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| Toxic Air From T-45 Engine May Be Poisoning U.S. Navy Pilots |
| 2017-07-21 |
| [Aviation Week] In the search for the root cause of a recent spike in hypoxialike cockpit incidents that leave student pilots disoriented and short of breath, the U.S. Navy is beginning to look more closely at the quality of the air that comes off the McDonnel Douglas T-45 Goshawk’s engine and feeds into the oxygen generator system. Fleets across the Navy and U.S. Air Force have been plagued by a sharp increase in these so-called physiological episodes in recent months, where pilots experience ... |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Must be an engineer from the State Department who designed that part. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-07-21 16:37 |
| #3 Wonder if L3 engineered a maintenance solution with low bid reactive hoses. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-21 08:39 |
| #2 So, we know that just because we're subscribers to Avation Week, that not everyone else is and we're going to be blocked from viewing this article? |
| Posted by: Phusomble Ebbereting1774 2017-07-21 06:22 |
| #1 You're not supposed to breathe exhaust. There is a reason people don't build fart inhalers. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-07-21 00:03 |