About this episode

Capt Nick shares a personal story about a health scare and its impact on his aviation career.

And my heart went! Thump, thump, thump; thump, thump! I was lying in the King Edward the 7th hospital imagining Phil Collins playing drums on my heart while watching the monitor and wondering how I was going to support my family after I’d been permanently grounded with this condition that had come right out of the blue. The specialist had confirmed my GP’s diagnosis of…   Digoxin was a plant extract from Foxgloves used as far back as Roman times!   Good old Cookie.   The brilliant Professional Pilot’s Rumour Network   JFK in the snow   The fleet of snow ploughs   Getting airborne in a blizzard   Finally emerging from a line of thunder storms   The Master Warning activates   Images used under the Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Royal Air Force, the Civil Aviation Authority, The Roman 13th Legion, and the PPRUNE website.  

People in this episode

Host: Capt Nick

Topics covered

• aviation
• health
• personal experience
• weather challenges
• military history

Keywords

• RAF Form 414
• health condition
• aviation
• Phil Collins
• snow ploughs
• thunder storms
• Digoxin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal Air Force, Civil Aviation Authority, Roman 13th Legion, PPRUNE website

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