On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 01:35:06PM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> At 02:45 PM 11/1/02 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
> >On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> >
> >> At 30K feet, you have about half a minute before you pass out
> >
> >Which isn't the problem it's the -40F that kills you. Y
At 02:45 PM 11/1/02 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>
>> At 30K feet, you have about half a minute before you pass out
>
>Which isn't the problem it's the -40F that kills you. You freeze
>your ass off well before you ever die from lack of oxygen. The vast
>m
On Friday 01 November 2002 16:35, Major Variola (ret) wrote, in response
to another of Choate's odd statements:
> Do the thermal conductivity/inertia calcs. -40F *air* can't drop
> your coretemp in 30 seconds. Do the math. Or go up to the Dakotas
> this winter and step outside for half a minut
At 05:16 PM 11/1/02 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote:
>But Maj Variola made a questionable point, too:
>
>> At 30K feet, you have about half a minute before you pass out
>
>I just tested that, sort of. I emptied my lungs, then lifted weights
for
>30 seconds. It was a little painful toward the end, but I
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> At 30K feet, you have about half a minute before you pass out
Which isn't the problem it's the -40F that kills you. You freeze
your ass off well before you ever die from lack of oxygen. The vast
majority of folks can hold their breath long enough f
At 04:28 PM 10/31/02 -0800, Bill Frantz wrote:
>At 1:52 PM -0800 10/31/02, Steve Schear wrote:
>> AFAIK, the air
>>supply aboard current U.S. fleets is shared between passengers and
cockpit.
>
>IIRC, the regs call for pilots to either wear oxygen masks, or have
"quick
>to put on" masks readily at
