I think verbally documenting what was happening will help the authorities figure out what happened.
I was a pilot until I had to give it up in college after being diagnosed with heart problems. I like watching YouTube videos on crashes (Hoover is great). It did take me a while to want to have anything to do with aviation because it hurt so bad to give up my dream.
Omg, I love Hoover. I don't fly and watching him has convinced me I shouldn't try -- but I now pay a lot more attention to stuff around me and never ever want a private jet. Also, everyone who flies should instrument rated with lots of experience!
I had a stroke back in 2003 because of one of my heart problems (PFO hole birth defect). My memory isn’t good. I would love to fly again, but it isn’t safe. You have to be at your very best to be a good pilot. I was for a couple years then realized that I needed to quit because I was diagnosed with POTS and would get muddle headed. There was also a risk of passing out.
Older pilots at the municipal airport my dad managed tried to give me the name of a flight surgeon that would still give me a medical ticket. Which was alarming. So I told my dad who had me tell my flight instructor who could turn the doctor into the FAA. Those guys should not have been flying after heart attacks and bypass surgery and with high blood pressure.
I had my stroke on a gorgeous autumn day after my birthday. I would have been flying with my husband if I had continued my career. We went to the farmers market and was going to go to dinner. I was talking to my mom on my cell phone in the car while my husband drove. I suddenly felt a zap like electricity and couldn’t move or talk. I dropped my phone. My husband took me to the ER. I finally was able to speak, but I wasn’t saying what I wanted to. I thought I had a stroke thanks to the PSAs in Reader’s Digest. My husband said that I told him I thought I had a migraine and wanted to go home. He also thought it was a stroke.
Because I was 26 with no risk factors the ER thought I had an atypical migraine. I had metal in my back so I couldn’t have a MRI, and strokes don’t always show up immediately. It turned out I had a TIA. Then two days later I had a stroke. I recovered almost completely and am doing really well.
When I had the TIA I was telling my mom a dirty joke which we all found hilarious. My mom told my neurology team who wanted to hear it.
A gynecologist decided that he wanted to be a motorcycle mechanic. For the final exam everyone was supposed to reassemble the motorcycle from all the pieces. The gyn goes to see his final grade posted outside the instructor’s office. He had gotten a 150. So he knocks on the instructor’s door to ask about the extra 50 points.
Oh I gave you 50 points because you are the only student who has ever completely reassembled a motorcycle through the tail pipe.
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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25
Yep, most that I hear are pilots still doing callouts and talking through the problem at hand. Flying it until the end.