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Islamic State fight could breathe new life into the A-10
Months after staving off a trip to the boneyard, the embattled A-10 Thunderbolt II is headed to the Middle East where it could be used to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. An Indiana Air National Guard unit that flies the Cold War-era gunships, known as Warthogs, is planning to deploy about 300 airmen and an unknown number of its aircraft to the U.S. Central Command region early next month, says a Sept. 17 news release from the unit. (www.stripes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Its just a bad ass aircraft all around. Breath In - Breath Out!
"Breathe new life into the A10". That's funny since we know who is not gonna be breathing when the A10's come to town.
yep
Just FYI, they are figuring when I come home from the hospital in a couple of weeks that I will come home on insulin. My ATP goes out on age at end of November anyway and if I come home on insulin, that will punch my ticket then. Other than currency, I haven't done anything since last year anyway. I was probably going to just drop it down to a commercial and keep that as long as I could pass the physical, but I don't think you can fly at all having to use the needle, kinda like guys with a CDL. OH Well, lot's of good memories.LOL
Diet and excercise can work wonders. See you doctor for some ideas.
Best wishes to you.
Best wishes to you.
Must be contagious but there are still ways to keep a ticket. Here is a good article on this: http://www.pilotfriend.com/aeromed/medical/diabetes.htm
Incidentally, the Dr Stanley who wrote a lot of the Aviation Medicine stuff died two weeks ago at around age 87. He was a true pioneer in bringing standards from the discipline to working pilots.
Incidentally, the Dr Stanley who wrote a lot of the Aviation Medicine stuff died two weeks ago at around age 87. He was a true pioneer in bringing standards from the discipline to working pilots.
Yeah, I've been on waivers for diabetes and Afib for more years than I can remember. I don't know if I'd even want to go for a third class or not and at a quick reading on that article, special issuance 3rd class would be all I'd be eligible for and that doesn't even sound appealing. I'll worry about all that later. LOL
The standards are more than fair. They will keep only a few Type I diabetics from flying. Since Type I is usually diagnosed in teenage years, my guess is than learning to fly would not be a good option in life.
As a parent of a diabetic and a pilot, I'd definitely disagree with that. Learning to fly is a good thing! Besides the LSA route, the 3rd class medical is available for IDDM (Type 1 Diabetes). It's true that insulin use currently rules out most commercial flight, but flying for pay isn't the only reason to do it.
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/diabetes_insulin/
There are even a few for-pay things you can do with a third class medical and an appropriate pilot certificate, flight instruction and pilot examination being two.
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/diabetes_insulin/
There are even a few for-pay things you can do with a third class medical and an appropriate pilot certificate, flight instruction and pilot examination being two.
Very true but on pills you can fly forever, but once that needle starts, it doesn't matter what, bye bye rating. Standards are very fair but it's just that needle; they don't want anything to happen to somebody mid stream as most cases, insulin generally denotes the possibility of a coma. Sad part is, if they came up with it in pill form, they would probably waiver it. Personally, in all but the worst cases, needle is no worse than pills, as far as doses go.
Very short-sighted thinking. It is a drug delivery system, nothing more. People here needle and they think drug addict. Time we grew up.
Not so short sighted Paul. The mental response for a patient going into DKA (Diabetic Keto-Acidosis) is much like hypoxia in that the person does not realize they are not as lucid as they should be. The pump is a great thing until it becomes disconnected. Had a very good friend die when hers was disconnected as she got into her car. A short 15 minute drive saw her go into DKA, go unconscious, her vehicle go into the lake and she drowned. It is the very real possibility of a person miscalculating a dosage or a myriad of other problems that can put both the pilot, passengers, and people on the ground at risk.
I couldn't agree more but those are the rules. Absence of pills can bring on a coma too. Old insulin shots were needed sometimes in a hurry if someone was out of whack bad and they penalized everybody for it, and especially today, when a lot of it can be done with one shot daily and done.