Title:
High Altitude Training per 14 CFR Part 61.31(g)(1)
Topic:
This is the announcement for the class starting Saturday morning with a chamber session Saturday Afternoon
Speaker(s):
CAMI, FAASTeam .
Brief Description:
The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) along with the FAA Safety Team will be presenting training required for operating aircraft at high altitudes. The training will include high altitude physiology, aerodynamics and meteorology. At the conclusion of the classroom session, you will be given the opportunity to discover your hypoxia symptoms first hand in CAMI’s portable altitude training system. Additionally, you will be able to experience a little vertigo in CAMI’s spatial disorientation simulator. After all is done, you will be able to leave with an endorsement for having completed the required ground training for operating high altitude aircraft.
Location of Seminar:
Vintage Flying Museum
505 Northwest 38th
Hangar 33S, Meacham Airport
Fort Worth, TX 76106
Directions to Venue:
From North Loop 820, take exit 13 to merge onto US-287 BUS S / N Main St, drive 2.7 mi and turn right onto NW 38th St. The Vintage Flying Museum will be 0.3 miles on the left. Parking will be on the south side of the hangar.
Seating:
60
seats at the facility,
0
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
FAASTeam
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Limitations that apply:
Only those who posses a valid and current FAA medical certificate, per 14 CFR Part 61.23(d), may use the portable altitude training system.
A little about the portable altitude training system and the spatial disorientation simulator.
The Portable Reduced Oxygen Training Enclosure (PROTE) is a portable altitude training system that simulates altitude by reducing the oxygen percentage of the air. Advances in technology have yielded a new generation of commercially available training devices capable of producing hypoxic environments at ground level (normobaric) by altering the fraction of ambient oxygen, thus avoiding some of the risk factors associated with altitude chamber training.
The system’s operational control is a microprocessor that monitors two oxygen sensors, a carbon dioxide sensor, and an atmospheric pressure sensor. It uses this information to calculate the simulated altitude and, in turn, to control nitrogen-concentrating air units, CO2 scrubbers, and vents (as needed) to maintain the enclosure at the desired simulated altitude setting. While it is based at CAMI, the PROTE can be taken to locations wherever needed for your personal hypoxia experience.
The GYRO is a device that provides 360-degree continuous yaw motion as well as + or - 15 degree pitch and 30 degree roll which, in conjunction with a computerized imaging system, results in a realistic simulation of flight. The GYRO provides civil aviation pilots, aviation medical examiners, and FAA flight crews with the opportunity to experience vestibular and visual illusions (spatial disorientation) that occur during IFR conditions in an inherently safe environment. The programmed flight in the GYRO does not require an instructor - only an external safety observer. The pilot receives a 2-min orientation and then takes the controls. The 6-min. flight progresses from VFR, with "out-the-window" scenes on a CRT, to IFR conditions.
Equal Access Information:
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 1
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 3
1 Credit for Advanced Knowledge Topic 2
FAASTeam Project Information:
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