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Vietnam Studies- Medical Support 1965-1970: Aviation Medicine (3152 words) |
 | Moreover, the attempt at limiting aviator flying hours by regulation had been proved ineffective in the combat environment, and the requirement for continued study of the problem was evidently needed. |
| Aviation companies normally operated a single mess and, on some occasions, were rendered ineffective for short periods because of epidemic gastroenteritis. |
| The continuous presence of the aviation unit flight surgeon with constant emphasis on preventive medicine techniques and health education for the aviator undoubtedly contributed to the low incidence. |
| Chapter 8: The Rise of Civil Aviation to 1970 (0 words) |
| The American aviator, C.P. Rogers, flew across the Union from New York to Los Angeles in 1911, but the journey took him seven weeks and he had eighty stops and five major crashes on the way, for a trip that could be done in safety and comfort by train in five days. |
| Wireless, indeed, was becoming an important part of aircraft control, and the relationship between the wireless and the aviation industry in the twentieth century was similar to that between the railway and the telegraph in the nineteenth. |
| The new international terminal opened at Mascot in 1970 proved to be inadequate almost as soon as it was completed once 747s started operating, demonstrating that the Department, for all its emphasis on planning, could scarcely cope with the growth in traffic brought by the jet age. |
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