Posted on Feb 2, 2018
T-6 Texan Trainers Grounded Again After Hypoxia Incidents
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Do we need a Manhattan Project to fix this? Pilot safety shouldn't be an afterthought. COL Lee Flemming Col (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. LCDR (Join to see) LTJG Josh Thaxton
T-6 Texan Trainers Grounded Again After Hypoxia Incidents
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Vo2 levels should be easy to check before, during and after all flights? I don't want to stand down operations until it is fixed. However, our pilots' safety is important. PO1 Tony Holland There are easy non-invasive ways of checking the ability of oxygen to reach the brain. 1LT Sandy Annala Low levels of hypoxia are serious when repeatedly exposed to it. We could try modifying the flight suits to trap more blood in the upper torso. I would be interested to look at the breathing techniques when in that instance. When the field of vision narrows, hyper oxygenate the blood. so sayeth the lowly A1C.
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Modifying flight suits would do precisely 0% improvement. And breathing techniques have precisely 0% to do with it. It's the OBOGS not generating oxygen for pilots above 10,000' with ram air like it should.
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A1C Ian Williams
LCDR (Join to see) - Thank you for the facts, sir. I am glad you are the one speaking to the Flight Safety officers in this instance. Forgive this poor Airman who only wants to fly someday and has yet to go to Undergraduate Pilot Training. I'm sure they will cover this there. Perhaps you could recommend some literature so that I may speak with more understanding.
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I'm fairly certain you could Google the T-6B NATOPS. If not, the basic gist is that if your airplane isn't pressurized you get hypoxic above 10K unless you have supplemental oxygen. OBOGS just uses ram air like a compressor to supply it.
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