:38:00
You must've been the pride and joy
of your professors.
:38:02
You have no idea how they adored me.
:38:06
Keep that if you like it.
:38:14
Dr. Lee and all of you gentlemen,
a flight surgeon has been described...
:38:19
...as a combination of Dutch uncle
and father confessor.
:38:22
Because he's more
than the pilot's physician...
:38:24
...he's a judge of their fitness to go on
with the work they've chosen.
:38:27
For this task,
he must be conscientious...
:38:30
...and above all, humble,
or he has no business being here.
:38:34
Tomorrow, we'll take up the effect of
anoxia on the electrocardiogram.
:38:38
Class dismissed.
:38:40
Boy, you sure got guts talking back
to him like that.
:38:42
Surly character, isn't he?
:38:44
I bet a blood sample would show gall,
bile, with a good dash of sulfuric acid.
:38:53
Here's the one I'm working on now.
:38:55
- See that strong bulkhead?
- Yeah.
:38:58
What are the forces that pull
on a diving pilot when he blacks out?
:39:02
Between 5 and 10 G.
:39:03
Between five and 10 times
as strong as the pull of gravity.
:39:06
- Will it be more with faster ships?
- Not much.
:39:09
If we lick blackout in our present planes,
the answer will be good a long time.
:39:15
I've gone over these chamber
equipment lists. They seem okay to me.
:39:19
Good evening, commander.
:39:27
Who threw that knife?
:39:29
I did. Came back pretty fast,
though, didn't it?
:39:31
If he spent less energy being bitter
and more on flying, we might get action.
:39:35
Maybe he has a right to be bitter.
:39:37
He wrecked his heart using himself
as a guinea pig on high-altitude flights.
:39:41
Now he can't fly anymore and he's stuck
at a laboratory desk day and night.
:39:45
- Rogers? Used himself as a guinea pig?
- That's right.
:39:49
He's also the man who doped out
vitamin A for night blindness...
:39:52
...optically correct goggles...
:39:54
...and shoulder safety belts
to stop crash injuries.
:39:57
As a flight surgeon, he's tops.
:39:59
Wow. I had no idea.