Thursday, February 7, 2008

Pilots on Viagra

There are so many jokes that could be put here - joystick related, mile high, fly hard. But my internal censor has kicked in so I'll leave it to the reader to supply their own schoolboy humor.

clipped from news.yahoo.com


JERUSALEM (AFP) -
It might harm their reputation, but Israel's air force is considering giving its combat pilots Viagra to improve their performance -- in the air.

An Israeli F16C Jet fighter returns back from a bombing mission over Lebanon. It might harm their reputation, but Israel's air force is considering giving its combat pilots Viagra to improve their performance -- in the air.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)


A recent study conducted by Israeli doctors among mountain climbers in Africa found a link between erectile dysfunction drugs and improved performance in high altitudes, the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot reported on Thursday.


This has led army doctors to consider giving jet fighter pilots -- who can fly at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet (15,000 metres) -- the same drug, the report said.

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