Do you always have oxygen?

Always have an O2 tank on board- never know when we might need to go higher
during a long cross country. Although not required by reg, for prolonged
flight at around 10k or higher I always use it to keep my O2 sat at or
greater than 92%. I find that flights become a lot less tiring and I feel a
lot better. Flying at night it definitely helps the color discrimination and
night vision.

Agree with the recommendation about doing a chamber ride- it is a great
experience and worth the time and trouble of arranging. (of course, being in
the Air Force I don't have an option)

Viperdoc writes:

Always have an O2 tank on board- never know when we might need to go higher
during a long cross country. Although not required by reg, for prolonged
flight at around 10k or higher I always use it to keep my O2 sat at or
greater than 92%. I find that flights become a lot less tiring and I feel a
lot better. Flying at night it definitely helps the color discrimination and
night vision.

Is there a picture of the device somewhere on the Web? How do you
talk on the radio if you are wearing an oxygen mask, or is it just one
of those things that covers the nose?

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Is there a picture of the device somewhere on the Web? How do you
talk on the radio if you are wearing an oxygen mask, or is it just one
of those things that covers the nose?

it's a commercial site, the place where I bought my system, but it
should give you an idea: http://aviationoxygen.com/

there are different options depending on altitude: I use the cannula
which works well for as high as any aircraft I fly can go anyway :-)
(might be a limiting factor if I get back to flying gliders though);

you have masks with built in microphone too,

--Sylvain