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...confused with the turbocompressor engine which drives the P-59 is the pure rocket type used in the German Me-163, which is theoretically capable of flying beyond the atmosphere because it carries its own oxygen for combustion...
Mechanical treadmills have long been the scientists' valuable tool to induce fatigue in its human guinea pigs. By analyzing the air exhaled by a subject as he walks the treadmill, the lab is able to discover how much oxygen is being consumed in the work. The experiments have been conducted under all weather conditions and the results compared so that the effects of climate on energy and fatigue can be accurately measured...
...Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle, who continued combat flying even after he got his star, was piloting a Flying Fortress on a mission over Belgium when seven Messerschmitts attacked. Bullets ignited an oxygen tank, which threatened to explode the Fortress' bomb load. Lean, young (36) General Castle refused to jettison the load, because U.S. troops were underneath. With two engines afire, he leveled out, and stayed at the controls while his crew bailed out. He was still in the plane when a fuel tank exploded, sent plane and pilot to the ground in flames...
Blood Pressure and Breathing. Lieut. Kirsch's seat was in the forward cockpit just behind and between the two pilots. From there he took pilots' blood pressures, counted respirations by watching the rhythmic rise & fall of the little flow indicator ball in the oxygen control box (most flying was done at heights requiring masks), took pulses and armpit temperatures, watched for trembling, pallor, changes in pupil size. In all, he observed 16 different men during the ordeal by flak. Only three showed no fright reaction...
Caumsett Spitfire was dying of pneumonia. He had a 105.5° fever, a racking cough shook his 800-pound frame. Despite huge doses of sulfanilamide and an oxygen tent, he grew steadily weaker. Then Spitfire, a purebred Guernsey bull, achieved a measure of immortality-he became the first animal (outside a laboratory) to be treated with penicillin. WPB, which now has plentiful supplies for all serious cases, let his veterinarian have 2,500,000 units (normal human dose: 1,000,000 units). At week's end, the news from Hardwick, Mass. was better: after a few gigantic shots, Spitfire...