Sunday 14th June 2009 – Class 2 Medical

Written by David Pollard on June 14th, 2009

Had to go to Alnwick for it, but it was worth the trip. Lovely doctor (Colin Brown), really nice.

Can’t remember everything that was tested, but here’s what I do remember….

  • Urine (yes, tasted fine)
  • Ears (check I could equalize while he looked inside)
  • Eyes (Near and Far Vision, including colour blind test, squint test, cross-eye test, quite a lot of eye stuff)
  • Height/Weight (5ft 8in, 87kg (short and fat, I knew that!))
  • Reflexes
  • Some leg bending whilst lying down (not sure what that was about)
  • Lungs + Heart (with stethoscope)
  • Prodded all over my stomach and sides (?!)
  • Hernia test (COUGH COUGH)
  • And an ECG (which I don’t remember having to do last time)

All fine. My nearsight is poor (get that from my mum), so I have a “limitation” on my licence, which means I need to wear glasses. But, all good apart from that. I asked him if there was anything that may cause me not to get the Class 1 Medical (required for a Commercial Pilot’s Licence) and there was nothing that his tests found. There are more tests on the CPL one, like running whilst connected to a breathing apparatus, x-rays etc etc…

On a plus note, he explained my ECG to me, and he was very complementary of that. Apparently, I am “Sinus Brachycardia” (or something like that), which means I am “quite fit”. Pleased all these bike rides aren’t wasted :-) So, when Steve tells me it’s solo time, I’m ready to rock’n'roll (not literally I hope !) ;-)

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