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Show Sub-Stratosphere Training For Army Air Corps Crews A school for the instruction of air corps officers in the new technique of high-altitude flight, with empliasis on the use of oxygen oxy-gen equipment, has recently been opened at If right field, Dayton, Ohio. Some of the activities at this school are shown in this series of pictures. if - Ky ) Above: A student learns the "How, Why and When" of breathing through an oxygen mask one of the first courses given in the Altitude school. New types of masks, oxygen tanks and working principles are explained. Right: This experimental electrically elec-trically heated suit provides warmth without weight, and is worn underneath regular flying clothes or coveralls. Weighing 7 pounds, it keeps a pilot comfortable comfort-able in temperatures that outside out-side are as low as 60 below, F. These suits are designed primarily pri-marily for pursuit pilots who fly in the stratosphere. L ' ilk ' i x v Inside this pressure chamber, officers "go up" to 18,000 feet without oxygen. Pumps exhaust air in the chamber for accurate simulation of altitude. - , , , ..p., ....,fw.r, ,m.m itWV S!Wii' f t MI -1 L f- tJlt Z-i 1 M f -i$L. ' f '-Id u J i i ti& A . -Vfei i T I fs ' Altitude chamber con- ft f --v, troi. operator takes ofji- i. r .;rif "oaZ cers "Wc tftc chamber up - J , ' lJ to 18,000 feet and back in A- I about half an hour. Without I i I 4t . oxygen average men "black J r" out" o6oue 20'000 et- Altitude chamber controls. con-trols. An operator takes officers offi-cers inside the chamber up to 18,000 feet and back in about half an hour. Without oxygen average men "black out' above 20,000 feet. Going up .... Familiarization with new oxygen and communication communi-cation equipment is acquired when officers attending the Altitude school board a t lying Fortress for practice at 30,000 feet. 1 ..--.t 4fr&bt4 . .. Jt ....... 'i :;; Dr. Wm Lovelace, Mayo Foundation, inventor of oxygen mask (center), shou nwith pilots on historic substratosphere flight in 1938. |