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Old 07-24-2007, 07:23 AM
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Default I have the new plastic pilot's certificate

It came yesterday. I used the option to remove my SSN to get a random number on an FAA website. It cost nothing to do this. Only problem is that the letters/numbers are way too small. I still don't know what my number is. It took about ten days from submittal to mail delivery.

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certific...ficate_number/

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Old 07-24-2007, 08:56 AM
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Your number is on the backside too, upper right corner, if you can't read it on the front.
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Old 07-24-2007, 10:14 AM
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Default Thanks Ron

The background is better but the size is still too small. I will get a magnifying glass and write the number on it with legible size print.

Another FAA poorly implemented project.
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Old 07-24-2007, 11:25 AM
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Ron,

This is the new instant medical check by the FAA. When they do a ramp check, they ask to see your license. If it is the new plastic license, they ask you to read your pilot's license number from your license. If you cannot read it, they pull your license and and accuse you of forging your medical. If you are old, they've got you. Either your eyesight is going, and you cannot read the number, or your memory is going, and you cannot remember your number.

Ok, but it could happen .

Tracy.
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Old 07-24-2007, 11:36 AM
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Default I can still read mine...

Tracy, I think you broke the code!

I'm an old duffer and my medical says "Must wear corrective lenses...." But I can read the number on mine.

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Old 07-24-2007, 11:10 PM
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For those over 50, you can request that your new pilot licensed be issued in braille, to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Then just learn how to read your number in braille. That should work except for the memory thing...
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Old 07-24-2007, 11:28 PM
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if you look at the black lines that make up orville and wilburs coat collars and the wing struts of the wright flyer you will notice that this is also writing,

it is in fact Marion Blakley's speech commerating the 100th anniversarie of flight




I had to use a jewlers loop to read it
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Old 07-25-2007, 05:35 AM
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Default The Plastic Licenses Do Not Hold Up Well

I made the switch to the plastic license recently because the AOPA said it is going to be required soon. It is another piece of fat plastic in an already packed billfold. I have had my Repairman's Certificate which is also the same plastic form with different information printed on it. The Repairman's Certificate is very faded compared to the Pilot's License. Another potential problem is breakage. My State Driver's License is also plastic and I used to carry such plastic articles in staggered pockets in my billfold so that the upper edge of each was visible as well as some in common pockets behind the displayed plastic licenses and credit cards. My state driver's license is cracked completely across where it overlapped the edge of a card staggered behind it.

The paper license held up just fine for decades.

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Old 07-25-2007, 06:04 AM
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Default Not a License

Hey guys, I hate to be picky here but it's a certificate, not a license.
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Old 07-25-2007, 06:37 AM
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Default Funny.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by N258RE
if you look at the black lines that make up orville and wilburs coat collars and the wing struts of the wright flyer you will notice that this is also writing,

it is in fact Marion Blakley's speech commerating the 100th anniversarie of flight




I had to use a jewlers loop to read it
I thought you were joking, until I got out a magnifying glass!
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