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To get a First Class Medical, your uncorrected vision needs to be 20/100 or better. It needs to correct to 20/20. My vision was 20/200 in one eye and around 20/300 in the other, thus beyond the 20/100 uncorrected limits for a class I medical.
Even when there was a minimum uncorrected vision requirement, it was possible to get a SODA on the basis of an optical evaluation (and for vision far worse than 20/300).
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Believe it or not, it sounds like a familiar number. I enjoyed the Warrior alot! Great little bird.
Yep, we love our little bird. She takes us everywhere we want to go, economically and reasonably fast. Now if only she had an extra 100 horsepower, and retractable gear, and dual GNS-530s, and… 
— Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Warrior N33431
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Now if only she had an extra 100 horsepower, and retractable gear, and dual GNS-530s, and…
up, drooling… Enrique A. Troconis http://www.kitepilot.com/ http://www.kitepilot.com/viking
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Believe it or not, it sounds like a familiar number. I enjoyed the Warrior alot! Great little bird. Yep, we love our little bird. She takes us everywhere we want to go, economically and reasonably fast. Now if only she had an extra 100 horsepower, and retractable gear, and dual GNS-530s, and… — Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Warrior N33431
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You mean the old Piper Warrior and Arrow are still around? Geezzzz!
Heck, my wife and I probably own the plane you trained in! Nothing much has changed, except avionics and the FAA. — Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA 1975 Warrior N33431
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Believe it or not, it sounds like a familiar number. I enjoyed the Warrior alot! Great little bird.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You mean the old Piper Warrior and Arrow are still around? Geezzzz! Heck, my wife and I probably own the plane you trained in! Nothing much has changed, except avionics and the FAA. — Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA 1975 Warrior N33431
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O wow! Things do change, don’t they? Yes, my vision is fully correctable to 20/20. Uncorrected vision is way out of whack. Thanks!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – To get a First Class Medical, your uncorrected vision needs to be 20/100 or better. It needs to correct to 20/20. My vision was 20/200 in one eye and around 20/300 in the other, thus beyond the 20/100 uncorrected limits for a class I medical. A successful Lasik surgery corrects it to 20/40 or better with most patients getting the desired 20/20. The FAA requires your doctor complete a form concerning the Lasik procedure. This was changed a number of years ago (early 90′s I think) probibly after you took your hiatus from the industry. Its now as BTIZ says, just correctable to 20/20. ok.. I’m confused.. my copy of AIM/FAR 67.103 for Class 1 says.. " 20/20 or better in each eye with or without corrective lenses…" so were you not correctable to 20/20 before? I’m 20/200 in one and 20/400 in the other.. and both are correctable to 20/15 with contacts.. and yes.. I keep my glasses handy while flying. TZ
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To get a First Class Medical, your uncorrected vision needs to be 20/100 or better. It needs to correct to 20/20. My vision was 20/200 in one eye and around 20/300 in the other, thus beyond the 20/100 uncorrected limits for a class I medical. A successful Lasik surgery corrects it to 20/40 or better with most patients getting the desired 20/20. The FAA requires your doctor complete a form concerning the Lasik procedure.
This was changed a number of years ago (early 90′s I think) probibly after you took your hiatus from the industry. Its now as BTIZ says, just correctable to 20/20. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ok.. I’m confused.. my copy of AIM/FAR 67.103 for Class 1 says.. " 20/20 or better in each eye with or without corrective lenses…" so were you not correctable to 20/20 before? I’m 20/200 in one and 20/400 in the other.. and both are correctable to 20/15 with contacts.. and yes.. I keep my glasses handy while flying. TZ
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ok.. I’m confused.. my copy of AIM/FAR 67.103 for Class 1 says.. " 20/20 or better in each eye with or without corrective lenses…" so were you not correctable to 20/20 before? I’m 20/200 in one and 20/400 in the other.. and both are correctable to 20/15 with contacts.. and yes.. I keep my glasses handy while flying. TZ
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I logged 2000+ hours in my college days as a CFI-AI but gave it all up because my vision was w-a-y out of whack to pass a first class medical. The miracle of Lasik eye surgery will correct my vision to 20/20 and give me a first class miracle. After a 25 year absence, a local FAA medical examiner says I’m cleared to go for a career change back into aviation! —
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To get a First Class Medical, your uncorrected vision needs to be 20/100 or better. It needs to correct to 20/20. My vision was 20/200 in one eye and around 20/300 in the other, thus beyond the 20/100 uncorrected limits for a class I medical. A successful Lasik surgery corrects it to 20/40 or better with most patients getting the desired 20/20. The FAA requires your doctor complete a form concerning the Lasik procedure.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ok.. I’m confused.. my copy of AIM/FAR 67.103 for Class 1 says.. " 20/20 or better in each eye with or without corrective lenses…" so were you not correctable to 20/20 before? I’m 20/200 in one and 20/400 in the other.. and both are correctable to 20/15 with contacts.. and yes.. I keep my glasses handy while flying. TZ I logged 2000+ hours in my college days as a CFI-AI but gave it all up because my vision was w-a-y out of whack to pass a first class medical. The miracle of Lasik eye surgery will correct my vision to 20/20 and give me a first class miracle. After a 25 year absence, a local FAA medical examiner says I’m cleared to go for a career change back into aviation! —
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I logged 2000+ hours in my college days as a CFI-AI but gave it all up because my vision was w-a-y out of whack to pass a first class medical. The miracle of Lasik eye surgery will correct my vision to 20/20 and give me a first class miracle. After a 25 year absence, a local FAA medical examiner says I’m cleared to go for a career change back into aviation! —
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I logged 2000+ hours in my college days as a CFI-AI but gave it all up because my vision was w-a-y out of whack to pass a first class medical. The miracle of Lasik eye surgery will correct my vision to 20/20 and give me a first class miracle. After a 25 year absence, a local FAA medical examiner says I’m cleared to go for a career change back into aviation!
Welcome back! You’ll be pleased to know that the airplanes you flew back then are the same airplanes that are flying today
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You mean the old Piper Warrior and Arrow are still around? Geezzzz! Wanna kick it up a notch to turbine hopefully. Steve – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Welcome back! You’ll be pleased to know that the airplanes you flew back then are the same airplanes that are flying today
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I have been very happy with my Lasik. Some of the best money I have ever spent. Jerry
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I logged 2000+ hours in my college days as a CFI-AI but gave it all up because my vision was w-a-y out of whack to pass a first class medical. The miracle of Lasik eye surgery will correct my vision to 20/20 and give me a first class miracle. After a 25 year absence, a local FAA medical examiner says I’m cleared to go for a career change back into aviation! —
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