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...tilt table, then swung rapidly into a vertical position. The sudden jolt induces symptoms of orthostatic hypotension. The doctors wanted to see how long it took for the astronauts' systems to recover from the jolt, and to compare this with the length of time it took in preflight tests. Time after time, the astronauts withstood the test without blacking out. After only five tests, their recovery rates had returned to normal...
...short of its scheduled landing spot? Last week NASA's Dr. Homer Dotts firmly dispelled all rumors of a possible goof by Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young. According to Dr. Dotts, the capsule did not develop as much lift during re-entry as had been predicted from preflight wind-tunnel tests. With less gliding ability, the capsule plunged earthward on a steep trajectory that aimed her short of the target. By the time Grissom had calculated the trajectory on his computer, and realized that Molly was getting less lift than expected, it was too late to correct...
...planes: "A child throwing up is an unpleasant circumstance," to forestall which Traveler Hadley has discovered what she calls a "miracle preflight diet: Six hours before the flight, a little toast, coffee, tea or one-half glass of milk, and some tinned peaches with heavy syrup; 4 hours before the flight, 8 to 16 ounces of any of the calorie-rich reducing liquids." > On bidets: "It's no good to say 'It's not a drinking fountain,' because your child will still want to know what it is. There's no use your giving your...
...civilians to act as sympathizers who would provide food, medical aid and other services. When the maneuvers began, more guerrillas parachuted into their areas, were greeted by civilian doctors that had been "won over." The Renloa guerrillas scored a coup by calmly driving a truck up to a Gutasun preflight briefing and driving off with several astounded F-100 pilots...
...substitute center on the football team, got solid B grades, and schemed to get into the war as a pilot. He learned to fly in a Navy program for civilians at New Philadelphia, 35 miles away, then quit college as a junior to join the Navy's preflight program. In 1943 he took the Navy's option to join the Marine Corps, and won his gold wings and gold second lieutenant's bars. Then, resplendent in his dress blue uniform, he came back home to New Concord to marry Annie Castor, daughter of the town dentist, and his sweetheart ever...