F4 phantom cockpit tour6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() It always amazed me all the various ways one could get in trouble airborne. I had been flying for so many years with the oxygen mask always strapped to my face that I never paid attention to the signs of hypoxia. He came back and said they had lost cabin pressurization, and that we needed to put on our oxygen masks. He pinched a fingernail and told me he was going to checkout the pilot and copilot. I was talking with the crew member across from me in the SENSO (sensor operator) seat when he asked me how I felt. And can the weapons officer in the back fly in emergencies, like, pilot is unconscious or something This is more complicated. We had taken the catapult shot and were climbing out. Yes, the pilot in the front could control all weapons. I was in the back seat in the TACCO (tactical officer) position on the right-hand side. They were concerned about US aircraft entering Greece airspace to conduct their scheduled missions, while Turkish fighters were also violating the same airspace. ![]() I volunteered to go ashore in Greece to be a liaison between NATO forces there and the USS Nimitz. Regulations required pilots to be on oxygen from start-up to shut-down. There is also an emergency vent air knob for ventilation, that can also be used to reduce cabin pressure. Essentially, all air to the air conditioning turbine is shut off. The cabin pressurization is regulated when the cabin pressurization switch is in the CABIN PRESS position, and will be dumped in the CABIN DUMP position. The cockpit altitude is displayed on a gauge on the forward console. For any altitude above 23,000 feet a 5 psi differential is maintained between the cockpit pressure and the flight altitude pressure. Above 8,000 feet, and up to 23,000 feet, the cockpit is kept at 8,000 feet. The skill, cunning, and bravery that characterizes this distinctive band of brothers is well known, but there are other dimensions to those who take to the skies to do battle that have not been given the emphasis they. This pressurization schedule has the cockpit unpressurized from sea level to 8,000 feet. From Baron von Richthofen to Robin Olds, the mystique of the fighter pilot endures. The cabin pressure is maintained by a cockpit pressure regulator, which releases air into the nose cone of the aircraft to maintain the specified pressure as detailed in the graph shown below (A7E NATOPS Manual Section I - The Aircraft). The conditioned air enters the cockpit through a flow control valve and is distributed to vents around the canopy and window areas. The A7-E has an air-conditioning systems that maintains the cockpit environment at a specified temperature and pressure. Typical Cabin Pressurization Schedule for a Fighter ![]()
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