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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