Saturday, August 2, 2008

27-31 July 2008. We had our first week of academics which was mostly aerospace physiology and land survival. We got spun around in a Barany chair that stimulates your inner ear so you know what is happening when you get airsick. I got spun around and felt like I was tumbling when they stopped me. I didn't feel to well after that, but I didn't throw up. We also took a ride in the altitude chamber to simulate what Hypoxia feels like at 25, 000 feet, which is like being drunk then becoming extremely nauseated. If you don't go back on oxygen it will eventually lead to unconciousness, and crashing into the ground. We also got to practice ejecting out of our aircraft, and parachute landing falls.

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