Three different high altitude suits were designed and tested for Wiley Post. The report contains a photograph of each of these three suits. Two low pressure chamber tests were conducted using the final suit. These represent the first United States tests of a human subject in a high altitude pressure suit at low barometric pressures. Post employed his suit on at least ten and possibly 17 flights and used liquid oxygen on all such flights.


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    Title :

    Wiley Post: First Test of High Altitude Pressure Suits in the United States


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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