Microlighters

I combined my annual medical and aviation medical this morning to start training shortly.

The only problem I did have was with the colour blindness eye test - eventually got the correct answer, but did have to stare long and hard at those green, red and blue dots and guessed a couple!

What is the status of the medical if you had to fail only this part of the examination?

I always thought you were a bit blind!

slysi wrote:I always thought you were a bit blind!

At least I am one step closer than you!

Ja, ja. Well done mate. Don't rub it in now!

Seriously though, good luck with the training.

slysi wrote:Seriously though, good luck with the training.

Still have to inform the government that I'm going ahead with it!
I'll drop you a good word when I'm with yours tonight!

Colour blindness is not a problem on a class 4 medical
page 71 of the DAME (CAA's medical guide)

Morph wrote:Colour blindness is not a problem on a class 4 medical
page 71 of the DAME (CAA's medical guide)

Thanks Morph ... was a bit worried about that!

Colour blindness will affect you if you were doing PPL.
I was doing my PPL before changing to MPL, and all that happened was a restriction on the medical stating "VFR by day only".
Nothing on the medical for MPL, as you are only allowed to fly VFR daytime.
Enjoy the training.

I have 11/10 Vision

I am 12/19 Colour Blind - RED / GREEN SELECTIVE

I could see the one card with the either or number on!

PPL - CLASS II SAFE

If I should persue a night rating or CPL, I'd have to go up to Pretoria to do what they call a Lantern Test to determine if I would be safe at night!

One advantage I have is when I hunt, I see certain game long before the others... makes some people pissed off!

Hi Bad Nav

Also colour blind Red/Green

Went to Pretoria for lantern test, failed. Optromitist claims I am not colour blind between red and green, but have a deficiency with the two colours. Still see green and red items correctly, but just a different shade of the respective colours to what everyone else would see.

anyone with color blindenss broblems pm me even if you failed the lantern test
and ill tell you where to go and i should know ...ive been there done that and now a commercial pilot.
dont listen to anyone else
walla

Years ago i was turned down for PPL because i am colour blind, i.e. red/green deficiency, what a blessing in disguise, if i had gone PPL , i probably today would not be flying a microlight Bantam, i think i have come out tops.
Did you know that during the war colour blind people would be used as spotters, because if you are colour blind, you do not see camouflage, you see the actual object hiding beneath the cammo. That is why bad nav spots game before anybody else.
So get yourself off to the game reserve and pity the poor people who never spot the game...
fly safe,
Dirk
ZU-DIG

I see RED perfectly.... I see GREEN perfectly.... If I persue the CPL route, then I'll pop you a PM!

My eyes do tend to get confused when there are BLUE dots on RED ( actually my eyes strain and pop out of focus - info overload! )

Thankfully I am Class II safe!



How do Elephants camoflage themselves

They wear dark glasses.....

Have you ever seen Elephants wearing dark glasses

Shows you how well they camoflage themselves.....