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08-23-2018, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: X35 - Ocala, FL
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Last 5-year 3rd class medical
I turn 40 on Monday, so I wanted to get my 3rd class medical before my birthday to utilize the 5-year rule. When I turn 45 I?ll be either doing Basic Med or getting 2-year 3rd class medicals.
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Jesse Saint
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08-23-2018, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Leander, TX
Posts: 166
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Happy Birthday!
I like BasicMed better, because my primary care physician is a lot more thorough than my AME and I get more actual value out of the exam. My physicals are even covered by insurance. I took a normal physical and my PCP went through the FAA form at the end and signed me off.
The only reason I got a 2nd class medical this year (after BasicMed last year) is because I flew to Mexico and an FAA medical was required. I got my commercial certificate last year, so I got a 2nd class exam just for the heck of it. I’m not flying commercially. The main difference with the 3rd class were a few more eye tests. As long as I don’t fly internationally of for profit, I will never get an FAA medical again. The FAA medical was a joke and has very little value to me in terms of identifying a potential problem.
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Last edited by emuyshondt : 08-24-2018 at 06:52 AM.
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08-24-2018, 04:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Granbury Texas
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Basic Med is awesome. The best thing that's happened to GA in 60 years. Thank you Senator Inhofe
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08-24-2018, 06:17 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Stewart
Basic Med is awesome. The best thing that's happened to GA in 60 years. Thank you Senator Inhofe
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Ditto for me!
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08-24-2018, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Cape Coral, FL
Posts: 349
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Happy Birthday Jesse!
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Anthony
RV6-A "Aluminum Mistress"
Too many hobbies- not enough time.
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 donor and happy to do it.
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08-24-2018, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 1,957
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Happy Birthday Jesse! I did exactly the same thing last month.
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Kurt W.
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08-24-2018, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hudson County, NJ
Posts: 1,092
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Happy Birthday!!
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08-24-2018, 09:22 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Danville, IN (West of Indy)
Posts: 199
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Happy Birthday
Happy birthday Jesse. I wish I had thought of this. I just turned 40 about three weeks ago.
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Danville, IN
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08-24-2018, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Liberty, MO
Posts: 252
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesse
I turn 40 on Monday, so I wanted to get my 3rd class medical before my birthday to utilize the 5-year rule. When I turn 45 I?ll be either doing Basic Med or getting 2-year 3rd class medicals.
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Jesse,
Fly up to KC this weekend and I will take care of that 3rd class for you. Then, you could see the nice work that you did on my RV-8!
I hope that you and your family are doing well. I enjoyed the time that I spent there (except dodging the storms on my way back...)
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08-24-2018, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
Posts: 10,011
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Sometimes it even gets better with age... 
After over 4 decades of medicals I finally got the "Corrective Lenses Required" restriction removed when my nearsightedness corrected itself.
I want to fly into Canada so a 3rd class was needed, otherwise I would have gone BasicMed.
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Grumman Tiger N12GA - flying
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