Excerpt from Aviation Physiologists Bulletin, Vol. 5: May 1944 Five Aviation Physiologists have been sent to each recent class of the Personal Equipment Officers' Course at aap School of Applied Tactics. Some of these men have come from as far away as Arizona, California or Nebraska. The expenditure of time and money to send these physiologists to Orlando is considerable. The question pertinently arises, therefore, What is gained by this? In what way will the Altitude Training Program be benefited? The physiologists who came were patient. They sat through talks on the effects of high altitude on the body; they went through an altitude chamber indoctrination; they heard the intricacies of the A-12 regulator and the virtues of a well-fitted oxygen mask discussed, 81d so on, through much of the two weeks that the course lasts. Of what value is the Personal Equipment Officers' Course for men who have taught these things, day in and day out, for months? The answer to this is not simply stated. In general, however, it may be said truthfully that two objectives are accomplished. How these may be translated into effective Air Forces training is still debatable since it depends upon local situations, chi the one hand, and individual ingenuity, on the other. The two-fold gains are first, that new material is presented which physiologists either have not had or have had only piece-meal, and second, the real nature of the work, organization, and administrative duties of Personal Equipment Officers are presented. The unique facilities at aaftac make the first objective possible, and the presence now on the staff of men who have been part of an effective Personal Equipment Unit in the usaaf in the UK or who have personally made a study of it, guarantee the second. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Bo