British Aviation Medicine

Extract

“Reddere quae ferrum valet exsors ipsa secandi”

Horace

Human air transport has beenwith us for centuries— in fact since time immemorial. As in the classical case it is really quite modern in its conception.

There is a partially retractable landing gear. Although there are no seats, there is good leg room and the passenger has his air ticket. Take-off was easy. The flight, being slow, takes anything up to nine months. The landing will be laborious and its successful completion will be accompanied by a fanfare of joyous publicity on the part of the parent company together with the usual noisy complaint from the passenger. Emergency oxygen is occasionally administered.