Performance Enhancing Drugs for Glider Pilots

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.

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

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

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...