1 posted on
04/05/2012 1:29:07 AM PDT by
U-238
To: U-238
Wow. I would never have guessed that pilots could get the bends.
2 posted on
04/05/2012 1:42:06 AM PDT by
Amberdawn
To: U-238
4 posted on
04/05/2012 4:59:03 AM PDT by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: U-238
I’ll add another: caissons disease.
5 posted on
04/05/2012 5:09:07 AM PDT by
Oratam
To: U-238
Gotta flush the nitrogen from your body before you go on a high altitude flight.
7 posted on
04/05/2012 6:11:02 AM PDT by
CPOSharky
(The only thing straight, white, Christian males get is the blame for everything.)
To: U-238
The pressure in a U-2 cockpit at typical mission altitude is equivalent to the atmosphere at 29,000 feet—as high as the summit of Mt. Everest. Yikes! My company had a woman speak about her expedition to the top of Everest. She said at 29,000 feet, even with oxygen bottles, it was very hard to move one foot forward. You have to move the foot, stop for a minute and pant, then move the other foot forward one step. I can't imagine the difficulty of being a high performance pilot at a pressure equivalent of 29k feet.
To: zot
10 posted on
04/05/2012 7:02:38 AM PDT by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: U-238
They either need to pressurize the cabin or we need to replace the U-2 with a UAV.
12 posted on
04/05/2012 10:18:15 AM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: U-238
Nice view of Beale AFB out his window. Too bad the best part is blocked by his window sill.
Of course. the current Google Earth view is far sharper -- with four U-2s and a Global Hawk out on the apron and another U-2 and a smaller drone on a pad between the hangars...
14 posted on
04/05/2012 12:55:35 PM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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