I STARTED THE DAY WITH A PLAN TO MEET A FRIEND IN Richmond. The plan was to fly my friend over Richmond, the Virginia state capital, in my Van's RV-12 and then fly to Hummel Field (W75) for a fly-in.We flew over the city and it was all smiles. As we were transi-tioning to the cruise, departing Richmond International Airport Class C westbound, I gave my passenger a check-up "you good?" just to make sure we still wanted to fly to our destination.All good! Smiles and laughter.Two minutes later my passenger called out, "Wow, I'm feeling really lightheaded."I immediately looked at the altitude thinking it was hypoxia, and when I read that we were only at 3,000 feet, I was confused.My friend repeated, "Wow, I'm really lightheaded."It was lights out from there; in 10 seconds my passenger slouched over. I cued the mic to declare an emergency.
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