Boiling Blood?

[185 Lbs of Ballast!!]

Heard a rumor! :)

Apparently, when flying at Flight Levels in excess of approx FL500, theres not much point in having an oxygen mask in an explosive decompression, as it won't make any difference because your blood is going to boil!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/confused.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif

Are there any Lear/G4/Concorde!!! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/redface.gif pilots out there who would like to fill me in - so to speak!? http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/cool.gif

[Oswald]

That rings a bell from North Luff. Seem to remember during the course asking the Doc about the scene in one of the Arnie Schw movies where a man on Mars removes his helmet. His blood then boils over. The Doc called it something like ebolization;