Altimeter repair

[Richard Gideon]

Pete: I'm told, at night, supplemental oxygen greatly improves the
vision...some pilots use supp Oxygen when as low as 5,000 MSL. This
would be especially beneficial for cigarette smokers...a smoker is
more likely to become hypoxic at a much lower altitude. I've read
that smoking pilots have a 'cabin altitude' of 7 or 8,000 when at sea
level.

Dick Gideon
Freedom Bird
1989 35FC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> A Blue Bird has an altimeter so you can fix it when it breaks.
>
> FAA rules require supplemental oxygen if you're above 10,000 ft
for
> more than 30 minutes in an unpressurized craft.
>
> I coulda used some supplemental oxygen in a few Colorado towns
I've
> been in...
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at
>
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Leroy Eckert wrote:
>
> > This may be a weird question but I am weird. My bird does not
have
> > an altimeter.
> > I have often wondered why an altimeter is required in a bird. I
am
> > 65 pressing on and the air is quite thin at 10,000. Is that it?
> > Can't breathe? There is no provision to manually lean the fuel
> > mixture.
>