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Operating an airplane without a valid driver's license

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qchen98

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It would be better off getting myself 3rd medical.

This post is beyond meaningless. Please delete this, admin.

Has anyone done a checkout for an LSA rental without presenting their driver's license? If you've done so, do they check your driver's license vigorously?

My U.S. DL license has expired. Nevertheless, 14 CFR § 61.3 only calls for a "U.S. driver's license" without explicitly stating the driver's currency as a requirement, so I guess the expiration date isn't a problem and the license is still "valid" in the eyes of the FAA. The worst part is that the DMV has made a typo, and the DOB on the DL license is XX/XX/88, instead of XX/XX/98 (took me two years to realize) - so that doesn't match up with my FAA license.

However, most states do recognize foreign driver's licenses and therefore I can operate a road vehicle legally. Would this argument work?
 
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