AirVenture 2023: FAA Takes Hypoxia Training On The Road

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nVHe29K8

Hypoxia doesn’t rank high as an accident cause, but it’s implicated often enough to cause the FAA to bring its portable hypoxia training to AirVenture. It’s the size of an office cubicle and uses mixed gases to simulate high altitude at sea-level pressure. AVweb’s Mark Phelps tried it out and filed this video report.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.
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