PROTECTION OF FLIERS
HIGH-ALTITUDE JUMPS RESEARCH IN AMERICA (11 a.m.) NEW YORK, Mav 24. American physiologists are studying means of protecting the lives of 'airmen flying at altitudes of 100,000 ft. Dr. Fred Hitchcock, head of the aviation medical section of Ohio University,, told scientists at the army’s Wright Field that it was necessary to evolve some method of aiding men who were forced to parachute from extreme heights in case of the failure of pressurised cabins. Dr. Hitchcock predicted that the American Air Force experimenters would be flying at 100.000 ft. within one year in jet-powered planes and guided missiles. Experiments with dogs at simulated heights of 70,000 ft. had shown that the animals lost, consciousness in 10 seconds and swelled until the skin broke away from their bodies.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22339, 26 May 1947, Page 3
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130PROTECTION OF FLIERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22339, 26 May 1947, Page 3
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