Flying Pilot Podcast #13 A Visit From the Flight Surgeon!
Today, we have a special podcast, with a doctor who was recently an Air Force flight surgeon. He talks about his experiences, as well as the physiological and medical aspects of flying — and how the human body was not designed for this.
Download the podcast directly here:
The Doctor’s Fighter Upgrade Training Patch
The Air Force Flight Surgeon
- USAF Flight Surgeon’s Guide
- Spatial Disorientation Seeing is Not Believing (This is a .pdf file)
- Aerospace Physiology Training
- FAA Pilot Safety Brochures
- Flight Surgeon Badges
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I would like to ask the Flight Surgeon whether there is a link between 6 years of experimental testing at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, pulling high levels of G forces and taking part in Rapid Decompressionsand my disability due to a complete collapse of my lower spinal discs.
Comment by Mark Askew — June 3, 2006 @ 5:29 am
I’m sorry to say that without a complete case history and thorough physical exam, no doctor worth his salt can address your concern.
Comment by Doc Ydobon — May 6, 2007 @ 3:56 am