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- From: lhe@sics.se (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
- Subject: Re: Dehydration
- In-Reply-To: sbrook@peg.pegasus.oz.au's message of 27 Dec 92 13:14 EST
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:28:23 GMT
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- In article <511500009@peg.pegasus.oz.au> sbrook@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
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- Can anyone explain to me why the airconditioning in passenger planes is
- so dry. I'm sick of getting dehydrated!!!
-
- Sapoty Brook
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- It's because the air in the atmosphere at altitude is much dryer than
- the air near ground level. This is because the air at altitude is very
- cold and cannot hold so much moisture as the warmer air near the
- ground.
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- There is really not much you can do about it, except to bring water in
- the aircraft to humidify the air. Since this would mean carrying a lot
- of non-revenue weight (both the water itself and the humidifier), I
- don't think any airline would be interested.
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