Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu

Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia.

Byline: Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new training product and curriculum designed to enhance aviation safety. The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System enables pilots to safely experience the effects of a state of oxygen deprivation known hypoxia. Hypoxia results in slower response time, impaired judgment and eventual unconsciousness and poses a serious aviation safety hazard.

The new Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System, which has a patent pending, employs a mixed-gas training technology developed for aviator training in the 1920s. The modern-era use of mixed-gas technology for hypoxia awareness training has also been investigated and is in use by the U.S. Navy.

The new computer-based, portable system developed by Mayo Clinic simulates the effects of hypoxia by introducing a precisely controlled mix of oxygen and nitrogen to pilots. During the test - which lasts between seven and 10 minutes - pilots are prompted to respond to commands and carry out tasks. A video camera captures the pilots' responses and records their actions. Additional recording devices document pilots' physiological reactions. After the test, pilots view their response to the hypoxic environment through playback of the video. This is important because hypoxia may impair recall and thus diminish the pilot's ability to remember all aspects of the training exposure. In addition, each pilot and co-pilot team is trained together so that they learn to recognize each other's hypoxia symptoms.

"It is critical that pilots be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia as quickly as possible," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine specialist who led the team that developed the technology. "Oxygen deprivation can cause insidious, debilitating symptoms. This can occur gradually or rapidly depending on the altitude and rate of exposure. If pilots recognize these symptoms, they can begin using supplemental oxygen and take other emergency measures to ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft."

Previously, pilots could only experience hypoxia symptoms by completing training in an altitude chamber. While chamber training provides the most accurate simulation of the high altitude environment, it has several disadvantages. The changes in pressure experienced during chamber training can cause ear and sinus problems in some people. On very rare occasions, those who undergo chamber training also are vulnerable to decompression sickness (commonly called "the bends"), which can have serious health consequences.

Another limitation of chamber training is that pilots must travel to a chamber location to complete the training. Pilots are unable to fly the same day they complete training, as a return to high altitude during flight could increase their risk of developing decompression sickness. This means that testing requires at least two days of a pilot's time, which can have financial consequences for pilots and the companies that employ them.

Mayo Clinic's product addresses many of the challenges of chamber-based systems. Pilots who complete the training are not at risk for developing pressure-related problems and therefore are able to fly the same day. In addition, the system is portable and can be administered anywhere.

"The Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training System is meant to complement traditional chamber training," says Jeff Kallis, a Mayo Clinic administrator. "We anticipate that pilots, aircraft owners and flight schools will embrace this technology as a safe, lower-cost and effective supplement, and perhaps alternative to recurrent chamber training."

Mayo is rolling out the hypoxia awareness system through an initial training of 500 NetJets Inc. pilots. NetJets, based in Woodbridge, N.J., is a Berkshire Hathaway company and is the world's largest fractional jet ownership company. The training of NetJets pilots is being conducted at the company's training facilities.

Pilots who have completed both types of hypoxia awareness training (chamber method and the new Mayo system) describe the experiences as virtually identical. "Training using the mixed-gas system felt exactly like going through hypoxia awareness training in an altitude chamber" says Nick Reyer, a NetJets pilot who recently completed Mayo's training program and previously experienced traditional chamber training.

Two years ago Mayo Clinic collaborated with NetJets to develop an in-flight medical emergency training program and special response kits for crew members. NetJets Chairman and CEO Richard Santulli refers to the Mayo Hypoxia Awareness Training Program for NetJets pilots as "a further collaboration between NetJets, the world leader in private aviation solutions, and Mayo Clinic, a premier medical and sciences innovator."

CONTACTS

Maryann Aarseth, NetJets Inc., Public Relations Dept., (000)-000-0000 (days)

John Murphy or Glenn Lyden, Mayo Communications, (000)-000-0000 (days), (000)-000-0000 (evenings), newsbureau@mayo.edu