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Show Page 20 June 5, 1981 HILL TOP TIMES Medical pioneer honored environmental aspects of flight: temperature extremes and the physical A pioneer in international aviation 1 1 - K , T V1 medicine, retired Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Harry G. Armstrong has received the Aviation Civil International Organization's highest honor, the Edward Warner Award. General Armstrong, a former Air Force surgeon general, is the second American to receive the award in the 16 years it has been presented. Charles A. Lindbergh, whose historic 1927 solo trans Atlantic flight unveiled the. potential of international air transport, received the award in 1975. and psychological effects of flights on flyers. K fv- - ' '' -- Armstrong's long designers, operators and aircrew medical examiners. "Fit to Fly" was by Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow, an aviation medicine pioneer who served as the first surgeon general of the Air Force. In 1939 Dr. Armstrong received the Collier Trophy, given annually for the greatest achievement in aviation and in 1941 he received the John Jeffries Award for the greatest achievement in aviation medicine during the preceding co-author- ed and illustrious career as a researcher, pioneer, visionary and author in the field of aviation medicine has earned him this award, one of the highest which can be bestowed in this field," said ICAO Council President Dr. Assad Kotaite in presenting the award. ' e Two of Dr. Armstrong's books "Principles and Practices of Aviation were Medicine" and "Fit to Fly" aircraft civil aviation for guideposts -- "Dr. high-altitud- " year. Dr. Armstrong retired from the Air Force in August 1958 after 28 years of service. (AFNS) Most of the , doctor's aviation research dealt with the medicine Time To Be Thinking About (U.S. Air Force Photo) SSgt. Robert D. Wicks (1) accepts a plaque from TSgt. Calvin Brethold of the Enlisted Advisory Council commending him on his Sunday, June 21 service to the council. Sergeant Wicks has been instrumental in conducting the "Youth Commander for a Day" program where a student from a nearby high school comes to the base for a day and sees first hand what a commander does. ; ''y jyi ' SUMMERS A DREEZE IN THESE I OOL SHORT SLEEVED JVM 46 Reg. $589 j J ( i I y SIDE-DY-SID- Ij JLhe 28 ttt7 JoL OUSE Watt 650 North 25" COLOR CONSOLE NOW 'WW E Refrigerator- - Freezer With Ice in the Door I Reg. $1100 Of D AVID Clearfield 19 CU. 825-661- fi LV 5 ft. ,FRJPGt ?AfmdiW.tblor Reg .$729. NOW ' I 5 ' ' 550 Our crisp cool dress shirts give" feel- you a fresh ing every sweltering day of summer. There lightweight, and have cotton in their make-u- p to deliver that much more comfort, naturally. I" a frosty choice of pastel solids as well as checks and stripes. For Arrow qualit- y-a start-to-fini- short-sleeve- d, 9reatPriCe! 1 y 1 1 "" '. sh : 'Jm $mmW lOTfe :1 MVsJ OTWf mwliMlmil . WmM Wll pHiifel&K ;: ' It ' 1 m . 1 1 r " ' |