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APRIL 11-17,2019
Our Town|Eastsider ourtownny.com
NOTHING STOPS THESE ATHLETES ACTIVITIES Achilles International provides people with disabilities the opportunity to compete and the support they need to achieve their goals BY MEREDITH KURZ
“There’s a hydraulic fuel leak,â€? Lou Chinal heard in his helmet radio. His colonel, who’d seen the fluid coming out of Lou’s Navy jet while ying nearby, continued, “You’ll need to jettison.â€? I assumed parachutes were parked on a jet pilot’s back, and up and out they’d go. I was wrong, as Lou explained on a
recent morning. The Martin Baker (MB) is an ejection seat kit. When you deploy your MB, “Keep your elbows in,â€? Lou told me. “If you don’t keep them in, when you eject you’ll either lose ‘em or break ‘em.â€? Lou showed me the correct way to eject from a jet. “Reach your arms up overhead, like this,â€? he said, looking like he was doing a tight pull up from a seated position. “Elbows in, then pull down.â€? The ejection seat kits come with an inatable life raft, and oxygen. “There’s three different kinds of oxygen on an aircraft carrier,â€? Lou told me. “Pilots get the one that’s completely dry, no moisture, so it doesn’t freeze up in high altitude.â€?
Dick Traum started the Achilles International handcycle program. Photo: Meredith Kurz
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During ejection, the clear canopy over the cockpit blows off and the pilot is ung into the air. Lou’s canopy came off, his parachute unfurled, but, twisting, got caught in its own lines. “There was a partial open,â€? he explained. “How far did you fall?â€? I asked. People nearby had been
semi-ignoring us. At this point, all pretense was dropped. They leaned in. “About 13-5,â€? Lou replied, then clariďŹ ed, “13,500 feet. “If you’re in that situation,â€? he told me, “inate your life raft between your legs and use it as a cushion.â€? It was a hard landing, cushion
notwithstanding. After nine weeks in an induced coma, followed by three years in a nursing home, Lou walked out. A retired Naval Air Reservist, Lou continues to walk — he doesn’t even use a cane — with Achilles International, a non-proďŹ t organization that provides support to athletes with disabilities.
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