Although not focussed on glider flight, this gives a great description of the way we interact with the oxygen in our atmosphere.
http://www.avweb.com/articles/highalt/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Druce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Physiology of glider flight > Micheal > Another place to look is in the publications of proceedings of OSTIV as > published in Technical Soaring the co-publication of Soaring Society of > America and OSTIV (international technical organisation for soaring flight). > I will try & find time to look through OSTIV papers for you. > Cheers > Roger Druce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael_Texler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 12:05 PM > Subject: [aus-soaring] Physiology of glider flight > > > > Dear List, > > > > There seems to be a paucity of published articles (searching Pub-MED) > about > > the physiology of gliding flight. > > > > Much of the research about heat stress has been done in a civil powered > > aviation or military aviation context. > > > > I think a cross country flight in a glider on a hot day in Australia > places > > significant physiological and psychological demands on the pilot. > > > > Does anybody know of any published research regarding calorie and fluid > > intake during soaring flight, as well as heat stress in a glider cockpit? > > Much of what is being said is anecdotal. > > > > Has there been any published work at the Australian institute of sport > > regarding this? > > > > What about the Germans, have they done much work? > > > > Private replies welcome, > > > > Michael > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
