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Old 29th Aug 2015, 08:36
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Courtney Mil
 
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BEagle, yes I agree totally with what you say there.

Jay and, I'm sure you are right about a sell-by date, but I expect that there will be other physiological factors that would make one unfit for the high-g, high-performance cockpit before G-tolerance in most cases. As pilots doing aeros probably don't go in a centrifuge every year (most probably ever) they're unlikely to be aware of when their g-tolerance starts to change. As BEgle says, this type of aeros isn't going to expose anyone to that much g anyway.

Also remember that that there are lots of other factors that are more likely to affect this: dehydration, fatigue, medication, minor illness among others. Most professionals, especially those with a fast jet background will have a pretty good understanding of these things.

Again, too early to try to apply any of these things to this accident. Rule nothing in, rule nothing out.
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