Boy, Mark. Whoever came up with the idea of putting that facility at Eglin
would fit right in with today's government wouldn't they!
Cheers!!
Jim
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Mark <mark@nashvilletn.org> wrote:
> My Dad was also a Flight Surgeon in WW II. He had a really tough job. He
> worked in a climatic hangar doing the physiology on pilots that were
> preparing
> to fly to Russia. They developed the famous leather and sheep skin flight
> jackets, gloves, hats and other clothing to be used for long cold flights
> over
> the north pole. One might wonder where this all took place? Well it was
> Ft.
> Walton, Florida at Eglin Air Base. Yep, a -40 degree hangar on the beach!
> Can you imagine the amount of power it took to drop the temp 130 degrees in
> the Florida heat?
>
> Mark
> Nashville
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