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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
After EU rules decreed that diabetic flyers must test their blood glucose every hour, amateur glider pilot Jon Hall feared he'd be grounded until he started using a new handheld device.
IN THE two decades since he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Jon Hall has rarely let his condition get in the way of living life to the full.
Yet the keen amateur glider pilot was almost forced to give up his passion for flying when new EU rules decreed that diabetic flyers must test their blood glucose levels every hour while in the air.
That was something he thought would be almost impossible to do safely while flying solo because of the need to assemble complicated testing equipment.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ugar-levels-keeps-diabetic-pilots-flying-high
Erm, Accuchek Mobile, anyone? Been around for years? 🙄
IN THE two decades since he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Jon Hall has rarely let his condition get in the way of living life to the full.
Yet the keen amateur glider pilot was almost forced to give up his passion for flying when new EU rules decreed that diabetic flyers must test their blood glucose levels every hour while in the air.
That was something he thought would be almost impossible to do safely while flying solo because of the need to assemble complicated testing equipment.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ugar-levels-keeps-diabetic-pilots-flying-high
Erm, Accuchek Mobile, anyone? Been around for years? 🙄