From: DWSkjerven@aol.com
Date: 7/5/2017 12:13:25 PM
Subject: Flying in
the 1930's
Neat pics of the glamorous time of aviation.
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From: THFoster6@aol.com
Date: 6/20/2017 11:35:17 PM
Subject:Did you wear a G Suit?
John
Burkart sent me this. Travis Foster
Date: June 18, 2017 at 8:36:47 PM PDT
You don’t need to be a Blue Angel, an astronaut,
or just your everyday jet jock to be at risk for this. This life
threatening condition also can be caused by high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, and smoking, and one symptom could be something as seemingly
unrelated as sores on the bottom of your feet that don’t heal. Check the
link below for more indicators.
jt
From: Steve McDonald
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 7:55 AM
In January 3, 2002, as I just turned age 67, I underwent a
critical
surgery for a popliteal aneurysm behind
my left knee. My popliteal
artery behind my left knee had blown up
the size of tennis ball. The
vascular surgeon had performed the
by-pass surgery replacing the artery
behind the knee with a vein just in time
before I either died or lost my
left leg. The same sugeon then performed
the same by-pass operation on
January 17, 2002 on the right leg.
After both surgeries and discussions
with one of the three vascular
surgeons involved, who happens to have
been a Flight Surgeon, we
discussed the following:
* The Commanding Officer of VM0-2
(OV-10A Bronco Squadron) in which I
flew combat missions in Vietnam in 1969
died in retirement at an early
age of about 65 from associated problems
that I just had a very, very
close call with.
* The Commanding Officer of VM0-2 who
flew combat missions in the Bronco
during 1971 was reported to have died
from a vascular problem at about
the age of 64.
* My own Executive Officer of VMO-2,
when I had been the Commanding
Officer, died in retirement at about the
age of 62 from an apparent
vascular problem.
* And, a friend of mine who is currently
the Lockheed Martin
consultant/rep to the Spanish Navy
called me after my recent two vasular
operations telling me that a close
friend of his, an Admiral in the
Spanish Navy and first Harrier pilot in
the Spanish Navy just underwent
the very same popliteal aneurysm sugery
on one leg and he stated to my
friend he thinks it was due to weakening
damage to his artery behind
his knee years ago where there is no
G-suit protection.
* I reported this to my vascular surgeon
who was a Flight Surgeon. He
said he is looking into this since there
is no protection in G-suits
behind the knees.
The specific G-suit I wore in and out of
combat was the: Coverall,
Anti-G Cutaway Type Mark 2A, Mil Spec
C-23955.
I mention this seemingly far-out theory
to all fellow military pilots
that I come across only to warn them
that: If you have a bulge,
particularly a pulsating bulge behind one
or two of your knees get
right in to see a Vascular Surgeon to
have it checked out.
My first visit to my internal medicine
doctor with that symptom
resulted in him saying I had a Baker's
Cyst that needed removing. Upon
my getting an MRI and seeing an
Orthopedic Surgeon three weeks later,
resulted in the Orthopedic Surgeon
telling me I had a severe aneurysm
and he sent me immediately to a Vascular
Surgeon who said it was the
biggest he ever saw. He promptly sent me
to the Naval Medical Center
(Balboa) San Diego, where two vascular
sugeons performed by-pass surgey
of the popliteal artery on both
legs...and, due to loss of time, I
almost lost my life or left leg.
So please pass the above info on to any
of your fine feathered flying
friends you have contact with...it may
save their lives, if they have
any such symptom behind their knee or
knees...whether caused by G-suits'
design, extensive roller coaster riding,
or maybe even simply flying as
a
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