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Old 9th April 2008 | 14:31
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VOR_DME
 
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Hi,

I'm just about to turn 17 (and thus go for my Initial Class 1 at Gatwick)

I'm 5' 10" (perhaps half an inch over), am slim, but I don't do that much exercise (although I'm changing that at the moment). I was wondering in terms of lung capacity, what are the requirements?

This may sound a bit stupid, but it is the only guage I have, but using the extremly crude method of blowing into a balloon and measuring the circumfrence with a piece of string etc., it only seems to translate into about 4 litres capacity. Is this ok or not? I have seen people saying about 7 or 8 litres capacity!

I don't suffer from asthma or anything, and I just wanted to know if this is something I should worry about (e.g. get exercising!).

Thanks very much!
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