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- p. 13 …Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
29. Maj. Dan D. Fulgham, James Lovell, Hilary Ray, and…
- p. 23 …Roswell AAF to another facility, usually Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (or a host of other facilities…
- p. 33 …In 1959, 150 dummies were dropped by aircraft over Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (possibly accounting for…
- p. 42 …and later the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Stapp won support for the…
- p. 86 …was taken to "Wright Field" (now Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio). $ ^{29} $
The nurse described the little…
- p. 87 …were transported to what is now Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio.
c. The bluish-purplish wreckage that…
- p. 99 …than normal which was transported to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio;
d. that may have involved a…
- p. 102 …the crash, an identification specialist from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio arrived at the hospital to assist…
- p. 105 …24-hour standby basis, responded from Wright-Patterson AFB to the location of an incident. $ ^{152…
- p. 107 …the shipment of a body with a large head to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Based on previous…
- p. 111 …Air Force Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, appointed a new project officer for Project…
- p. 112 …to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB.
During the third week of May 1959…
- p. 113 …Kaufman, pilots and Aero Medical Research officers from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio were assigned temporary duty…
- p. 114 …Stapp, Aero Medical Laboratory commander at Wright-Patterson AFB (the pilots and Project EXCELSIOR were assigned…
- p. 123 …of the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
## The "Red-headed Captain" and Dr…
- p. 124 …ORGANIZATION AND BRANCH OF SERVICE ARDC Wright Patterson(a) 14. PLITING STATUS Yes
13. NAME AND…
- p. 125 …Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio several days after the balloon accident with a "traumatic hematoma…
- p. 126 # "Bodies" with Large Heads and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
UFO theorists contend that the U.S…
- p. 132 …Wheeler, High Altitude Bailouts, MCREXD-695-66M (Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: USAF Air Materiel Command, September…
- p. 133 …Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB…
- p. 135 …Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB…
- p. 157 …Aerial Phenomena Branch, December 6, 1965, National Air Intelligence Center historical files, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
- p. 168 …to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Patterson. I participated in both the Air Force Man…
- p. 169 …Several days later I returned to Wright Patterson with Capt Kittenger and Capt Kaufman. My wife…
- p. 175 …During my third assignment at Wright Patterson, I volunteered, along with Capt Dan Fulgham, to be…
- p. 176 …Three days later, on Sunday, Kittinger, Fulgham and I returned to Wright Patterson via a special…
- p. 177 …Many scientific accomplishments came out of the various laboratories at Wright Patterson but I am unaware…
- p. 178 …We also dropped dummies, from aircraft only, at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The object of the…
- p. 179 …they were sent to Holloman from Wright-Patterson for training on a temporary duty basis. On…
- p. 180 …I made arrangements for all of us to fly to Wright-Patterson on a C-131…
- p. 184 …before being reassigned to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Patterson. I retired in from the…
- p. 223 …and Patterson, Jack H. Recovery of Parachute-Borne Packages by Helicopter, TDR 62-6, 1962. AD…
- p. 232 …Wright Field, Ohio 19, 21, 77
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 12, 77-78, 91, 95, 98…
# Test Dummies Used by the U.S. Air Force
Since the beginning of manned flight, designers have sought a substitute for the human body to test hazardous new equipment. Early devices used by the predecessors of the U.S. Air Force were simply constructed parachute drop test dummies with little similarity to the human form. Following World War II, aircraft emergency escape systems became increasingly sophisticated and engineers required a dummy with more humanlike characteristics.
## Parachute Drop Dummies
During World War I research and development of the first U.S. military parachute was underway at McCook Field, Ohio. To test the parachute, engineers experimented with several types of dummies, settling on a model constructed of three-inch hemp rope and sandbags with the approximate proportions of a medium-sized man. $ ^{30} $ The new invention was soon known by the nickname "Dummy Joe." Dummy Joe is said to have made more than five thousand "jumps" between 1918 and 1924. $ ^{31} $
Fig. 16. "Dummy Joe,' the hero of five thousand jumps" is shown here with engineers J.J. Higgins (left) and Guy Ball at McCook Field, Ohio in 1920. (U.S. Air Force photo)
By 1924, parachutes were required on military aircraft with their serviceability tested by dummies dropped from aircraft. $ ^{32} $ For this routine testing, several types of dummies were used. The most common type is shown in figures 17 and 18. Parachutes were individually drop-tested from aircraft until the early stages of World War II, when, due both to increased reliability and large numbers of parachutes in service, this routine practice was discontinued. Nonetheless, test dummies were still used frequently by the Parachute Branch of Air Materiel Command (AMC) at Wright Field, Ohio, to test new parachute designs.