---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/18/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:37 PM - Re: RV 7 wing kit for sale - Medical (Don Hall) 2. 04:50 PM - Re: RV 7 wing kit for sale - Medical (Rob Prior (rv7)) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:37:42 PM PST US From: "Don Hall" Subject: RE: RV7-List: RV 7 wing kit for sale - Medical Holy Moly, I hope I'm demanding aerobatic rated pacemakers and stents at 70! You are superman!. Good luck with the Sonex. If you need a left seater, come on over to ATL, and we'll drink some pre-aerobatic flight prune, er superman juice! ****************************************** Don Hall N517DG (registered) rv7 fuselage http://rv7.donka.net ****************************************** _____ From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of J2j3h4@aol.com Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:33 AM Subject: Re: RV7-List: RV 7 wing kit for sale - Medical Sincere thanks to all who wrote to give me advice about my medical. I really do appreciate your concern, but will explain further why I've decided to give up the RV 7. I was already flying under a special issuance medical due to having a pace maker and stents in 2 arteries. Under the SIM I was required to periodically submit full medical data (stress test, EKG, pacemaker test and log, etc) even before the medical was due for reexamination. I sent in the last submittal a couple of months before the medical was due to expire, but didn't hear anything back until after it had expired. I then received a letter from the FFA stating that they had reviewed my records and found that I was not eligible for any class license. They further stated "if you reapply, we will have no choice to deny you". >From this, and AOPA agrees, I infer that they have not actually denied my medical, and I am therefore still eligible for Sport Pilot. I considered contesting their ruling, since my cardiologist says there has been no change in my condition since my previous submittal, but I decided that I would then be playing Russian roulette. That is, they could deny me at any time, and then my flying options would be even more limited - ultralight, glider, or motor glider. I agree that building is a great joy, but rather than finishing the RV 7 and then selling it, I've decided to build a Sonex instead. The Sonex is the closest thing to an RV 7 that I could find in the LSA class. (Sorry, but the RV 12 just doesn't cut it - it's not aerobatic and it won't be available for another year). After all, I'm now 70 years old and don't want to wait the year or 2 to finish the RV 7 and then another year or 2 to build the Sonex, and I can't afford a ready-built. I did fly gliders a bit and in fact soloed, but it's a 2 hour drive to the nearest glider club. There is a commercial glider operation about a 1 hour drive away, but they are VERY expensive, especially in the learning stage where you are concentrating on a particular task and often get less than an hour flight per tow (maybe only a few minutes if you are practicing recovery from tow line breaks). Thanks again for the advice and concern. It's great to know such a caring, helpful, bunch of guys. Jim Hasper ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:50:33 PM PST US From: "Rob Prior (rv7)" Subject: Re: RV7-List: RV 7 wing kit for sale - Medical --> RV7-List message posted by: "Rob Prior (rv7)" On 23:32:57 2006-08-17 J2j3h4@aol.com wrote: > I agree that building is a great joy, but rather than finishing the > RV 7 and then selling it, I've decided to build a Sonex instead. The > Sonex is the closest thing to an RV 7 that I could find in the LSA > class. Good luck with the Sonex. I seriously considered it before starting my -7. In hindsight, given how far i've come on my -7 so far, the Sonex may have been a better choice. :) But it *is* a nice plane. Just my opinion, but I would put the V-tail on it. Aerodynamically it doesn't do anything extra for the design, but it does look pretty. -Rob