Area pilot builds aircraft in his garage

Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe, has been building an RV-12 single-engine airplane with the help of his wife, Rose, in their one-car garage in the Mount Pleasant Retirement Village.

Denise Wilson/Contributing photographer Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe, has been building an RV-12 single-engine airplane with the help of his wife, Rose, in their one-car garage in the Mount Pleasant Retirement Village.

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Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe, has been building an RV-12 single-engine airplane with the help of his wife, Rose.

Denise Wilson/Contributing photographer Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe, has been building an RV-12 single-engine airplane with the help of his wife, Rose.

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Denise Wilson/Contributing photographer Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe, has been building an RV-12 single-engine airplane with the help of his wife, Rose.

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Pilot David T. Morgan, of Monroe has built many airplanes with his brother and been around these vehicles most of his life.

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Medical examinations are not accurate in determining whether a man should or should not fly. The stress test subjects one to conditions which will never be encountered in an aeroplane.
In denying a man the right to do what he truly loves to do, you are, in effect, doing him more harm than what he can ever do to someone else. Let us be realistic and stop picking on a small segment of our population, the pilots, and dwell on the huge world of auto drivers, many of whom should not drive.

Walter H. Peters
9:48 PM, 7/14/2009

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I agree with rick and Hugo that it appears you can fly an LSA as long as you have not failed an FAA medical exam. It is true that, to my knowledge, most states do not require a periodic medical exam to maintain an automobile drivers licence.

Relating to the comments by Gary and Ned about the
risks of flying with a known medical problem; it is scary to think of all the automobile drivers who are out there with known medical problems and
little training.

Bob
1:03 PM, 7/13/2009

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So, lets look at this. A guy has a heart condition that would cause him to fail a third class physical. All he has to do is not take the physical and fly under the light sport rules with a drivers license. I don't think so. If you read the FAA rule, you will see that isn't even close to correct!

Craig Muth
9:49 AM, 7/12/2009

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My take is that the medical should be eliminated for the private pilot, restricted for single engine four passenger. If a person would be so irresponsible as to fly with a condition that could result in loss of control, they will likely do it anyway. A person who has gone through the process to earn the privilege to fly, is characteristicly responsible. Sudden death at the controls is a throw back to the days when flying was new and medical science was much different. It is very rare indeed.

Gary Weidman
2:33 PM, 7/11/2009

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Do you think it's smart to fly an aircraft with some kind of medical problem that could incapcitate the pilot and possibly cause a crash killing the pilot and others on the ground? On top of that, it's not very wise to be advising people how to buck the system with a known medical problem! These are the people that will give a bad name to the LSA program....Those that fly knowing they have a medical problem that would not allow them to pass an FAA medical. Way to go. You should be ashamed!

Ned
11:16 AM, 7/11/2009

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There was an error in the text of this article. You cannot substitute a drivers license for an aviation medical certificate to fly a light sport aircraft if you have failed to pass an aviation medical. If you think you might fail the medical then you had better not have it because once failed the drivers license is no longer a substitute for flying a light sport aircraft.

Steve

Steven Downs
4:52 PM, 7/10/2009

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Hugo is exactly correct. You may only fly under light sport rules if you have never been denied a medical permit. If you supect you won't pass, don't even take the medical exam. Then you're fine to fly under LSA rules.

Rick
4:22 PM, 7/10/2009

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“I’m having a little bit of medical problems and it’s my insurance policy that if I don’t pass my physical that I can fly this with my driver’s license.”

You may want to recheck that. If you fail your medical, you may NOT self-certify with a driver's license. If you are having medical issues, I would skip the medical and go straight to Light Sport.

My 2¢, for what it's worth...

Hugo
1:51 PM, 7/10/2009

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