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Index
Preface
Introduction
I
Human Engineering
The Early Years
Wright Field in Peacetime
Wright Field at War
Personal Equipment Problems
The Personal Equipment Laboratory
Human Engineering Comes of Age
II
Oxygen Equipment
Scientists and Aeronauts
Oxygen for Aviators
Oxygen Equipment in World War I
The Dreyer Oxygen Equipment
The American Dreyer Oxygen Equipment
Oxygen Equipment in the Postwar Army Air Service
Oxygen Equipment in the Army Air Corps
Liquid Oxygen Enters Air Corps Service
The End of Liquid Oxygen in Air Corps Service
Air Corps Gaseous Oxygen Equipment
The Development of the Modern Oxygen Mask
The Change to a Low-Pressure Oxygen System
The Demand-Oxygen System
AAF Oxygen Equipment in World War II
The Pressure Demand-Oxygen System
Portable and Emergency Oxygen Equipment
PORTABLE OXYGEN GEAR
Emergency-Bailout Oxygen Gear
Oxygen Mask and Helmet Combinations
Research and Development Projects
Oxygen in Combat
III
Military Parachutes
The Aeronaut and the Parachute
The Parachute and the Airplane
The Parachute in World War I
Parachutes for Balloonists
Parachutes for Aviators
Postwar Parachute Development
The U.S. Airplane Type “A” Parachute
Standard Army Air Service Parachutes
Parachutes
Travelling Bags
Army Air Corps Parachutes
Travelling Bags
Parachute Fabrics
The Triangular Parachute
Flyer’s Kit Bag
Flyer’s kit bag
Parachutes in Peacetime
Nylon for Parachutes
Parachutes for War
AAF Parachutes in World War II
Camouflage of Parachutes
Army-Navy “AN” Parachutes
Quick-Release Mechanisms
Wartime Progress in Parachutes
Troop-Type Parachutes
Aerial Delivery and Cargo Parachutes
Parachutes for Other Uses
Experimental Parachutes and Accessories
IV
Armor for Aviators
The Development of Armor
World War I
Flyer’s Armor
Steel Helmets for Flyers
World War II
Body Armor for Flyers
The Original Flak Vests
Armor Produced in the United States
Standardized Flyer’s Armor
Experimental Flyer’s Armor
Steel Helmets for Aviators
Standardized Flyer’s Helmets
Experimental Armored Helmets
Face Armor
Production Figures for Flyers’ Armor and Helmets, 1943–4537
The Effectiveness of Flyer’s Armor
V
Anti-G Garments and Pressure Suits
Anti-G Garments
Basic Principles Involved in Acceleration
The Effects of High G-Forces
Confronting the G-Problem
Anti-G Suits in World War II
ALLIED DEVELOPMENTS
ANTI-G SUIT EXPERIMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
STANDARDIZED ANTI-G SUITS
SOURCES OF AIR PRESSURE FOR PNEUMATIC ANTI-G GARMENTS
The Effectiveness of Anti-G Garments
Pressure Suits
Early Experimental Pressure Suits
Army Air Forces Full Pressure Suit Program
UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY
BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY
BELL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
STRATO EQUIPMENT COMPANY
B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY
The End of the AAF Full Pressure Suit Program
The Emergency Partial Pressure Suit Program
VI
Survival Equipment
Life-Preserver Vests
Life Rafts
Parachute Emergency Kits
Survival Vests
Survival and Sustenance Kits
Escape and Evasion (Barter) Kits
Blood Chits
The Air Rescue System
The Success of Air Rescue Operations
VII
Miscellaneous Equipment
Watches for Aviators
Signal Pistols and Projectors
Pistols
Hand Projectors
Other Pyrotechnic Equipment
Flashlights
Flyers’ Clothing Bags
First Aid Equipment
Abbreviations
Chapter Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Bibliography
General
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
ANTI-G GARMENTS
PRESSURE SUITS
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
List of Names and Terms
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