The second week things got much more interactive, well, once we finished all the academic lessons of course. This week transitioned from the Survival part to the Physiology segment. We had lessons on the Atmosphere, pretty standard since that's where the Air Force is hoping most of the flying I do happens. Then we learned about the various threats that altitude pose and how the partial pressure of the oxygen being breathed changes. We learned about spatial disorientation, noise and vibration, effects of acceleration on the body, stress awareness, parachute familiarization training, and finally the altitude chamber flight and rapid decompression.
As you can see by the photos, the parachute part was a lot of fun! We started off by simulating that you had just touched down and were being pulled by the parachute and needed to disconnect from it before you got pulled over a cliff. The picture shows me on the left in the black helmet acting as the "wind" with 3 other guys.
Then we strapped our harnesses into a tower, climbed up the stairs and jumped off! We were on the pulley system as you can guess and we hung there while we simulated various difficulties you can have while falling to the ground. Hanging there however was pretty much a man's version of mammogram and as you can tell by the photo I didn't look to happy about being there for an uncomfortable 5 minutes.
Almost caught up! Just a few more items worth mentioning for the last installment of the recap.
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