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Doc · 13 November 2009, 06:46 AM

Michael, I have obtained copies of the four articles by Birley from the Lancet in the 1920s. Unfortunately, none of them is the "psychology of the Airman" study to which you were referring. One of them is primarily on aviation psychology, but does not refer to the studies of the Aussies to which you refer. It is an interesting paper, as are the other three, but primarily if you are interested in the development of aviation medicine during the War. He speaks of courage and what it means, the effect of altitude and the consequent hypoxia on pilots, labrynthine equilibrium, etc. I will continue to look for the specific paper you wanted, but I bet it was published in the reports of the Air Medical Investigating Committee (for which he apparently worked at some time), to which I do not currently have access. The AMIC Report #4 of 1918 was written by him, but I do not have the title or subject available at this time. Doc

13 November 2009, 06:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
Doc Forum Ace Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 760	Michael, I have obtained copies of the four articles by Birley from the Lancet in the 1920s. Unfortunately, none of them is the "psychology of the Airman" study to which you were referring. One of them is primarily on aviation psychology, but does not refer to the studies of the Aussies to which you refer. It is an interesting paper, as are the other three, but primarily if you are interested in the development of aviation medicine during the War. He speaks of courage and what it means, the effect of altitude and the consequent hypoxia on pilots, labrynthine equilibrium, etc. I will continue to look for the specific paper you wanted, but I bet it was published in the reports of the Air Medical Investigating Committee (for which he apparently worked at some time), to which I do not currently have access. The AMIC Report #4 of 1918 was written by him, but I do not have the title or subject available at this time. Doc __________________ "Don't think of organ donation as giving up part of yourself to keep total strangers alive. Think of it as total strangers giving up most of themselves to keep parts of you alive. "