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Michel
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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I know one commercial helicopter pilot who flew for years after bypass
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So do I, here in Norway, Noel. The problem is: They don't want to come forward with names and especially not, the name of the doctor who gave them the papers for the license. There is a strong lobby here, to ask no more than the driving license medical for ultralights, as it is for you and the Sport Pilot license. But ... administration in a socialist country is like a black hole, it absorbs everything, even the visible light, and ... it's for ever!
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Isn't heart disease the current number one killer in The United States and many other countries? With all that the medical profession now knows about this disease, I would think that a pilot with known heart disease status and is medically managed is a much better risk than a pilot who is undiagnosed at all and therefore an unknown risk. No news is sometimes very bad news.
I know from personal experience that heart disease can progress for years without any noticeable indication to the patient or his doctor. --Unless the doctor is actually looking and looking very carefully for it!
We lost Jeff Puls (pulsair(at)mindspring.com (pulsair(at)mindspring.com)) a list member and personal friend of mine this year. Jeff was just 57 years old and I suspect undiagnosed and perhaps he was personally unaware of his heart disease status. The grape vine talk is that he suffered a major fatal heart attack while at work at his desk. Another grape vine piece of information is that he was just pronounced airworthy by his doctor in January.
Heart disease is very sneaky. From what I have learned and experienced, there are few if any indicators for the average person in average daily activities. I was lucky enough to feel a sensation in my chest while running at full throttle one day. A partially blocked coronary artery was giving me the sensation of a cramp in my lower left chest that felt no more urgent than the need to belch some air out of my stomach. I could cause the feeling to return with heavy exercise and it would always go away just as soon as I throttled back and rested for 2-3 minutes. It took my wife's oversight to get me to explore it further. I am a careful person and yet this symptom seemed too benign to worry me.
The docs found the blockage and opened it up with angioplasty and it has stayed open for 16 years now. I am required to jump through extra hoops for the FAA now to prove my flight worthy status. My vote is that it is better to understand and know the risks rather than to stick our heads in the sand.
Michael I wish you well. You are certainly one of the most passionate aviators I have encountered in my life. A flight with you would be a true flight into the heavens regardless of who has to be PIC on the manifest.
John
John P. Marzluf
Columbus, Ohio
Outback (out back in the garage)
In a message dated 5/21/2009 3:09:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, michel(at)online.no writes:
Quote: | > From: Noel [noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca]
Quote: | I know one commercial helicopter pilot who flew for years after bypass
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So do I, here in Norway, Noel. The problem is: They don't want to come forward with names and especially not, the name of the doctor who gave them the papers for the license. There is a strong lobby here, to ask no more than the driving license medical for ultralights, as it is for you and the Sport Pilot license. But ... administration in a socialist country is like a black hole, it absorbs everything, even the visible light, and ... it's for ever!
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Michel
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Michael I wish you well. You are certainly one of the most passionate
aviators I have encountered in my life.
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Thank you for your kind words, John. Yes, thanks to modern medicine, the chances are that we will die from either cancer or heart failure.
In my case, they gave me an Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator so, even if my heart stop, it will be defibrillated up to six consecutive times.
This is actually my key argument when meeting my doctor: If I can drive a car, why can't I fly a plane? Because being defibrillate (being described as a horse kick in the chest) while driving would surely put me out of the road. While, in a Kiftox ... there is only air around me.
Correct me if I am wrong but pilots doing aerobatics do sometimes loose consciousness due to excessive Gs, don't they? And without anyone noticeing because, once you let the controls go, the plane flies pretty much straight for a while, isn't it?
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Michel:
I know that legally your son is your PIC. For sure, that does not mean that you don't fly the plane. In practice, he is your safety pilot. I wonder if either you or him are comfortable flying the plane from the right seat.
First time I took the controls, my father was the PIC and I was just 9...I was too short to see over the dash of the Cessna 206...sweet memories
Best wishes mi amigo,
José
From: Michel Verheughe <michel(at)online.no>
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:18:04 PM
Subject: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
Thank you for your kind words, John. Yes, thanks to modern medicine, the chances are that we will die from either cancer or heart failure.
In my case, they gave me an Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator so, even if my heart stop, it will be defibrillated up to six consecutive times.
This is actually my key argument when meeting my doctor: If I can drive a car, why can't I fly a plane? Because being defibrillate (being described as a horse kick in the chest) while driving would surely put me out of the road. While, in a Kiftox ... there is only air around me.
Correct me if I am wrong but pilots doing aerobatics do sometimes loose consciousness due to excessive Gs, don't they? And without anyone noticeing because, once you let the controls go, the plane flies pretty much straight for a while, isn't it?
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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rexinator
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Nice try Michel.
I think generally any aerobatic PIC will release the pressure that
produces the G force before losing full consciousness. Mostly because
they want to experience the maneuver instead of sleeping through it, but
also, obviously, because you will automatically relax as you lose
consciousness. In those conditions you experience the onset of a
"Blackout" by first the induced loss of vision "Grayout" or "Redout"
while still remaining alert. This means you are aware, have warning and
can avoid loss of consciousness by controlling the G force. If you
intend to try to sustain enough G force to experience a Blackout it
would likely be brief if you alone were in control.
Hopefully that pilot will have enough altitude and the aircraft will
have enough control to recover before unintentional contact with the
ground.
Anyway, the aerobatics argument probably will not help you.
Rex
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Correct me if I am wrong but pilots doing aerobatics do sometimes loose consciousness due to excessive Gs, don't they? And without anyone noticeing because, once you let the controls go, the plane flies pretty much straight for a while, isn't it?
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 2704 Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Jose
You bring up an interesting point and i would llike to see what others think about flying form the right seat. I flew the right seat years ago with an instructor. At that time I didn’t think it was too difficult. In the past I’ve also driven RHD cars on the right side of the road with no problems ( standard four speed) but as we are all aware running a car at 40 mph and taxiing at 40mph in a small plane are not even close to being the same.
Like yourself I was about 12 the first time it took the controls... my father was PIC. At 13 I did a compressed flight course. I did things in ten hours I never expect to do again. Looking back at it I think the instructor must have been a few bottles off a dozen.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jose M. Toro
Sent: 21 May 2009 06:58 PM
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
Michel:
I know that legally your son is your PIC. For sure, that does not mean that you don't fly the plane. In practice, he is your safety pilot. I wonder if either you or him are comfortable flying the plane from the right seat.
First time I took the controls, my father was the PIC and I was just 9...I was too short to see over the dash of the Cessna 206...sweet memories
Best wishes mi amigo,
José
From: Michel Verheughe <michel(at)online.no>
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:18:04 PM
Subject: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
> From: KITFOXZ(at)aol.com (KITFOXZ(at)aol.com)
> Michael I wish you well. You are certainly one of the most passionate
> aviators I have encountered in my life.
Thank you for your kind words, John. Yes, thanks to modern medicine, the chances are that we will die from either cancer or heart failure.
In my case, they gave me an Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator so, even if my heart stop, it will be defibrillated up to six consecutive times.
This is actually my key argument when meeting my doctor: If I can drive a car, why can't I fly a plane? Because being defibrillate (being described as a horse kick in the chest) while driving would surely put me out of the road. While, in a Kiftox ... there is only air around me.
Correct me if I am wrong but pilots doing aerobatics do sometimes loose consciousness due to excessive Gs, don't they? And without anyone noticeing because, once you let the controls go, the plane flies pretty much straight for a while, isn't it?
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Although that most folks on the list are airplane pilots, there are a
few of us that have more right seat time in aircraft than left seat
time. Those of us that have several thousand hours in helicopters
usually fall in that category in that the pilot seat is usually the
right seat and the aircraft are configured to be flown from the right
seat. Then, in addition to the helicopter time, some of us are
certified flight instructors with several thousand hours in both rotary
wing and fixed wing aircraft as flight instructors as well as
sport/private/commercial pilots. In the last 47 years of flying from
whichever seat I happen to be in at the time, in either rotary or fixed
wing, I have discovered that I can fly equally poor from either seat.
John Hart
KF IV, NSI Subaru
Wilburton, OK
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Quote: | Jose
You bring up an interesting point and i would llike to see what others
think about flying form the right seat. I flew the right seat years
ago with an instructor. At that time I didn’t think it was too
difficult. In the past I’ve also driven RHD cars on the right side of
the road with no problems ( standard four speed) but as we are all
aware running a car at 40 mph and taxiing at 40mph in a small plane
are not even close to being the same.
Like yourself I was about 12 the first time it took the controls...
my father was PIC. At 13 I did a compressed flight course. I did
things in ten hours I never expect to do again. Looking back at it I
think the instructor must have been a few bottles off a dozen.
Noel
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[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jose M.
Toro
Sent: 21 May 2009 06:58 PM
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
Michel:
I know that legally your son is your PIC. For sure, that does not
mean that you don't fly the plane. In practice, he is your safety
pilot. I wonder if either you or him are comfortable flying the plane
from the right seat.
First time I took the controls, my father was the PIC and I was just
9...I was too short to see over the dash of the Cessna 206...sweet
memories
Best wishes mi amigo,
José
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From: Michel Verheughe <michel(at)online.no>
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:18:04 PM
Subject: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
> From: KITFOXZ(at)aol.com
> Michael I wish you well. You are certainly one of the most
passionate
> aviators I have encountered in my life.
Thank you for your kind words, John. Yes, thanks to modern medicine,
the chances are that we will die from either cancer or heart failure.
In my case, they gave me an Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator so, even
if my heart stop, it will be defibrillated up to six consecutive
times.
This is actually my key argument when meeting my doctor: If I can
drive a car, why can't I fly a plane? Because being defibrillate
(being described as a horse kick in the chest) while driving would
surely put me out of the road. While, in a Kiftox ... there is only
air around me.
Correct me if I am wrong but pilots doing aerobatics do sometimes
loose consciousness due to excessive Gs, don't they? And without
anyone noticeing because, once you let the controls go, the plane
flies pretty much straight for a while, isn't it?
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Try a G47 ... Then try to adjust the radio in flight... That should tell you why helis fly right seat. The old Bell is basakwards.
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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I confess I that I once attempted to earn a CFI. So I had a bunch of
right seat time during that training. After a while I felt equally
comfortable in either seat, just had to compensate for parallax on some
flight instruments. So it just takes some getting used to, IMHO.
Rex
PS: Some may ask, "What happened with the CFI course?" It turns out I
have mild Aspergers Syndrome which made it difficult to communicate with
people directly and I couldn't pass the oral part of the tests
acceptably per the examiner. I only learned about AS recently.
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> Jose
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> You bring up an interesting point and i would llike to see what others
> think about flying form the right seat. I flew the right seat years
> ago with an instructor. At that time I didn’t think it was too
> difficult. In the past I’ve also driven RHD cars on the right side of
> the road with no problems ( standard four speed) but as we are all
> aware running a car at 40 mph and taxiing at 40mph in a small plane
> are not even close to being the same.
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> Like yourself I was about 12 the first time it took the controls...
> my father was PIC. At 13 I did a compressed flight course. I did
> things in ten hours I never expect to do again. Looking back at it I
> think the instructor must have been a few bottles off a dozen.
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> Noel
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Been there, done that, and got the T-shirt too. I've got about 800-900
hours in the Bell 47 series, although 95% of it in the military
versions.
John Hart
KF IV, NSI Subaru
Wilburton, OK
On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 00:56 -0230, Noel wrote:
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Quote: | From: Harry Cieslar [hcieslar(at)cabletv.on.ca]
Yes you lose your license for 1 year after a heart attack
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My understanding of the Norwegian text is that we loose it for always, Harry. But thank you for informing me about what's the rule in other countries. I might use it as an argument.
Quote: | From: Rexinator [rexinator(at)gmail.com]
Anyway, the aerobatics argument probably will not help you.
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Okay, Rex. The funny thing is that, when I lost consciousness in the ambulance, last year, it felt pretty much like when my son and I recovered from a deep dive in a Blanik glider, years ago. A feeling the blood was drained from the brain.
Quote: | From: Jose M. Toro [jose_m_toro(at)yahoo.com]
I know that legally your son is your PIC. For sure, that does not mean that you
don't fly the plane. In practice, he is your safety pilot. I wonder if either you
or him are comfortable flying the plane from the right seat.
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Hola, José! Funny you should ask; a couple of weeks ago, we went flying and I was in the right hand seat. Back home I said I'll do the landing; something I had never done from the right hand seat. It went ... well but we ended in the runway's shoulder on the right side. I had to yell at him to brake. He forgot that I didn't had brakes on the right hand side pedals. Right hand seat flying is okay but you need to train for it.
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Michel:
Seems to me like it is time to install right side brakes. Once my ex-Kitfox new owner installed right side brakes, it became straight forward to fly it from the right seat. My first plane (Rans S4) is a single seater with the throttle in the left hand. I agree it requires traning in order to be safe.
Saludos!
José
Hola, José! Funny you should ask; a couple of weeks ago, we went flying and I was in the right hand seat. Back home I said I'll do the landing; something I had never done from the right hand seat. It went ... well but we ended in the runway's shoulder on the right side. I had to yell at him to brake. He forgot that I didn't had brakes on the right hand side pedals. Right hand seat flying is okay but you need to train for it.
Cheers,
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Norway
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Mike C Your dilemma reminds me of my great grandfather. He began losing his vision back in the 1950's and couldn't pass the vision test for his drivers license. Said the hell with them and continued driving the few blocks to the local bar to play cards and drink with his life long buddies C running off the road occasionally. Until they finally took away his car. Damned if he was going to let anybody tell him he couldn't drive. After all C he had been the road commisioner for 20 years.
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[quote] Date: Fri C 22 May 2009 09:45:18 +0200
From: michel(at)online.no
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: (OFF-TOPIC) License
> From: Harry Cieslar [hcieslar(at)cabletv.on.ca]
> Yes you lose your license for 1 year after a heart attack
My understanding of the Norwegian text is that we loose it for always C Harry. But thank you for informing me about what's the rule in other countries. I might use it as an argument.
> From: Rexinator [rexinator(at)gmail.com]
> Anyway C the aerobatics argument probably will not help you.
Okay C Rex. The funny thing is that C when I lost consciousness in the ambulance C last year C it felt pretty much like when my son and I recovered from a deep dive in a Blanik glider C years ago. A feeling the blood was drained from the brain.
> From: Jose M. Toro [jose_m_toro(at)yahoo.com]
> I know that legally your son is your PIC. For sure C that does not mean that you
> don't fly the plane. In practice C he is your safety pilot. I wonder if either you
> or him are comfortable flying the plane from the right seat.
Hola C José! Funny you should ask; a couple of weeks ago C we went flying and I was in the right hand seat. Back home I said I'll do the landing; something I had never done from the right hand seat. It went ... well but we ended in the runway's shoulder on the right side. I had to yell at him to brake. He forgot that I didn't had brakes on the right hand side pedals. Right hand seat flying is okay but you need to train for it.
Cheers C
Michel Verheughe
Norway
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Michel
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 966 Location: Norway
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: (OFF-TOPIC) License |
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Quote: | From: patrick reilly [patreilly43(at)hotmail.com]
Until they finally took away his car. Damned if he was going to let
anybody tell him he couldn't drive.
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I understand, Pat. My father who was a pilot in the Belgian air force, at the age of 67, told my mother: I stop driving; your turn now! My mother couldn't understand because his vision was quite good but he told me himself: "I see clearly but I have lost my sense of perspective and distance judgement." Having been himself a pilot instructor for so many years, he knew what was dangerous for a pilot or driver.
Quote: | From: Jose M. Toro [jose_m_toro(at)yahoo.com]
Seems to me like it is time to install right side brakes.
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Perhaps, José. But with my son, we have the routine that if something happens, the left seater "aviates" while the right seater "navigates and communicates." In principle, it is only the left seater that lands the plane. In that case, we simply tried to see how a right seater could do it ... for fun.
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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