Your body in flight : an illustrated "book of knowledge" for the flyer / prepared by the Aero Medical Laboratory, Engineering Division.

  • United States. Army Air Forces.
Date:
1943
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Your body in flight : an illustrated "book of knowledge" for the flyer / prepared by the Aero Medical Laboratory, Engineering Division. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | AM BUILT FOR SPEED, STRESS CHANGES in TEMPERATURE dd PRESSURE | AM NOT BUILT FOR ANY OF YOU MUST LEARN TO PROTECT YOURSELF WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK You, asa member of the Army Air Forces, are selected for superior men- tal and physical abilities. It is natural that you should be more curious than nonflying personnel about what happens inside your body. Flying at speeds up to 400 miles an hour and at altitudes as high as 40,000 feet demands obe- dience to certain laws of nature which exact heavy penalities of any who vio- late them. This book is designed to satisfy your curiosity and tell you how to ‘‘stay within the law.”’