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Your might think pilots can be stupid but their brains are scrambled from high G loads. At least thats the fighter pilot excuse.


That's no joke and a sad condition... from multiple years of high altitude chamber training to grey out conditions, which we now know causes permanent brain damage, poor oxygen systems in one of the trainers flown when he was an instructor, and carrier launches with 2000lb bombs on an F-8 for which it was never designed to handle (afterburner lit off on deck, 1/3 fuel load, max cat thrust).

Effects started showing up in his mid '50s.

from his obit: Harold (Hal, aka "Smiley" when in the cockpit of the F-8), took his last solo flight October 23, 2011, a man with a kind soul, an aviator's spirit, and a fighter to the end. He's at peace and will be forever flying with the angels in his pride and glory F-8 Crusader.

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