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Pilots With Beards? New Study Says It’s Totally Safe, Busting Long-Held Oxygen Mask Myth

Summary by Paddle Your Own Kanoo
There’s a growing chance that more pilots could be allowed to sport facial hair after a new study by a leading aeronautical university debunked the widespread theory that beards could wreck the effectiveness of special tight-fitting oxygen masks. The study, appropriately called “Beard Length and the Efficacy of an Aviator Oxygen Mask,” was published earlier this month in the Journal of Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance following an invest…
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo broke the news in on Monday, April 21, 2025.
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