Thanks for the update Chuck, and sorry to hear that your son's
medical category is still not back to the status quo.
I went through a similar battle in 1995, when our military docs
treated me with a ACE Inhibitors to reduce my blood pressure, only
then to tell me that I could not fly "high-g and agile aircraft"
while on that medication! I discovered by chance that there was a
testing protocol at Brooks AFB in which USAF and USN fighter pilots
were on this medication and flying fine solo (I was condemned to
flying as captain only in a 2-seat aircraft) and I managed to fight
my way back into single pilot cockpits.
It sounds as if your son would do well to go full time in the
Guard... and perhaps you and Mum would be happier with the idea that
there are 2 of them to look after each other (and look out for those
dreadful wires).
All the Best
Chris
At 19:43 -0500 13/1/02, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
It's now been almost 2-1/2 years since my son took out some high voltage
lines near Jamestown, NY with a New York State Police helicopter.
Despite being at an elevation of 205 feet he and his passenger both
survived. He has been trying to regain his health and flight status
ever since but has been unsuccessful due to occasional (maybe once or
twice a week) fleeting bouts of vertigo that last for about 1-2
seconds. It's a long way from the room spinning stuff that plagued him
for the first six months following the accident but it's not 100 0one.
snip
Sorry for the long OT. If you never saw the full story search the 1999
archives on "helicopter" and go back to September 27, 1999.
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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