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Stapp, the careful scientist, recorded every novel sensation. He felt the risin; storm of the wind against his body, am the terrible thrust of the rockets. Durin; the five seconds that they burned, they accelerated the sled with a force of 7½ to 9 Gs,* pressing him back against the sea with 7½ to 9 times the weight of his body For about 2½ seconds he could see the track as a racing blur. Then his vision narrowed and blacked out altogether. Since he did not lose consciousness, he knew that the Gs had drained the blood...
Specks of Blue. When the rocket burned out. the Gs died down to nothing The blackness in Stapp's eyes turned briefly to yellow, and like a fleeting vision he caught a glimpse of the world. It was gone in a blur of salmon-colored light a the water brake took hold and powerful deceleration forces, up to 35 Gs, slammed him against his belts...
Theoretically, the G suit makes it possible for a pilot to tolerate as much as two Gs more than human nature in the raw. In practice, however, any flyer tenses his belly muscles when he is going into a tight turn, and this tends to dam the blood stream. Some authorities question whether it really gives any more protection than good muscle tone, properly used. The Navy's Captain Charles F. Gell believes that the answer to G forces is not a suit but a reclining seat. At the Johnsville (Pa.) Air Development Center, he has experimented with tilt...
...detective sergeant who makes nickels and dimes, Steve has a hard time keeping up with Ida, who has a way of demanding folding money. So when Steve catches up with 300 stolen Gs, he turns in only about 226. The balance is just enough to buy him a slab in the morgue, but before they put him on it, he and Ida, as cop and suspect, have some amusing repartee-for-two (He, menacingly: "What did you do [with that man] for that money?" She, innocently: "I sang Smoke Gets in Your Eyes five times...
...brakes, a small parachute, or some other means of limiting his falling speed. It may be dangerous, however, to use any attachment that prevents tumbling. The tumbling motion is unpleasant, but it keeps the pilot's blood from getting "pooled" in his head or feet by one-directional Gs. But he should not spin too fast, or centrifugal force will pool his blood...