Spatial Orientation in Flight
Spatial Orientation in Flight A. J. Parmet W. R. Ercoline Appearances often are deceiving. —Aesop A major purpose of aerospace medicine as a specialty is the prevention of aircraft accidents…
Clinical Aerospace Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Aerospace Cardiovascular Medicine James R. Strader Jr. Gary W. Gray William B. Kruyer I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, “I don’t know”. —Mark Twain…
Respiratory Diseases: Aeromedical Implications
Respiratory Diseases: Aeromedical Implications Jeb S. Pickard Gary W. Gray And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of…
Pilot Health and Aeromedical Certification
Pilot Health and Aeromedical Certification Robert R. Orford Warren S. Silberman The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought…
Space Environments
Space Environments James Perry Locke The two problems we face in the space program are gravity and paperwork. We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. —Wernher von…
Aerospace Toxicology and Microbiology
Aerospace Toxicology and Microbiology John T. James A. J. Parmet Duane L. Pierson All substances are poisons: There is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a…
Cosmic Radiation
Cosmic Radiation Michael Bagshaw Francis A. Cucinotta Cosmic rays were discovered in 1911 by the Austrian physicist, Victor Hess. The planet Earth is continuously bathed in high-energy galactic cosmic ionizing…
Thermal Stress
Thermal Stress Robert W. Kenefick Samuel N. Cheuvront John W. Castellani Catherine O’Brien INTRODUCTION In the past, aviators in open cockpit aircraft had to perform flight tasks with little or…
Vibration and Acoustics
Vibration and Acoustics Suzanne D. Smith Jerry R. Goodman Ferdinand W. Grosveld The authors dedicate this chapter to the late Dr. Henning von Gierke Aerospace systems generate some of the…
Human Response to Acceleration
Human Response to Acceleration Robert D. Banks James W. Brinkley Richard Allnutt Richard M. Harding The most reliable instrument for measuring the varied effects of dynamic force on man is…
