[Spridgets] Rocket scientists and Hyper Lube

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 10:19:35 MDT 2009


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 at 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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