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Dec. 19 Climatic Research Laboratory at Farnborough. R.A.F. Institute of Aviation Medicine. In order to study aviation conditions and to control the conditions while the study is progressing, a Climatic Research Laboratory has been constructed at Farnborough, Hants. This laboratory is far in advance of any previous lab of similar operation. Problems which arose soon after the war as a result of extreme climates face by airmen of the R.A.F. are studied. It was found that bomber crews, after trying to work under conditions of extreme cold while, at the other end of the scale, it was found that cabin temperatures of aircraft in the tropics frequently rose to dangerously high levels. The Lab. is in the form of a wind tunnel providing a large chamber for the independent and accurate control or such items as Air Temperature; Relative Humidity; Wind Velocity; Ventilation; Surface Temperatures; Sunlight; Rain etc. at the far end of the tunnel as another room in high conditions of air temperatures, relative humidity and wind velocity can be maintained and which is suitable as sleeping or living space during prolonged tests. Other rooms provide facilities for the study of different types of clothing under different conditions; drying rooms; changing and shower rooms, a dark room, a laboratory for chemical and gas analysis etc. It is a completely self-contained research unit. Keystone Photo Shows:- After exposure to cold, the subject Mr. H. Lundy strips and enters bath calorimeter, where his total heat content is measured. This enables an assessment to be made of the efficiency of the clothing in giving protection against the cold

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Accurate Airmen Analysis Arose Assessment Calorimeter Changing Chemical Climates Climatic Completely Constructed Crews Dangerously Drying Efficiency Enables Enters Exposure Extreme Facilities Farnborough Frequently Hants Humidity Levels Lundy Maintained Measured Previous Problems Progressing Prolonged Provide Providing R.a.f Relative Result Self-contained Shower Similar Strips Studied Suitable Temperature Temperatures Tests Tropics Velocity Ventilation

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