The issue I have is that I am on Insulin and Jardiance and from reading the FAA's medical info check sheet for diabetic drugs, that would fail me. I then thought of going the other route and do Sport Pilot training, that sounded just great. No medical needed, less fligth training, couldn't fly at night, but would have to use a light sport aircraft. There are a lot of videos about light sport aircraft and also changes coming in 2022 or 2023 with the planes that one can use to be a Sport Pilot. But I don't want to wait another year or two. I feel I have waited too long as it is. However when people talk about the light sport aircraft, no one really talks about the useful load and those limitations. A lot of folks just talk about the cheaper operating expenses and show usually only one person flying, not two. Being a big guy 6'1 and 275 lbs, the Light Sport Aircraft useful load kills me. When you add in fuel at 6 lbs a gallon, an instructor and mself, we are over the useful load limit, at least for a Cessna 162 I did find for training. At this location, about 1.5 hours away from me in Massachusettes. However, they have a plane they can use, but don't have insurance on the plane for students to solo in. Seems the plane is owned by one of the airport members. So was a mis-leading visit. The general issue, I can't find anyone in the Albany NY area that offers Sport Pilot training. So my first thing I need to do next month when I see my doctor for my quarterly visit, tell my doctor I need to get off Jardiance and then I should be able to pass the 3rd class medical. However reading about getting off medications, is there a 90 day grace period I have to wait after stop taking a medication, before I should think about going for my 3rd class medical exam? In my research, I talked to another instuctor who had lost a ton of weight and got off medication that was causing him issues to pass his 3rd class medical. In our discussion, he said once you get your 3rd class, you don't neet to get again, he said you can go to your regular doctor and get a physical and have your doctor fill out something new called basic med? Is that correct? Sorry to have to ask, but I have been doing so much reading and finding the medication show stopper, I want to make sure I understand this other medical options for later. What has me re-thinking about becoming a pilot, is we have one child in college. He is about 3 hours away and I hate the 6 hour over and back drive all the time when I take him. There is also an airport about 5 minutes from college and if did my research correct, it is an hour and fifteen flight each way. No more traffic and a lot more fun I would think. Sorry to have rambled on, but I would love to hear from someone of you on your thoughts with my initial medication challenge for the 3rd class medical and then the basic med thing. My wife told me 18 yrs ago, happy birthday, go learn to fly. But being a responsibel dad, I thought of daycare payments, not flight school ones. Thanks again for reading. I look forward in receiving some feedback. Jay
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