Gagge A P
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1986 Oct;57(10 Pt 2):A6-12.
The author narrates his experiences at the Aeromedical Laboratory (AML) from his first visit in Spring 1941, when Maj. Otis O. Benson was its Chief, to the end of 1945, when its wartime Chief, Col. William Randolph Lovelace, returned to the Mayo Foundation and when Col. Lloyd E. Griffis arrived as the interim Chief. The rapid growth of the Laboratory is described--from a small unit in Bldg. 16 in 1941 to its new Bldg. 29 in Spring 1942--to its emergence as a fully active, working laboratory. The highlights of AML major wartime projects are presented: development and production of breathing oxygen equipment, including pressure breathing for use above 50,000 ft; evaluation of insulative and electrically heated flying clothing, useful for confined cockpit space and for use at first in B-17 gun turrets; development and evaluation of anti-G suits for the new, high-performance, fighter aircraft; the role of anthropometry in design of aircraft cockpits and personal flying equipment; Laboratory tests of human tolerance to explosive decompression in new Air Force pressurized bombers (B-29) and future fighters (P-80 series), and actual flight tests in the Lockheed Constellation and Boeing C-97. Individual contributions of many distinguished physiologists, physicians, biophysicists, and engineers then on duty at Wright Field are mentioned whenever possible.
作者讲述了他在航空医学实验室（AML）的经历，从1941年春天他首次到访时奥蒂斯·O·本森少校担任主任，到1945年底，战时主任威廉·伦道夫·洛夫莱斯上校返回梅奥基金会，劳埃德·E·格里菲斯上校作为临时主任抵达。文中描述了该实验室的迅速发展——从1941年位于16号楼的一个小单位，到1942年春天迁至新的29号楼——直至成为一个全面活跃、正常运转的实验室。文中介绍了AML主要战时项目的亮点：呼吸氧气设备的研发与生产，包括用于50000英尺以上高度的加压呼吸设备；对绝缘和电加热飞行服的评估，这种飞行服适用于狭窄的驾驶舱空间，最初用于B - 17型飞机的炮塔；为新型高性能战斗机研发和评估抗荷服；人体测量学在飞机驾驶舱和个人飞行设备设计中的作用；在新型空军加压轰炸机（B - 29）和未来战斗机（P - 80系列）上对人体耐受爆炸性减压的实验室测试，以及在洛克希德星座式飞机和波音C - 97飞机上的实际飞行测试。文中还尽可能提及了当时在赖特基地工作的许多杰出生理学家、医生、生物物理学家和工程师的个人贡献。
