Evening star. [volume], July 24, 1927, Page 17, Image 17

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MEDICAL AIR GROUP
FORMED FOR PILOTS
Section Organized as Result
of Civilian Rush for
Flying Licenses.
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Tli** rush for Fedearl licenses hy
civilian aviators has brought about
*h<' organization of a medical section
•if ill" aeronautical division of (he De
partment of Commerce for the exami
nation <>f the applicants.
Dr. L. H. Batter, a graduate of the
Harvard Medical School, has been ap
pointed to take charge of the service
and is niganizing a corps of 150 physi
cians throughout the country to ex
amine the applicants.
I’nder the air commerce act of
every air pilot must be licensed
by the Department of Commerce. The
applications since the famous flights
of Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Maitland
and Byrd have swamped the depart- j
ment. and temporary permits are now j
being issued awaiting opportunity to
examine the applicants more thor
oughly.
I>r. Bauer Back Front West.
As the prospective pilots must take
an examination to show they have
clear vision, good hearing and no
physical defect, only doctors with fly
ing knowledge are being used in pass
ing on their qualifications. The tests
are not so stringent as those for Army
and Navy flverg.
Dr, Bauer has just returned from a
five-week trip through the Western
States, where he has succeeded in or
ganizing the medical service for the
Commerce Department’s air activities,
tinder present plans it is hoped to
have at least one doctor in each cen
ter of aviation activity.
Aviation medicine, according to Dr.
Bauer, is making rapid strides. He
commanded the Army aviation medi
cal center in Texas ltefore his appoint
ment to the Department of Commerce
post by Secretary Hoover. England
was the first to realize that doctors
must specialize in treating and exam
ining aviators, and since that time
this country has taken up the work
in both the Army and Navy.
Dr. Bauer hopes to interest the
class A medical schools of the country
to introduce courses in aviation medi
cine. In New England, for example,
Harvard, Tufts and Yale doctors who
are specialists in air medicine will
eventually be in demand, he believes,
pointing out that so far there are
ahouti 2.000 applications for civilian
pilots’ licenses on file in the Depart- j
ment of Commerce, and the number
is increasing materially.
Perfect Vision Required.
The principal defects found in appli
cants for flying is poor vision and im
pairment of the nervous condition.
Not only do the examiners require
perfect vision from the applicant for
a pilot’s license, but also that he be a
good judge of distance, and be accur
ate. He must have what is called in
air medicine nervous stability, being
able to stand exposure and strain
without affecting his normal function*?.
The man who has suffered from a
nervous breakdown or shell shock is
usually a poor aviation risk. The
British early in the war attempted to
make pilots of infantry officers and
others who had suffered strain at the
front, with the result that their air
casualties were far greater on the
training fields at home than in battle.
It was this condition that caused them
to study the medical side of the flyer.
For Army combat service the doc
tors have found, the pilot must be well
under 30 when he starts his training.
Even in civilian flying the man over
30 is considered old. Because flying is
so young there are no statistics as
to how long a man can fly. With ;
experience, and leading a life free
from dissipation, it is believed that a
pilot can last an indefinite number
of years without undo physical strain.
The requirements for civilian pilots
are not as strict as those of the Army
and Navy, save for those in transport
work, which is the carying of passen
gers, mail, etc. The test for these
pilots is almost on a par with those
of the services.
Civilian pilots seldom fly in high
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Tests Air Pilots
DR. L. H. BAUER.
altitudes, while the service pilots do.
I Considerable medical research has
! been made as to the effect of altitude
, upon the flyer. So far the medical
men have found that on going to high
, altitudes the pilot has an increased
heart action, becomes nervous and
j cannot concentrate, so that he does not
know exactly what lie is doing.
Civilian flyers, however, seldom rise
above 10.00 ft feet. In the case of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh his medical ex
amination shows that he is perfect
physically.
The first medical advance in pick
ing men for aviators was the whirling
chair, introduced during the war pe
riod. This device ’was used to test
the prospective pilots' sense of equi
librium and is still used in the Navy,
although the Army has advanced from
the whirling chair to other means of
trying out its pilots.
The Army method, which is also the
one that will be used by the Depart
ment of Commerce in testing civilian
flyers, is more simple, and medical
men who have studied air medicine
assert, much truer in its results. By
means of having the applicant stand
one one foot, with eyes closed, a cer
tain length of time, and walking a
chalk line In a circle with eyes closed.
This does away with expensive para
phernalia that was considered ade
quate during war time.
Center Long Conducted.
The Army has conducted such an
j air medicine center since the war, first
at Mitchel Field, Long Island, and
now at Kelly Field, Texas. The Army
also qualifies their doctors as flight
surgeons, and they have to do their
flying just as the men that they ex
amine and pass upon. Os course, this
will not be true of the civilian doctors
who will examine civilian applicants
for pilots’ licenses.
Many who learned to fly but never
bother to take out licenses have now
applied. Pilots of passenger aircraft,
however, first pass all tests before
they are allowed to pilot planes for
hire or are employed on any regular
route.
2,000 QUARTS SEIZED.
Dry Raiders Slake Public Figures
for Week—B Autos Taken.
Members of Sergt. George Little's
dry law enforcement squad and pre
cinct police the past week seized more
than 2.000 quarts of whisky, brandy,
gin, alcohol, wine and beer, in Conner- J
tion with arrests of persons against j
whom S 3 charges of sale, possession |
and transportation of intoxicants ]
were filed. They also seized eight au
tomobiles and tour stills.
Arrests for intoxication during the j
week totaled 250, and there were seven
arrests for driving automobiles while
under the influence of liquor, making
a total of 350 arrests for offenses re
sulting from the handling and con
sumption of intoxicants.
Ants are fond of the nectar Jn
flowers.
THE SUNDAY ■ ST AT!, WASHINGTON. D. C., .TITLT 24, 1927-PART T.'
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