Monday 30 August 2021

Anti-g flying Suit

 A fighter plane making a tight turn acts like a spin-dryer. The so-called “g” force drains blood out of the pilot’s brain, possibly Anti-g flying Suit By the 1950s, suits like this one by Dunlop were filled with air, not water. causing a blackout. When a team under Sir Frederick Banting, better known for his work on insulin, discovered this, US scientist Wilbur Franks started work on an anti-g suit. The design his team produced was made from two layers of rubber with water in between them. When the suit was laced tightly around the pilot, it kept the blood in place, allowing tighter turns. The Franks Flying Suit Mk II was ready by 1941. Sadly, on his way to Britain to demonstrate it, Banting died in an airplane crash.

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