TSA and my FAA licence

I have got a Japanese private pilot licence in mid '60's and FAA licence in mid 70's.
My flight log time is over 450hours and I got a multi engine rating in U.S.
That was one of my trophies.

I have not flown for many years.
Last year I wanted to challenge a rotor plane rating ( a helicopter).
To control a helicopter is completely different to fly by an airplane.

I visited a flight club in C.T. Of course C.T. is a nice state.
When the instructor heard that I was a Japanese citizen, even he wanted me as a student, but his facegot cloudy.
He was told from TSA that he must not accept a foreign student because of the terrorist's fear.

He gave me a chance to fly with him once. It was a fan.
On the final leg, a helicopter seemed too high to glide for the landing but that was the
style of the flying.

Anyway I gave up to learn the rotor plane.

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