On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:58:29 GMT, john smith wrote:

In article ,
"Roger (K8RI)" wrote:

Good Lord! How many hours do you fly at a time. I limit the legs to
around five hours so that's never been a problem...and don't drink a
lot of what ever before starting out.

Which leads to serious dehydration and potential mental impairment.

That was before heading out. "Sipping" on a soft drink or plain water
while in the air works fine. Coffee and particularly tea are
diauretics and tend to cause your system to *flush* out requiring a
premature ..er... stop. OTOH anything with an artificial sweetner will
probably have me stopping at the next closest ariport ..right after
taking off and I'll probably be in there the rest of the day. That
stuff works bettern' Epson salts. Just remember the "milk shake" in
VanWilder! Don't cough or sneeze.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com