joshrk22

Just curious... How many of you participated in sports (specifically college). I've been reading a couple biographies about pilots. What I’ve noticed is that most great pilots have participated in a college sport. More specifically, the fighter pilots that I have read about, all played a college sport. Do you think being involved with a college sport helped them get where they are? It was just an observation; wanted to see what you guys thought. I thought maybe the level of competition helped them develop a mindset of always being a winner and hating to lose.

What's the limits for too low of BP and heartrate? I have 123/76 with a pulse of 45 on average...

I think other factors come into play on the topic of coordination. I believe athletics has a huge influence. I've been playing sports my whole life; and my CFI told me after I soloed that he believed I had soloed so early because I was very coordinated from sports. I think it's something you have or you don't. I have friends that have been playing sports as long as I have, and they are just horrible when it comes to coordidation. I'm not the biggest, strongest, nor the fastest, but I am probably one of the most coordinated, and I've never had to work at it. I think it's something you can't really learn or teach, it's just natural. I have also played video games my whole life too, so I think that could have an effect on my coordination also.

If you weren't a pilot, what would you do for a career? Just a fun thread, I guess. Curious to see what everyone says... If I didn't want to be a pilot, I'd defintely want to become an engineer; and if that didn't happen, I'd want to do special forces, or something of that sort. Next...

When I was 8, I had something called a Testicular Torsion,its where the testicle twists and cuts off circulation. By the time I got to the hospital it had untwisted and I was fine so the doctor sent me home. 7 years past with no problems until a few months ago it happened again when i was upnorth camping, It thought it would go away like the previouse time but it didnt, with no hospitals around I had to wait about 5 days till i got home. I finally got home and we rushed to the hospital for about a two week period i was in the hospital every two days, the doctors had no clue what was wrong. The hospital doctors finally sent me to the Urologist after 3 weeks of pain. I was in his office for only two seconds before he knew what was wrong with me. He looked at me and noticed I had a bell clapper deformity. This is when the testicles are not sitting in the scrotum corectly, mine were kinda to the side, so this would let the testicles spin freely. I had to surgery, the doctor connected suchers to my testicles, to prevent spinning. Yes I still have them. My question is, will I still qualify for a Class 1 Medical Certificate, and will i get disqualified if i was to join the AF to become a pilot?