Re: Hypoxia/Life Support

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Hello Steve:
Dave here.  Strange, no sooner you posted the info, a news broadcast
interrupted TV to announce that a runaway Learjet was headed offcourse with
5 passangers aboard from Orlando.  Seems the flight came to an end just
minutes ago near Minot, ND.  Altitude was 43,000 ft.  They think that the
cabin lost pressure while on autopilot.  It was originally head3ed to
Dallas, but turned north for some reason. Sad, but coincidental.
Big Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: SJSVOB@aol.com <SJSVOB@aol.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:48 AM
Subject: Hypoxia/Life Support


>For those who are interested in life support systems I found an interesting
>page on the effects of hypoxia, i.e. too little oxygen.  The page was
written
>for skydivers jumping from 30,000 while using oxygen tanks.  It talks about
>obtaining the required physiological flight training.  Which is essentially
a
>ride in a test chamber that has had the air pumped out of it.  Apparantly
>civilians can experience hypoxia and get checked out in the test chambers
>normally used by military airmen.  Perhaps this would be a good experience
>for anyone operating a psub with a life support system?  The webpage is
>located at:
>
>http://www.batnet.com/mfwright/mfwright/30Kprocess.html
>
>I suggest reading the section in there on "Jump Stories" which describes
>accounts of an airman and jumpers experiencing hypoxia.
>
>Steve
>