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Hello chaps.
Am wanting to join the University Air Squadron. However, i've had a past history of migraines. These migraines have been linked to me growing and i only get a couple a year and within the past couple of months they have stopped. Would this stop me from flying ?
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Am wanting to join the University Air Squadron. However, i've had a past history of migraines. These migraines have been linked to me growing and i only get a couple a year and within the past couple of months they have stopped. Would this stop me from flying ?
Thanks.
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Neither Gatwick or my AME has had problem with me having them as a kid (as this person describes). I declared them was asked when was the last time I had one and its never been brought up since.
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Civi and thats about it. There was a lad in the UAS who was an engineer joining up on a bursary even had his civi PPL and was a rising star in the gliding world. Even though he was perfectly legal to fly the machines solo on his PPL he could never go solo with the UAS.
Hi Alister,
may be worth a search on this forum using the search term "migraine" as the subject has been dealt with before.
I'd be interested in who diagnosed "migraine." You, your GP , a neurologist?
The reason I ask, is that the term "migraine" is often banded about, without the prescence of a firm diagnosis.
I'd expect that the authorities would be more interested in migraine which involves neurological symptoms, such as visual disturbance, strange sensations in the limbs, appetite changes, rather than the "migraine" that my wife claims to suffer when I have had too much beer!
Keep us posted, let us know when you've made your first solo circuit, our advice on this forum is lead by others experience.
may be worth a search on this forum using the search term "migraine" as the subject has been dealt with before.
I'd be interested in who diagnosed "migraine." You, your GP , a neurologist?
The reason I ask, is that the term "migraine" is often banded about, without the prescence of a firm diagnosis.
I'd expect that the authorities would be more interested in migraine which involves neurological symptoms, such as visual disturbance, strange sensations in the limbs, appetite changes, rather than the "migraine" that my wife claims to suffer when I have had too much beer!
Keep us posted, let us know when you've made your first solo circuit, our advice on this forum is lead by others experience.
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There was a lad in the UAS who was an engineer joining up on a bursary even had his civi PPL and was a rising star in the gliding world. Even though he was perfectly legal to fly the machines solo on his PPL he could never go solo with the UAS.
I used to be in the UAS and I know that recently they have changed their medical standards so that they are roughly equivalent to what an NPPL needs to meet (which I believe is similar to what an HGV driver needs meet as well). There is no longer a formal RAF medical as such, all you have to do is get a form signed by a GP declaring that you don't have an conditions that would render you unfit to fly. I don't know about migraines but I would be surprised if they prevented you from flying in the UAS.
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cheers lads thats good news about the UAS 
and gingernut it was my GP. I would have visual disturbance ( a thumb print shape with jagged edges floating around for 40mins) which then led by a horrible headache. Next day or a few days later growing pains would follow, which suggests it was linked to me growing.
and gingernut it was my GP. I would have visual disturbance ( a thumb print shape with jagged edges floating around for 40mins) which then led by a horrible headache. Next day or a few days later growing pains would follow, which suggests it was linked to me growing.
