PLT OF AN SMA SEL FLIES WITH A KNOWN MEDICAL DEFECT MAKING HIS AIRMEN'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE INVALID.

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THE SIT STARTED WHEN I HAD TO RENEW MY SECOND CLASS MEDICAL AT DEC/SAT/94. AT THAT TIME MY GLUCOSE BLOOD COUNT WAS ELEVATED. MY FLT DOCTOR RECOMMENDED A DIET AND EXERCISE PROGRAM TO BRING IT IN LINE. HIS DIAGNOSIS WAS DIABETES TYPE II. AT NO TIME IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM DID HE TELL ME I WAS NOT TO FLY OR THAT I WAS GNDED. SINCE MY CLASS II WAS NOT VALID; I STOPPED FLYING COMMERCIALLY AND SINCE MY THIRD CLASS WAS STILL IN EFFECT; I CONTINUED FLYING FOR PLEASURE. I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF ANY REG THAT SAID I COULDN'T FLY. I AM VERY ACTIVE AND WORK 12 HRS A DAY; AND I AM; IN MY OPINION; IN EXCELLENT HEALTH. ON MAY/FRI/95 AN OFFICER OF A NON PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION CALLED ME TO ASK IF I COULD FLY THEIR PARACHUTIST FLAG JUMPER TO OPEN THEIR CHARITABLE AIR SHOW THE FOLLOWING DAY AT XA00 PM. SINCE THIS WAS A COMPLETELY CHARITABLE EVENT AND I RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION (NO GAS; NO PUBLICITY; NO MONEY) WHATSOEVER; AND MY THIRD CLASS WAS STILL IN EFFECT; I SAID YES. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE AIR SHOW ON MOORE ARMY AIRFIELD MAY/SAT/95 I WAS MET BY MR. X; THE FAA INSPECTOR FOR THE SHOW. HE ASKED FOR MY PAPERS AND RIGHT AWAY I TOLD HIM MY COMMERCIAL SECOND CLASS MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED AND THAT I WAS DOING THIS SHOW UNDER MY THIRD CLASS MEDICAL AND I WAS DONATING MY TIME; AIRPLANE; FUEL; ETC; AND I WAS NOT GETTING ANY COMPENSATION WHATSOEVER. AT THAT TIME HE SAID TO ME; OK; YOU'RE CLRED TO FLY. THE AIR DROP WAS UNEVENTFUL; ROUTINE; I RETURNED TO BASE. MONDAY MORNING X CALLED ME AND WANTED TO MEET WITH ME AT MY HOME ARPT; PEPPERELL; MA; FOR A MEETING. AT THE MEETING HE INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE FAA ACTION AGAINST ME FOR FAA PART FARS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE FAA ADMINISTERED A LETTER OF WARNING FOR FLYING WITH A KNOWN MEDICAL DEFICIENCY SINCE HE HAD IN EFFECT BEEN DENIED CLASS II MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN DEC/94. EVEN THOUGH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAD NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT THE DIABETES CONDITION WAS A GNDING CONDITION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAS CLRED UP THE MEDICAL PROB AND HAS NOW RECEIVED HIS SECOND CLASS MEDICAL. HE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING OF ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MATTER. HOWEVER; HE NOW BELIEVES THAT IT ALL WORKED OUT TO HIS ADVANTAGE SINCE HE HAS RESTORED HIS HEALTH AND HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.