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David Megginson
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Hi, everyone. As many of you already know, I've been dealing with serious health issues since last October, including 3 1/2 months in hospital after a cancer diagnosis and a related spinal injury, and I just wanted to give a quick update: I am home, and while I'm still using a wheelchair for my primary mobility, I'm increasingly on my feet using a walker, and just managed to climb my first stairs yesterday, so I'm hoping to at least be able to get myself into @Warrior 151 's PA-28-151 for a promised ride later this spring or summer.
My Piper is still pickled sitting out in the field. I'm getting my last radiation treatments in May, and after that, I'll have a conversation with Transport Canada to see if there's any chance of a class 3 or 4 medical in my future, given my condition and medications (in the U.S. it would be a definite "no" because one of my key meds is on the banned list, but Transport Canada is more flexible and works on a case-by-case basis). If it doesn't seem likely that I'll ever be PIC again, then I'll be selling a PA-28-161 with decent avionics (GTN 650, GTX 345 transponder, and an STEC-20 A/P with GPSS) later this year, but if I can manage even just a class 4 medical and Recreational Pilot Permit, then I'll hang onto the plane.
I haven't been too active here because it reminds me that I can't fly right now, and that makes me a bit sad with the nice spring weather arriving, but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.
Happy skies!
My Piper is still pickled sitting out in the field. I'm getting my last radiation treatments in May, and after that, I'll have a conversation with Transport Canada to see if there's any chance of a class 3 or 4 medical in my future, given my condition and medications (in the U.S. it would be a definite "no" because one of my key meds is on the banned list, but Transport Canada is more flexible and works on a case-by-case basis). If it doesn't seem likely that I'll ever be PIC again, then I'll be selling a PA-28-161 with decent avionics (GTN 650, GTX 345 transponder, and an STEC-20 A/P with GPSS) later this year, but if I can manage even just a class 4 medical and Recreational Pilot Permit, then I'll hang onto the plane.
I haven't been too active here because it reminds me that I can't fly right now, and that makes me a bit sad with the nice spring weather arriving, but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.
Happy skies!
