Klarinet Archive - Posting 001052.txt from 1998/11

From: Gary Van Cott<vcis@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner; Fiume March; Helium and Pitch
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 11:48:19 -0500

> That's why you don't feel suffocated when an unpressurized
plane climbs to, say, 20,000 feet, but simply black out. . . <

Actually, I had pilots try to do this to me a couple of times when I was a
navigator in the Air Force. What happened is I experienced my hypoxia
symptoms and asked them to check the (#=%!) pressurization! We trained in
the altitude chamber every three years so we would know what it felt like.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV

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