Class 3 medical & getting a type rating for FUN?

[Ryans Dad]

Let's say that JUST FOR FUN I wanted to get a type rating in a 737. Can I do so with only a class 3 medical (diabetic) since it's just for "fun", and not to pursue an airline career?

Or would I need an ATP cert first before I can go
for the type rating? Would I NEED a class 1 medical just to take the ATP course, even though I never intend to use it professionally?

 

[ahw01]

You need no medical to train in a Sim, and a PPL can do a B737 course, there's an article in Flying about a guy who did that.

 

[ahw01]

You still have to fly to ATP standards though, and if you have 1500hrs you can get the cert at the same time.

Alex.

 

[BillErvin]

You mean like this: http://www.b737.com/

 

[msmspilot]

First, you can get a PPL type rating.

Second, in the ATP PTS it says, "a minimum of a third-class medical certificate, if a medical certificate is required (not required for simulator)"

So you don't even have to have a medical.

 

[Slugger]

You mean like this: http://www.b737.com/

Does that give you the A/B737 on your cert? If I have a lot of money when I'm older, it would be fun to waste some of it on getting a PPL with a 737 type rating.

 

[Ryans Dad]

Does that give you the A/B737 on your cert? If I have a lot of money when I'm older, it would be fun to waste some of it on getting a PPL with a 737 type rating.

I think getting the rating is like 6-7 grand.

 

[BillErvin]

Does that give you the A/B737 on your cert? If I have a lot of money when I'm older, it would be fun to waste some of it on getting a PPL with a 737 type rating.

I think getting the rating is like 6-7 grand.

No type, just go down there, do some ground and like an hour or so of sim. It would be fun if you had an extra few hundred just lying around.

 

[swisspilot]

just get flight sim......there are better way to spend money something you can actually use with a PPL and third class, and they are much more fun then that....

 

[elmetal]

I think getting the rating is like 6-7 grand.

for that much I'd rather spend 2k on the best computer I could build, and spend the rest on equipment to make the simulator more realistic (multiple monitors, sweet speakers, etc)

I think that would actually be fantastic. have a sweet sim at home... even if it wouldn't be as realistic as the ones that are on hydraulics, it would be pretty fantastic.

 

[BillErvin]

for that much I'd rather spend 2k on the best computer I could build, and spend the rest on equipment to make the simulator more realistic (multiple monitors, sweet speakers, etc)

I think that would actually be fantastic. have a sweet sim at home... even if it wouldn't be as realistic as the ones that are on hydraulics, it would be pretty fantastic.

Check these out


http://www.insitesolutions.com.au/737project/

http://www.hanskrohn.com/start.htm

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[elmetal]

Check these out


http://www.insitesolutions.com.au/737project/

http://www.hanskrohn.com/start.htm

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thats fantastic!