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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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DC,
I would hold off on the medical unless you are concerned about possible issues that would keep you from getting a medical. If this is the case, DO NOT get the medical as you can fly "light sport" airplanes without a medical, but only if your medical has never been denied.
If all is well then, you only need a medical right before you solo, and getting it now wastes several months of it. Granted, a 3rd class is good I believe for 3 years (its been a while since I have had one) so its not a big deal but why waste money.
Just looked on Barnstormers ( Airplanes & Aircraft Parts For Sale - Free Classified Ads - Ultralights to Airliners - Used Aircraft and Helicopter Sales and Classifieds including Cessna, Beechcraft, Piper, de Havilland, Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed planes) and there are 10 pages of C-172's for sale. Prices ran from $27k to higher than you want to spend. Stay away from a C-175. Assume that here are the same number of Pipers on there as well. If you need help, email.
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