North American Aviation Co. engineers re-enacting bailout

North American Aviation Co. engineers re-enacting bailout.

Upside-down 'lifestyle'

Naval researcher Dr. Dietrich Beischer testing effects of being upside-down for prolonged periods of time on animals.

Barany chair

3rd Aviation Instruction Center. Issoudun, France. Medical research falling test. “William Holland Wilmer, Barany Chair Test. Robert Barany won 1914 Nobel prize for caloric nystagmus work. Pilot candidate (in chair) is recovering from spin administered by William Hollard Wilmer, director of 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun , and donor of Wilmer ophthalmoscope collection. – A. Noe, Assistant Director for Collections and Research, 4/15/1991.” [Now director of the museum.]

Giant Eyes

Randolph Field, TX. Cpl. Charles F. Morris of Bristow, OK, an assistant instructor of aviation medical examiners at the US Air Force School of Aviation Medicine. These two giant specimens are used in classes to teach the fundamental actions of the muscles used by the eyes and they even light up in real life fashion. Moved by two small motors, the large-sized eyes also enable large groups to see its actions in classroom discussions, and are another of the instruments developed by aero medical researchers in the continuing program of aviation medicine. Pilot has to forget the body, use only his sight.

Home-made roller coaster

John Ivers of Bruceville, Indiana built his own roller coaster featuring a 360-degree loop. The Blue Flash cost $1500 and took a year and a half to build using trial and error. The 180-foot long home-made roller coaster constructed in his backyard goes “over the tool shed, under the elm tree, and around the rose bushes - all in 30 seconds”.

Tankchair

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measuring effects of heat on body during highspeed jet flight

Research at St. Louis Univ. to measure effects of heat on body during highspeed jet flight.

Above: Soldier testing environmental suit in varying weather conditions, and air conditioned suit in 165 degree heat.
Below: Man working on large air conditioning units which are used for environmental testing of military equipment.


Life

Prandtl–Glauert singularity

Rapid condensation of water-vapor due to a sonic shock produced at sub-sonic speed creates a vapor cone (known as a Prandtl–Glauert singularity), which can be seen with the naked eye.

David "Bullet" Smith

David has been a human cannonball for over 11 years. He has performed more than 5000 cannon shots around the world.

He is the highest flying Human Cannonball in the world today with his world record braking human cannonball shots and his dynamic personality.

Fire in Microgravity

On Earth, gravity determines how the flame burns. All the hot gases in the flame are much hotter (and less dense) than the surrounding air, so they move upward toward lower pressure. This is why fire typically spreads upward, and it's also why flames are always "pointed" at the top. If you were to light a fire in a microgravity environment, say onboard the space shuttle, it would form a sphere!

Antal Lakner's Training in Moving Spaces