LSO called 3-wire trap touch and go. I spent 3 years on the flight deck of the USS Ranger in arresting gear! LoL

(Written on 2017年 03月 17日)(Permalink)

Seriously? If you don't understand what is being said I hope you don't fly!

(Written on 2017年 01月 14日)(Permalink)

How do you consider this "fake news". While it is not as dramatic as radio com during a dogfight in SE Asia it does give people an idea of what happens in the cockpit during a medical emergency. Nothing fake about it!

(Written on 2016年 12月 30日)(Permalink)

Be interesting to watch a 737 buzz a water tower just to see what town he was over!

(Written on 2016年 10月 08日)(Permalink)

I think there was an A-4 in the bogie mix too. Been a long time since I saw the movie.

(Written on 2016年 09月 18日)(Permalink)

Maybe things have changed over the years but I was always taught power = altitude. If you pull back or push forward on the yoke to adjust decent rate you stand a chance of screwing it into the ground or coming in hot.

(Written on 2016年 02月 19日)(Permalink)

So far Dennis I have not had a problem with it being low on Januvia even though a few weeks in it made it to 91 which was not a problem. There again, I have the benefit of 20 + years in health care and my wife was a nurse for 32 years. It is scary enough in the beginning even having the knowledge. Not knowing anything at all about it would be like a near stall on short final. I worked with a guy that had been on insulin since he was a kid. When he wouldn't answer his pages we knew to do a quick search for him. Invariably, he was down for the count!He kept the gel in his shirt pocket.

(Written on 2014年 10月 03日)(Permalink)

preacher1 Have you tried Januvia? Just throwing it out there, not playing doctor by any stretch. I was on Metformin and thought it was gonna kill me and didn't work that well. Januvia works for me but everyone is different. 1 100mg tablet a day and I check level once a day. My A1C was 16 the day I was diagnosed and bs was 640 (I had been sick for a while and had lost 85 pounds. A1C stays around 6.5 and AM BS is 120-150. If you try it it takes a couple of week to stabilize and make sure it is in your insurance formulary as it is around $310.00 for a month supply.

(Written on 2014年 10月 03日)(Permalink)

Not so short sighted Paul. The mental response for a patient going into DKA (Diabetic Keto-Acidosis) is much like hypoxia in that the person does not realize they are not as lucid as they should be. The pump is a great thing until it becomes disconnected. Had a very good friend die when hers was disconnected as she got into her car. A short 15 minute drive saw her go into DKA, go unconscious, her vehicle go into the lake and she drowned. It is the very real possibility of a person miscalculating a dosage or a myriad of other problems that can put both the pilot, passengers, and people on the ground at risk.

(Written on 2014年 10月 03日)(Permalink)