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From: bryden@brahms.udel.edu (Chris Bryden)
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Subject: Re: Oxygen failure at FL240!
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Date: 21 Nov 90 02:14:13 GMT
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Do any flight simulators exist that introduce oxygen system failures?
Altitude chamber visits are good idea, but the next logical step is to
familiarize pilots with the effects of hypoxia under a normal work load.
To produce an accurate and realistic effect, would the simulator need 
the "cockpit" to be in a pressure chamber?  I wonder if changing the
ratio of oxygen to nitrogen/(some other inert gass) would be sufficient.

Don't mind me, I currently boggling my mind with thoughts of how virtual
reality will impact the future of instrument flight, as we know it today.

Chris
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