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| Picture No | 12517318 |
| Date | 1955 |
| Description | The new R.A.F. Centrifuge 1955 |
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Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire. The main purpose of the apparatus is to investigate the effects of the force of gravity (G force) which causes pilots to black-out when changing direction at high speed.
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| Source | Page in 'The Illustrated London News, 28th May 1955, page 961 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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