WIX Archives

Re: Oxygen System -- reposting to bring thread to top....

Posted by vlado on Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:20:28 AM

In reply top Oxygen System -- reposting to bring thread to top.... posted by Randy Haskin on Sat Apr 03, 2004 06:07:57 AM

: : : Vlado -What if the O2 system fails at that altitude? D
: oe s Jack have a back-up?
:
: "I do not know at all what he has for O2 equipment for eit
: her Mustang. The prudent pilot would hopefully have some s
: ort of backup at those altitudes."
:
: In every jet I've flown where back parachutes are the orde
: r of the day, the chute has a reserve oxygen cylinder in i
: t, good for about 10 minutes. The bottle is hooked into t
: he CRU-60/P where the oxygen mask plugs in, so all you hav
: e to do to use it is pull the cord to actuate the bottle.
: It's really for high-altitude bailouts, but can also be u
: sed to give a good O2 flow if the main system craps itself
: .
:
: Do the chutes that you guys fly with have this?

Not in the Mustang; seldom go above 16,000. Yes, in the T-33. I have no idea what Jack had on board that day of the contrail photo flight.

Follow Ups: