Effects of Hypoxia at 21000'

Morav · Post by **Morav** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:20 pm

apparently the oxygen system wasn't working for the skydivers.
Everyone landed safely.
scary stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXa4w4aYKEk

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:16 pm

You can ask yycflyguy about that....

We used to sit at FL 250 for 5+hrs in unpressurized machines and only a tube providing unpressurized O2. Not fun, yet somehow legal, go figure. Left you feeling rather worse for wear to say the least. Single Pilot to boot.

That said, my wife won a lot of Cribbage games the day after the flight...

STL

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:41 pm

Added February 14, 2007
From tvandijck
So, we went skydiving, and they had some So, we went skydiving, and they had some special loads that would go extra high. Usually we jump at 12000 feet, but this one went all the way to 21000 feet. But something appeared to be wrong with the oxygen system in the cabin, or something other happend why we didn't got enough oxygen. Anyway, I passed out, my friend woke up at 12000 feet falling to the earth, after he unknowingly jumped out. Neither of us can remember the jump, but we got it on video whoehahaha. ... (more)

No Brakes · Post by **No Brakes** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:02 am

Even if you've got oxygen.... Ask your joints how THEY feel after spending 3-4 days in a row flying in an unpressurized small twin at 21k.

T'was fun to have the controllers vector A320s and B757s around me though