ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson

I have read that folks over forty are prone to get dehydrated without realizing it. Went flying this afternoon. My legs were distressingly weak and shaky. I considered aborting and flying the tank out level. But managed to complete the OTS pattern and not fall down. I realized that my liquid intake for the day had been three cups of coffee and one glass of water, and that I had not peed for a long time. I sat down and drank a pint of water. In about 45 minutes I put up another flight and my legs were fine. I'm going to have a couple of gallons of water with me every day at the VSC.