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- Well, this article is old now, but still perplexing. But I have a hunch:
My mind can become overloaded with visual information while playing a 3-D first-person shooter game, causing vertigo and feeling of sickness. This does not happen to everyone, but I have discussed this with others, and am certainly not alone.
If these pilots' minds are being visually bombarded with an unprecedented amount of 3-D tactical information on their displays while flying the F-22, is it not possible that particular flyers experience this the same kind of disorientation due to over-stimulation of the visual cortex? - Reply to this comment
- I can solve the problem, 45 days! need engineer cooperation and 50K expenses allowed for analysis expense. Past data needed for analysis. Want to help my country. Have three masters degree - MS Chemical Eng,
MS Electrical Eng and 15 years experience of troubleshooting eng problems.
Last patent filed - after 2 PhD and ONE MTS gave up on a problem.. - Reply to this comment
- Dear PhilRicc, Believe what you want, but I am indeed an F-22 pilot's wife. I would be glad to prove it to you. Call me a liar and stupid if you want, but you don't know all of the facts. Let me explain why I am ok with my husband flying the F-22... I trust his judgment! #1 The number of incidents are less than .1% (notice the . in front of the 1) of the total F-22 flying hours. #2 Despite what you may have heard, no incidents have resulted in serious injury. #3 The AF has done an exhaustive search for something dangerous in the jet and can't find anything. #4 Flying fighters is inherently dangerous- this is not the first time in fighter aviation history where some system quirks have had to be worked out. I trust my husband, his knowledge and flying ability. I do not think for a second that he has a death wish, and if he is comfortable getting in the jet and sending his pilots on sorties in the jet, then that's enough for me. Sometimes having all of the facts makes it easier to have a certain opinion. For the record, saying you hope my husband "crashes" is what makes YOU a "bad american"!!!!!
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- This is ridiculous. As highly trained and as expensive as their training is, I hate seeing their lives needlessly put at risk. The O2 delivery system is a chemical process that occurs outside the pressurized cockpit. Could the process be affected by high alititude and slowing of the chemical process? How are their tests being done, are they testing these systems on the ground? What altitudes are these pilots flying at when the incidents occur?
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- The military needs to accept the fact that the F-22 is a worthless piece of junk. I don't blame the pilots for coming out and telling the world that they have a major issues with this A/C. Instead of going after the brave pilots they should go after Lockheed Martin who created this piece of junk at the tax payers expense. The military should have know better when they contracted the development of the F-22 to Lockheed Martin. The F-117 Nighthawk, was a big example that they don't know how to development good fighter jets. It was commonly called the "Stealth Fighter" although it was a ground-attack aircraft, making its F-designation misleading. I never understood why they needed the EA-6B Prowler to jam the radars when Lockheed Martin claim that the F-117 was invisible to radar. Later we found out that NATO generals, detected F-117s by operating his radars on unusually long wavelengths, making the aircraft visible for brief periods. I wonder how many problems they are having with the F-35 Lightning II, that we are still not aware.
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- What would the air force do if all 200 pilots resigned or threatened to immediately and all together?
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- They looked at the oxygen coming in the last time they grounded the plane. Maybe they should look to see if the pilots are breathing correctly to get rid of the CO2.
Maybe there is a problem with getting rid of the CO2 in the equipment and the pilots are rebreathing it and getting sick.
Or maybe the pilots aren't breathing enough. They are too involved in what they are doing they forget to breathe. Don't laugh! What do all of those exercise people say on TV - don't forget to breathe LOL - Reply to this comment
- These brave pilots are to be commended for speaking out. Unfortunately, the USA government shoots the messenger in situations like this, rather than fixing the problem. These men are probably going to have serious legal problems soon along with loss of career and loss of income. They need to contact the Government Accountability Project (GAP), a non-profit organizatioin that advises and protects whistleblowers in situations like this. GAP can be reached at www.whistleblower.org. They should ask to be put in touch with the National Security and Human Rights Director at GAP. I wish them the best.
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- Dear Jeremy Gordon and Josh Wilson, The US Air Force did not promise you a "safe" jet to fly....there is no such thing!!!! If you wanted a job that wasn't dangerous you should have chosen to be an accountant or something. God forbid any of the ground troops decide that it may not be "safe" to enter hostile territory.... Think about it, because it's the same thing. You are an embarrassment to the fighter pilot community, the US Air Force and the entire military. Please get out and go bake cupcakes or something!!!!
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