[hendrik]

I'd like to do a ride in an altitude chamber. Does anybody here know where in the UK or Germany I can do that?

 

[Bugsy]

I have a text msg in to my USAF aerospace physiologist in london. Their is a chamber in Britain and another in Denmark. I asked about civilian access to training.

 

[Mark Albery]

They have the facilities at RAF CAM at Henlow, near London.

I believe Guy Gratton was looking to arrange some training there recently and may be worth contacting.

 

[ratc]

Altitude Chamber - UK

Hendrik - I believe that QinetiQ run the chamber at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK. Well worth the experience. We all have a different set of signs for the on set of hypoxia. Knowing your own could save your life.

 

[Andy Hill]

I recently spoke with someone on the medical side at Henlow, and was told they are short of staff / overworked, and were not offering commercial type courses. Worth a try, but not sure it will work...

We all have a different set of signs for the on set of hypoxia. Knowing your own could save your life

Ummm.... all I know from numerous "rides" in such chambers is for me it is fairly symptomless - and that's knowing it's happening. In an aircraft, probbaly under some stress, and not expecting it, unlikely I'd say "Oh dear, I've got hypoxia, best I descend" I therefore, in the civilian GA / ex-Mil jet world, avoid unnecessary reliance on Oxy systems, without the extensive Mil support of kit, SOPs and training I was used to

A good example AAIB Link

Andy & Ellie Hill
RV-8 G-HILZ
RV8tors

 

[N355DW]

I know this isn't an answer to your question, but my wife is in nursing school and recently brought home a pulse oximeter. Can't remember exactly how much it costs, but it was less than $100. Very small, I plan on keeping one or two in the plane for those days I go up high.

 

[az_gila]

Try a call to the British Gliding Association.

They probably have the largest group of UK pilots used to using O2...