How Physicians, Engineers, and Airpower Enthusiasts Redefined Flight
by
Timothy P. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
As aircraft flew higher, faster, and farther in the early days of flight, pilots were exposed as vulnerable, inefficient, and dangerous. They asphyxiated or got the bends at high altitudes; they fainted during high-G maneuvers; they spiraled to the ground after encountering clouds or fog. Their capacity...