About Oxygen |
What
Every Pilot Should Know About Oxygen...
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are several types. Portable units are available which can be carried along
when flight at hypoxic altitudes is anticipated. If flights at such altitudes
are frequent, then a "built-in" oxygen system offers advantages,
especially in the larger aircraft. In either
portable or built-in systems there is a choice between "demand"
type and "continuous flow" type equipment. Demand type equipment
delivers oxygen to the user's mask during each inhalation in response
to the user's own breathing pattern or "demand". The continuous
flow type system delivers oxygen at a fixed rate to an accumulator bag
which is attached to the mask, and from which the user inhales each breath.
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Warning
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| Improper use or improper maintenance of aviation oxygen equipment may result in serious injury or death. AVOX Systems oxygen equipment is intended to be used only for aviation applications and is to be used only by, or under the supervision of, a pilot or crewmember trained and qualified in its use. AVOX Systems oxygen equipment is to be serviced only in accordance with the applicable component maintenance manual available from AVOX Systems and only by service technicians trained in the inherent hazards of high pressure aviation oxygen and knowledgeable of this equipment. The names of authorized service centers are available from AVOX Systems or your authorized AVOX Systems distributor. Aviation oxygen equipment is to be used only with aviator's breathing oxygen meeting the requirements of MIL-PRF-27210. |