A Diabetic Pilot Blog

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Evanmac3332

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So I thought I would make a blog for pilots with Diabetes or just struggling pilots in general. I noticed it was hard to find pilots that have documented their stories of success or failures. I have had plenty of failures and successes so here is my blog!


Well here ya go!

Hope you enjoy and it may help you!
http://www.avtrials.blogspot.com
 
Yeah that is a good book and worth the read for anybody.
The same guy who did that flight did
http://www.diabetesflight48.com/ (summer 09)
http://www.diabetesflight50.org/ (Summer '10)
Here is the video from the 48 state time record flight:
[video=youtube;yR9wImEHD7M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR9wImEHD7M&feature=related[/video]
Trailer for the 50 state record attempt.
[video=youtube;Esp7QOdHD9w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esp7QOdHD9w&feature=related[/video]
There is actual video from the 50 state flight on youtube.

If all goes as planned, stay tuned for another record attempt in the summer of 2011.
 
Douglas said:
Cool. More and more people are realizing that Diabetes shouldn't be a career killer.
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Although I agree with you that it shouldn't be a career killer, it also shouldn't be easy to get a medical if you have either type1 or type2. I grew up with a mother who has Type2(I think). For the last 8 or so years she has been on an insulin pump, and that has made all the difference with keeping her blood sugars stable. It's not the kind of thing where you can just go off willy nilly on a flight. When she flies with me, I keep a close eye on her (closer than the rest of the people who fly with me) to make sure she is not having a reaction. The continuous blood sugar monitor that this guy keeps with him should be mandatory for a pilot who wants to fly with diabetes, as in on the med certificate a pilot carries. If you want a 1st class medical certificate, you should have to show a certain time table of consistent blood sugars. And there should be no reason why the process should be difficult, but like I said, it shouldn't be easy either.

Good for this guy for trying to increase the awareness that it should be acceptable to fly with the disease. The world needs more people like him.


Edit to add: The FAA is going to have to realize that there are too many walls they have put up for a person to even consider doing this for fun, and hopefully eventually with enough effort, some of those walls will be broken down.
 
I think that is a very valid point. It is extremely difficult to even get a medical now a days. The human body can take a lot more then what the FAA gives it credit for. However, I understand their concern. I'm keeping this blog as a record for anyone who is diabetic or any diabetic pilots. There needs to be some kind of documentation.

Side note:

RX you sent me a pm and I tried to pm you back but your storage is full.
 
I think something like a desire to fly is a fantastic motive for a young man to educate himself about diabetes and ways to manage it properly - in the book he talks about his strategy and I think with his level of care and control it will do EvanMac the world of good. If you can manage the disease, it shouldn't stop you from anything.
 
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