Awesome picture competition...

[RRR70]

Do they need to use decompression chamber when coming up?

 

[Bassem]

Do they need to use decompression chamber when coming up?

It's air not water. Do you need a decompression chamber coming down from that height? I'd imagine your ears would pop a few times and that's about it.

 

[Enchanter]

Coal Miners have in fact experienced decompression sickness, and decompression chambers are used in some instances.

 

[Bassem]

Coal Miners have in fact experienced decompression sickness, and decompression chambers are used in some instances.

Like altitude sickness if they spent enough time below? I stand corrected.

 

[KC@ BRG Racing]

i'm thinkin its how much air you have sitting on top of you. At 12000+ feet down in the ground.The air pressure has to be more the 14.7.... at least how i'm thinking about it. maybe i'm wrong

 

[n10sive]

Coal Miners have in fact experienced decompression sickness, and decompression chambers are used in some instances.

interesting PDF on another deep S.A. mine.

Apparently the temperatures are so high at those depths that the atmospheric pressure is about 1.4P at 3500m. They have to pump cool air into the mines for the workers which then causes the pressure to increase to 2P, which is about the same as diving in 10m of sea water. So there are probably the same rules that apply to diving since it's all based on atmospheric pressure.

 

[Stormdragon]

 

[Lonster]

New desktop.
Thanks!

 

[RRR70]

 

[f=ma]

 

[Beauregard]

What is that? Looks like a crass between a C-130 and a C5a.

 

[Mr Pepsi]

What is that? Looks like a crass between a C-130 and a C5a.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas

 

[Beauregard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas

Thanks.

I'm sad it turns out to be a cheese eating surrender monkey plane.

I'll stick with the best.

 

[Removed 4]

I get to see the A-10 fly nearly every day here in Tucson.
At least for the time being. Congress wants to moth ball them in favor of the new fighter that cost s shit ton but still does not do what the A-10 does.

 

[Rtmac]

 

[Diezel]

I get to see the A-10 fly nearly every day here in Tucson.
At least for the time being. Congress wants to moth ball them in favor of the new fighter that cost s shit ton but still does not do what the A-10 does.

2 words. Boise, Idaho.

Apparently, the Boise airport is shared with either the air national guard. My hour layover there was spent watching A-10's doing touch n go runs in a major lightning/thunder storm.

Edit: Confirmed. Idaho Army National Guard.
A-10's visible https://maps.google.com/maps?q=bois...spn=1.011613,2.113495&oq=boise+inter&t=h&z=17
Gowen Field: http://www.idahoarmyguard.org/gowenfield/facilities.asp

 

[TheRobSJ]

Tuscon shares with military also. Last flight I had out of there, our 737 had to wait to taxi while two F-16s proceeded to cut ahead of us and then take off full afterburner.

 

[Enchanter]

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[frozenduc]

^ Radar signature test rig?

 

[Rel]

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Go home pilot. You're drunk.