The Physiological Effects of Acceleration.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Rogers, Terence A.
- Source
- Scientific American; Feb1962, Vol. 206 Issue 2, p61-70, 10p, 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram
- Subject
- FLIGHT
GRAVITY
HUMAN beings
AERONAUTICS
GRAVITATIONAL fields
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368733
The article focuses on the problems of human beings in their attempt to learn to fly. Emboldened by the resilience of their bodies, men submit to the extreme stress of the acceleration sufficient to hurl them free of the earth's gravitational field. Moreover. blackout is not the only effect of acceleration that a pilot can encounter in flight. It is sometimes necessary to execute an outside loop.