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Old 26th October 2025 | 16:02
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RatherBeFlying
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Back in the 70s, my first medical showed defective binocular vision. The doctor said that my landings would be low and it took a long time to sort out my landings. Interestingly I did better landing at night.

Then the new optometrist prescribed prisms. I nearly fell down the stairs leaving his office with my new glasses. My next flight I did a perfect landing three feet above the runway, got the message and adjusted my landings accordingly.

In my 60s, I was diagnosed with glaucoma and began regular visits to ophthalmologists who have kept it well controlled. One of them sent me to an orthoptist who diagnosed a fourth ocular nerve palsy, likely congenital since I was prescribed prisms in my teens. Unfortunately Transport Canada got its knickers in a knot over this long-standing condition and wants annual reports from the ophthalmologist.

I would have done better to decline the orthoptist as it only gave something else for Transport Canada to worry about, even though prisms have the problem completely controlled.


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