Wasn't that a Jerry Lee Lewis song?
1944 - US gave us water G-suits to test out. By end of mission, water at our ankles.Kicked a rudder, sounded like 2 active folks in a waterbed - whole lot of sloshing going on.
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LOL, that must have been a weird sensation, and I feel sorry for whoever had to clean those suits!
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Next question: Did you open the canopy and invert?
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Thanka, another visual I'd like to forget. Did it sound like old people sloshing?...you're welcome.
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Voice of experience right there...
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Those were developed by
@AFResearchLab Aero Medical Laboratory. Fortunately they and the David Clark Company invented the pneumatic anti-G suit that’s still the basis of suits today.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sir, may I ask - did the suits help at all or were they a total failure?
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