Foamy,

I feel your pain on this one. Over on this side of the pond, the FAA had certain vision requirements. Now I haven't flown full scale for a long time now, going on 13 years, do to a couple of heart attacks so things may have changed and I'm sure they have, but I did wear glasses then and held a commercial certificate. When I was flying there were certain things that had to be met. My uncorrected vision had to be at a certain level and my corrected had to be at a certain level. It's amazing what eye doctors can do.

Anyway, check out the regulations for the type of license you have. Be completely honest on your renewel applications. If you are not and it's discovered you had a "problem" that existed when you renewed or originally applied before and you knew about it, but was not reported on prior applications, then you can kiss your certificate and any ratings bye-bye as well as as expect a nice big fine and maybe jail.

You'll find there is a bunch of us that once flew full scale as well as still doing it and we use this hobby as a way to help us enjoy what we felt in the air. You know the feeling I'm talking about.