Performance Enhancing Drugs for Glider Pilots

[Mike the Strike]

While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
criteria.

As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
making!

What are they and where can I get them?

Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
cr@p, but you don't know it.
Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
it, but don't care.

Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)

I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
needs the 39 pages of rules?

Mike

[Brad[_2_]]

On Dec 16, 8:06*pm, Mike the Strike > wrote:
> While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
> for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
> treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
> criteria.
>
> As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
> could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
> there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
> Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
> making!
>
> What are they and where can I get them?
>
> Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
> cr@p, but you don't know it.
> Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
> it, but don't care.
>
> Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
> altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
> I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
> needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
> Mike

sounds like a job for Governor Ventura!

Brad

[Basil]

One of them is a drug that many older glider pilots are already on.
Beta blockers, prescribed for heart conditions. They make you calmer
under stress, too calm in some situations.



On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:06:29 -0800 (PST), Mike the Strike
> wrote:

>While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
>for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
>treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
>criteria.
>
>As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
>could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
>there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
>Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
>making!
>
>What are they and where can I get them?
>
>Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
>cr@p, but you don't know it.
>Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
>it, but don't care.
>
>Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
>altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
>I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
>needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
>Mike

[Raphael Warshaw[_2_]]

On Dec 16, 11:06*pm, Mike the Strike > wrote:
> While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
> for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
> treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
> criteria.
>
> As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
> could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
> there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
> Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
> making!
>
> What are they and where can I get them?
>
> Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
> cr@p, but you don't know it.
> Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
> it, but don't care.
>
> Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
> altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
> I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
> needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
> Mike

Hi Mike,

There are some compounds out there in DARPA-land that do measurably
inhance human performance in areas not covered by Viagra, at least in
the short term. It's the long term you have to worry about when
taking them though. Of course for us old geezers that's less of a
problem than it would be for the kiddies. I suspect that most of
these new goodies are undetectable (or even looked for) in the current
drug-testing regimes.

FWIW,

Ray Warshaw
1LK

[Ralph Jones[_3_]]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:06:29 -0800 (PST), Mike the Strike
> wrote:

>While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
>for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
>treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
>criteria.
>
>As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
>could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
>there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
>Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
>making!
>
>What are they and where can I get them?
>
>Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
>cr@p, but you don't know it.
>Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
>it, but don't care.
>
>Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
>altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
>I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
>needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
>Mike

Something that would help an old fart go four or five hours witrhout
taking a leak?

rj

[Paul Cordell]

I rely on the Old standbys, Sugar, Caffeine, Protein and Water. Why
mess with a good thing!

Paul

[Bob Kuykendall]

Performance-enhancing substance?

Carbon.

And a sawzall.

[Gary Boggs]

So now there is something that will help us keep it up longer and make
our equipment bigger? What a surprize!

You never know when an ordinary day might just turn into a boomer, so
be prepared, take liftsallot once daily. Your glider will thank
you...

Boggs

[[email protected]]

On Dec 16, 11:06*pm, Mike the Strike > wrote:
> While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
> for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
> treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
> criteria.
>
> As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
> could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
> there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
> Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
> making!
>
> What are they and where can I get them?
>
> Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
> cr@p, but you don't know it.
> Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
> it, but don't care.
>
> Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
> altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
> I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
> needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
> Mike

Fresh air and sunshine. Makes even us old guys feel better.
UH

[Brad[_2_]]

On Dec 17, 5:02*am, Raphael Warshaw > wrote:
> On Dec 16, 11:06*pm, Mike the Strike > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas
> > for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page
> > treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing
> > criteria.
>
> > As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I
> > could (some call me Captain Slow), I was captivated by the idea that
> > there are drugs that can enhance the performance of a glider pilot.
> > Obviously a sufficiently severe problem that needs 39 pages of rule-
> > making!
>
> > What are they and where can I get them?
>
> > Obviously not alcohol - ruins your reaction time and you fly like
> > cr@p, but you don't know it.
> > Not marijuana either - also ruins your reaction time - except you know
> > it, but don't care.
>
> > Perhaps chewing coca leaves to improve oxygen uptake at high
> > altitudes? (Oxygen is cheaper)
>
> > I can't really think of any - so what is this severe problem that
> > needs the 39 pages of rules?
>
> > Mike
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> There are some compounds out there in DARPA-land that do measurably
> inhance human performance in areas not covered by Viagra, at least in
> the short term. *It's the long term you have to worry about when
> taking them though. *Of course for us old geezers that's less of a
> problem than it would be for the kiddies. *I suspect that most of
> these new goodies are undetectable (or even looked for) in the current
> drug-testing regimes.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Ray Warshaw
> 1LK

yes, for soaring flights lasting over 4 hours, call your Dr.
immediately and seek the nearest LZ.

Brad

[[email protected][_2_]]

http://www.provigil.com/
Good enough for fighter pilots. As someone else pointed out given the
age of most glider pilots some of them are likely to be on a banned
substance for an unrelated malady.

[Jim Beckman[_2_]]

At 17:25 17 December 2010, Paul Cordell wrote:
>
>I rely on the Old standbys, Sugar, Caffeine, Protein and Water. Why
>mess with a good thing!

How about nicotine? I remember, back in the day, a few guys who regularly
smoked while they flew. Does anybody still do that these days?

Jim Beckman

[Jim Beckman[_2_]]

At 18:07 17 December 2010, GARY BOGGS wrote:
>So now there is something that will help us keep it up longer and make
>our equipment bigger?

Can they guarantee we'll be able to stay up for over four hours? If so,
I wouldn't even call my doctor. He'd probably be out flying anyway.

Jim Beckman

[John Godfrey (QT)[_2_]]

On Dec 18, 7:13*am, Jim Beckman > wrote:
> At 18:07 17 December 2010, GARY BOGGS wrote:
>
> >So now there is something that will help us keep it up longer and make
> >our equipment bigger? *
>
> Can they guarantee we'll be able to stay up for over four hours? *If so,
> I wouldn't even call my doctor. *He'd probably be out flying anyway.
>
> Jim Beckman

Somewhere out there, there is some drug company person who
(legitimately) has on the their resume: "I convinced the FDA to
REQUIRE the following warning on Viagra - 'If your erection lasts over
4 hours...'" Talk about marking coups...