N201MKTurbo Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, EricJ said: I went earlier this week. I made it to the end without any conscious effort on breathing, although I do do that in the airplane if I'm feeling a little funny. I wanted to see what my full span of symptoms might be, so I just breathed normally without putting any thought into it. At the end I was the only one left without their mask on and the instructor asked me to name all of the six pack instruments. I couldn't remember turn-and-bank, but rattled off everything else. I was definitely impaired, but I was aware I was impaired, which I was glad about. The twenty-somethings I did the exercise with thought it was amusing that "the old guy" outlasted all of them, but they all had pretty definitive and notable symptoms that were good indicators. They all said that their symptoms were strong enough and "make this stop now" kinds of things that they put their masks on. I only got a bit dizzy through the whole exercise, which was a little disappointing to me as I was hoping for some more definitive symptoms. My motor skills went to crap at the end and I had a difficult time writing down my last pulse/ox reading (68/118). So 68 + 10% would be about right to get to 78%. +1 highly recommend, would do again. I guess we just have more practice breathing than the young folks.... Same here it seems the younger they were the earlier they succumbed to the effects. 1 Quote
EricJ Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said: I guess we just have more practice breathing than the young folks.... Same here it seems the younger they were the earlier they succumbed to the effects. A girl in our group said she had the "air hunger" symptom where she felt like she couldn't breathe, and it was very strong, so she put her mask on. They all had the sort of specific symptoms that would make you want to make it stop, so I thought they were all lucky that way. Quote
carusoam Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 Who were the other people in the test cell with you guys… other GA pilots? Yay for the OGs! -a- Quote
EricJ Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, carusoam said: Who were the other people in the test cell with you guys… other GA pilots? Yay for the OGs! -a- Other than me my group was all 20-somethings, I'm assuming students or young working pilots. We have so many big flight schools here that it's hard to tell what everybody is up to. A pilot certificate was required to take the course, as well as a medical or Basic Med. 1 Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, carusoam said: Who were the other people in the test cell with you guys… other GA pilots? Yay for the OGs! -a- Three 20 something’s and a 50ish woman. She didn’t last long either. 1 Quote
Pinecone Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 I was that guy that had some symptoms, but remained functional until they gave up on me. This was in USAF UPT in a real chamber. I would hate to see how I do today with some asthma in my old age. I have a Mountain High O2D2 and typically go on O2 between 5,000 and 8,000 feet in the climb. While bringing my plane home, I was at 9,500 and feeling some mild hypoxia affects, so went on O2. Quote
carusoam Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 I so wanted to take the ‘ride’ but was limited by the Basic Med not being included at the time… (pre-Covid days…) Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
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