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Old 29th Aug 2016, 23:44
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Tankertrashnav
 
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sasless - in Singapore in the late 60s a USAF general who had been in a crash and been badly burned came around to talk to RAF aircrew to push the absolute necessity of having the right clothing and wearing it correctly. In his case he had been wearing his flying gloves turned down and his flying suit rolled back at the wrist to allow some ventilation up his arms.

Result - 100% deep burns on both his wrists, and he very nearly lost one of his hands due to loss of circulation. Some very clever surgery saved his hands and he eventually got back to flying , but with some very impressive scars!

I always remembered that guy before takeoff as I made sure my sleeves were fastened down well over the tops of my gloves. Later on doing some private flying I used to cringe at the sight of guys flying in shorts and tee-shirts.
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