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Old 12th Aug 2017, 16:28
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Danny42C
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Year 1952, place Central Medical Board (Kelvin House). Full aircrew medical for Limited P.C. as GD Pilot. Radiographer notes spot on lung - get him into Wroughton to check it out. ENT man at Wroughton gets in on the act: says: "your sinuses are bunged up" !

"But they can't be, have just been flying (unpressurised) Meteor T7 to FL350, no trouble up or down?" - "Don't argue ! If I say they're bunged up, they're bunged up !" Cannula pushed up snout. hosed out, repeat ad lib. for a few days. No better, bilateral radical antroscopy (reamer holes out), Face swells up like a balloon for a couple of weeks, no ill effects. ENT man happy - job done !

That, I suggest, is the only real, permanent answer.

(The spot ? - bronchosopy (not a bundle of laughs): it's bronchiectasis (irreversible). Could be fixed surgically [excise affected bit], but would cost RAF Arm+Leg as job outsourced to King's surgeon, and we don't need pilots all that much [King died ! - so just as well, perhaps].

First restricted to 10,000 ft for a couple of years, then chop (ATC for 17 years). Spot no bigger today. Ah, well, c'est la vie).