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At 17500 feet I prefer to have something more to sit on.

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I have been way above 17500 feet in my glider. That was a lifetime ago but it always seemed more secure than that guy sitting in a high tec lawn chair.

He should have considered oxygen. You do not notice the effects of the lack oxygen.
Our club would monitor people that were above 20,000 and keep talking to them on the radio so they could tell if they noticed a change in their reactions. Would give mental arithmetic problems.

David
 
17k is definitely too high without oxygen. I’ve stumbled upon this video once before. It was an amazing flight!
 
I believe FAA regs call for oxygen above 10K feet.
 
That's nuts. Anything over 15K and it's impairment at some level. Tappin' on 20K and your IQ drops like a rock... :LOL:

As part of our Aircrew Qualification we were put through altitude chamber training, experienced hypoxia first-hand in order to recognize onset. Different folks have different symptoms (mine is "tunnel vision"). Wonder how he felt the following 24 hours.
 
DrEntropy said:
That's nuts. Anything over 15K and it's impairment at some level. Tappin' on 20K and your IQ drops like a rock... :LOL:
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I think that guy’s “impairment” started at ground level by not having oxygen.
 
Gliderman8 said:
I believe FAA regs call for oxygen above 10K feet.
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I agree Elliot, I know in the military when I was in, at 10,000 feet a mask was mandatory during the daytime, at night it was lower, but I forgot what altitude!
 
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PAUL161 said:
I agree Elliot, I know in the military when I was in, at 10,000 feet a mask was mandatory during the daytime, at night it was lower, but I forgot what altitude!
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8K.
 
Most of the gliders that were used in high climbs had the diluter demand type system with a selector for low medium or high. The glider I flew in had a pressure demand system. Found the RAF paperwork for the system so we could use it correctly. Had some sobering information on "Useful consciousness after loss of oxygen supply. It is down to seconds when you are above 35,000 feet.

This is an excerpt from the flying club where we did our wave soaring. I did manage a climb to just over 26,000 one afternoon. About minus 30f outside.
David
The club is renowned for being the foremost Wave soaring site in Britain, with the UK altitude record of 38,600 feet being set by a glider flown from our club. Of course you don't need to go that high to enjoy the thrills of soaring with the buzzards.
 
This glider is a little specialized.

David

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"Of course you don't need to go that high to enjoy the thrills of soaring with the buzzards."

This cracked me up, I love that they referenced buzzards instead of eagles. It's not only funny but highly accurate, I've spent afternoons watching buzzards soaring in thermals and just amazed at their ability to stay up for seemingly hours on end.
 
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