And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That’s a capstan partial pressure suit, invented by Dr. James Henry ofUSC and manufactured by the Dave Clark Company. Several models were used by the USAF from the late 1940s thru the 1960s, when full-pressure “astronaut” suits were adopted. It was developed to protect pilots from high altitude cockpit decompression, altho some versions also incorporated anti-G capability.
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ReplyDeleteI loved that show! Dedicated to our fighting men of the Air Force...
DeleteSeem to recall those were called pressure suits, kept the pilot from blacking out on high G maneuvers and high altitude.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a capstan partial pressure suit, invented by Dr. James Henry ofUSC and manufactured by the Dave Clark Company. Several models were used by the USAF from the late 1940s thru the 1960s, when full-pressure “astronaut” suits were adopted. It was developed to protect pilots from high altitude cockpit decompression, altho some versions also incorporated anti-G capability.
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