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(ArtKramr) wrote:

ubject: Chamber Ride was: hi alt oxygen
From: (OXMORON1)
Date: 3/11/04 9:10 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Altitude Chamber training or refresher class. Anyone have a problem with
theirs?

My only "problem" was the green tint to the atmosphere and the insane
giggling
of the older O-4 thru O-6 and the horrified looks of the newer Flight
Nurse
trainees.
I had a tough time keeping a straight face and the more you laugh the
more
green air you inhale.
My last refresher was at Offut and the class was about equally split
between
old farts and new farts, with a few of us mid level farts thrown in the
mix.

Rick
MFE


One chamber ride I will never forget is the gas chamber ride. Phosgene,
Mustard
and tear gasses. Unforgettable


Tear gasses, sure. But mustard and phosgene? Mustard, when purified
(agent HD rather than H) often has no smell at all. You don't notice
anything until the burns start appearing. Phosgene really has no
acceptable safety limit that could be used for training.

By WWII, phosgene wasn't widely accepted as a chemical agent. Cyanogen
or cyanogen chloride would have been far more likely to have been used
as quick-casualty agents. Again, no practical safe limit.