Interesting information from Capt Jim:
From: Jim Horan
Date: 11/4/2017 1:28:12 PM
Subject: Sleep Apnea
Dear Mark:
Just finished reading your HL 280. Sounds like you and
Barb had a wonderful trip to Israel. Also cannot help out with any Medicare
Advantage suggestions since I stayed in the Navy for over 20+ years and have
Tricare for Life as my supplement to Medicare.
Now to the subject line.
Just read the PCN Death notice for Captain Ron Ryll. I
had the pleasure to fly with Ron when he was a DC-8 FO and I was the SO.
Flew with him when I was FO on several types also. A really great
guy and excellent pilot.
It appears he passed in his sleep and was discovered in his
home several days after no one could contact him. From what I recall, he
was not married and lived alone (but not sure of that). I am sure his
friend (Captain Jim Gardner) could verify that statement.
I am almost age 75 (4 more months), good health (not
excellent and I will tell you why in a bit), 170# & 5’7”. Exercise at
the gym 3x/week and walk 6 miles daily with my Golden Retriever. Where
we live is 120 miles west of DEN and an elevation of 8200’.
Four years ago I was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease.
Blood pressure was unusually high so went to our local cardiologist.
I could list all the treadmill & blood tests I had but that would
bore you. After a high score on a Calcium CT (that is a CT of your heart
to measure the amount of calcium in the 4 major heart arteries), I had a
cardiac catheterization. That showed NO blockages but did
confirm the calcium (plaque) in the arteries.
I also had an overnight Sleep Study done at the Vail
Hospital. The results were read by a pulmonologist in DEN and his
diagnosis was Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea. To me this was the new
“disease du jour”. Our local ENT doc evaluated me (since sleep apnea was
one of his specialties) and changed the diagnosis to Mild Obstructive Sleep
Apnea. So for the last 4 years I have been on supplemental O2 (at night)
at the rate of 2.5L/hour. I have not had to wear a CPAP (Continuous
Positive Airway Pressure) mask. But that may soon change. Here is
why.
Over the last 2 weeks I have been seeing this lady
cardiologist. Another treadmill test showed nothing. An overnight
Pulse Oximetry test (looks like a Dick Tracy watch you wear during your sleep
cycle) showed hypopnea and apnea events occurring. That is not good.
Things have changed over 4 years. So going back to the Vail
Hospital for another Sleep Study in a week or so. I have a feeling a CPAP
mask is in my future, along with the supplemental O2 which keeps my O2 levels
above 90 when I am sleeping.
Back to 4 years ago. My wife (retired Delta FA) had
been complaining of my snoring. One sure sign of “possible” sleep apnea.
Lately, along with the supplemental O2 I have been using those Breathe
Right strips. They do help, but sometimes not.
Now back to Ron Ryll. Over the past year, I have 2
single friends who live alone (no girlfriends either). The wife of one of
them passed away 3 years ago, and when I asked him if she complained of his
snoring, he said yes. So he had all the tests and is now on supplemental
O2 and a CPAP mask. Same with the other single friend.
If not diagnosed and treated, sleep apnea can kill you.
When you have an apnea event during sleep, you will stop breathing for a
short period of time. And your O2 levels can drop into the 70’s.
This can cause either a heart attack or stroke, or both. An autopsy
can determine which one, but a little too late for you. This may have
been a cause for Ron’s passing.
This may be of interest to the PCN. Please feel free
to publish in the next High Life. And anyone can contact me via email (DeltaRetired@comcast.net)
or phone for more info.
My two ski buddies thank me every time I see them. I
hope this can do the same for one or more in the PCN.
Sincerely,
Jim Horan
970-845-7922 (H)
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Thanks Ken for keeping the HL on the up
and up.
Date: 11/3/2017 2:20:33 PM
Subject: Iwo Jima statue
Mark, I’ve seen that bit about the memorial before, and it’s always
interesting to read again. However, that bit about a 13th hand
is total fiction.
Memorial rumor
A persistent rumor has
attributed the existence of a thirteenth hand from the six statues of the men
depicted on the memorial and speculation about the possible reasons for it.
When informed of the rumor, sculptor de Weldon exclaimed, "Thirteen hands.
Who needed 13 hands? Twelve were enough."[9]
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From: JON J MAYNARD <jjmaynard@usa.net>
To: J Maynard <jjmaynard78@gmail.com>
Date: November 14, 2017 at 3:44 PM
Subject: It will be our turn next to say goodbye to our 747
To: J Maynard <jjmaynard78@gmail.com>
Date: November 14, 2017 at 3:44 PM
Subject: It will be our turn next to say goodbye to our 747
Seven things to know about Delta’s Big Goodbye to iconic 747
Delta
employees, customers and aviation enthusiasts have been eagerly flying the
airline’s remaining Boeing 747-400s since Delta said in 2014 that it would
retire the Queen of the Skies at the end of 2017.
There
will soon be more chances to see and perhaps take part in some of the last
Delta 747 flights – the last to be flown by any U.S. passenger airline. Here
are seven things to know about Delta’s big goodbye to the 747:
- Delta is operating the
Boeing 747-400 on daily scheduled service between its Detroit hub and its
partner hub at Seoul-Incheon.
- Here are the final
regularly scheduled flights of the Delta 747:
- Final U.S. departure:
Flight 159 at Detroit to Seoul-Incheon at 12:31 p.m. on Dec. 15
- Final Asia Pacific
arrival: Flight 159 at Seoul-Incheon from Detroit at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 16
- Final Asia Pacific
departure: Flight 158 at Seoul-Incheon to Detroit at 11:15 a.m. on Dec.
17
- Final U.S. arrival:
Flight 158 at Detroit from Seoul-Incheon at 10:14 a.m. on Dec. 17
- Delta will take the 747 on
an employee farewell tour from Detroit to Seattle on Dec. 18, Seattle to
Atlanta on Dec. 19 and Atlanta to Minneapolis-St. Paul on Dec. 20.
- Customers can bid for a
spot on these farewell flights via SkyMiles Experiences using their SkyMiles.
- Employees and retirees can
purchase a seat on these flights on a first-come, first-serve basis
beginning at noon ET Nov. 20 at a discounted rate, with all
proceeds going to the Airloom Project, the organization behind the 747
Experience exhibit at the Delta Flight Museum.
- The 747 will fly a handful
of sports team and ad-hoc charter flights through Dec. 31.
- Delta will fly its final
747 to its retirement place in Arizona in early January. This ferry flight
will not be open to passengers.
Delta will be celebrating the iconic and
revolutionary 747 throughout December in all of its channels and encourages
customers, enthusiasts and employees to share their own tributes and
remembrances using the #DL747Farewell hashtag.
Jon
J Maynard
President Yellowbird Chapter
of Delta Pioneers
2nd Vice President of Delta
National Pioneers
(H) 121 Tremont St #
212, Brighton, MA 02135
(H) 617.787.2620
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Subject: SAD fact of Reality!!!
Date: November
10, 2017 at 8:10:07 AM EST
To: Pete
Piotrowsky jpiotro461@aol.com
Air Force Pilot Shortage Grows to Nearly 2,000; Force Tension 'Significant'
Lt. Col. John Harbour, 349th Air
Refueling Squadron KC-135 detachment commander, and Capt. Alex Brose, 349th ARS
co-pilot, fly the KC-135 Stratotanker as it off-loads fuel during a mission in
support of exercise Talisman Saber on July 12, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachel Waller)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The secretary of Air Force said that, after
weathering a 1,500-pilot shortfall last summer, the problem has escalated to
being 1,926 pilots short -- or missing 1 in 10 of a force that's supposed to
have 20,000 pilots.
Secretary Heather Wilson told Pentagon reporters today that
"it's not just pilots, though, and air crew, when it comes to
readiness."
"It is spare parts and flying hours and munitions,"
she noted. "So increasing the readiness of the force so that we win any
fight, any time, is our top priority."
The biggest reason for the pilot shortage, in the secretary's
view, "is that we are too small for all the missions that we're being
asked to carry out on behalf of the nation -- and as a result, we're burning
out our people."
"Surge has become the new normal in the United States Air
Force, and you can do that for a year, or two years, or maybe even three or
four years. But we're asking -- I met someone last week who has just come back
from his 17th deployment -- 17 deployments," she continued. "Less
than one percent of Americans serve in uniform and protect the rest of us, and
they are carrying a very heavy burden. And at some point, families make a
decision: that they just can't keep doing this at this pace, and I think that's
the biggest thing we're facing, is we're burning out our people, because we're
too small for what the nation is asking."
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