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Color Vision How & Why It Can Affect Pilots

Posted on July 18, 2024July 20, 2024 by mwflyer

Ocular Certification Changes

Posted on May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue The FAA ocular certification procedures are…

The Aging Pilot

Posted on March 22, 2024March 10, 2024 by mwflyer

Efforts To Speed Up Certification

Posted on January 25, 2024January 23, 2024 by mwflyer

Sunglasses

Posted on November 28, 2023November 27, 2023 by mwflyer

AirVenture Aeromedical News

Posted on September 26, 2023September 23, 2023 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue From an aeromedical point of view,…

New FAA Color Vision Tests

Posted on July 28, 2023July 26, 2023 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue On May 31, 2023, the FAA authorized three new color vision tests…

FAA Basic Med Report To Congress

Posted on May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue BasicMed became effective May 1, 2017. Part of the law authorizing it required the FAA in…

An Internet Attack On The Federal Air Surgeon

Posted on March 29, 2023March 25, 2023 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue Recently I have been getting questions from airmen about changes in the PR interval which the…

An Upload Feature To AMCS

Posted on November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 by mwflyer