Aviation - History
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Heritage of army audiology and the road ahead: the Army Hearing Program.

13 Oct 2008 Noise-induced hearing loss has been documented as early as the 16th century, when a French surgeon, Ambroise Paré, wrote of the treatment of injuries sustained by firearms and described acoustic trauma in great detail. Even so, the protection of ... Read more...

Lilienthal's fatal glider crash in 1896: evidence regarding the cause of death.

29 Sep 2008 Otto Lilienthal's pioneering work on gliders helped form the basis for development of powered aircraft. His death following a glider crash in 1896 was officially ascribed to fracture of the cervical spine. However, the clinical details assembled ... Read more...

Frances McGehee (1912-2004): the first earwitness researcher.

30 Mar 2008 The conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann (State v. Hauptmann, 1935) for the kidnap and murder of baby Charles Lindbergh, Jr. in 1932, which attracted world-wide attention and still remains controversial today, was based in part on voice ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aviation - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Silver bird: how the DC-3 contributed to public health in 1950s Nepal. 30 Aug 2009
• Robert Miller: a frontline fighter of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 29 Jun 2009
• [The fighter pilot who was a wizard at children's books and rehab] 30 May 2009
• "Sully" Sullenberger and the miracle on the Hudson: a lesson in heroism for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. 30 Mar 2009
• Heritage of army audiology and the road ahead: the Army Hearing Program. 13 Oct 2008
• Lilienthal's fatal glider crash in 1896: evidence regarding the cause of death. 29 Sep 2008
• Frances McGehee (1912-2004): the first earwitness researcher. 30 Mar 2008
• [Charles Lindbergh--aviator hero who become a medical innovator] 28 Feb 2008
• This month in aerospace medicine history--December 2007. 29 Nov 2007
• This month in aerospace medicine history--September 2007. 30 Aug 2007
• Falling: Can you parachute twenty-five miles and survive? 11 Aug 2007
• The bright minds beyond our machines: Henry Coanda and his ideas. 30 Mar 2007
• The Grellier twins, Norman (1886-1949) and Bernard (1886-1957), radiologists of East Sussex. 30 Jan 2007
• This month in aerospace medicine history--February 2007. 30 Jan 2007
• This month in aerospace medicine history--January 2007. 30 Dec 2006
• [Human science in aviation of the XXIst century] 30 Oct 2006
• This month in aerospace medicine history--June 2006. 30 May 2006
• Charles Richet: medical scientist, innovator, peace thinker and savant. 30 Mar 2006
• The Aerochir: the first "flying hospital". 29 Nov 2005
• Lytle S. Adams, DDS (1883-1970): Nonstop Airmail Pick-up inventor. 30 Oct 2005

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Technical information about 'Aviation'

Definition: Design, development, manufacture, and operation of heavier-than-air AIRCRAFT.

Descriptor UI: D001359

Alternative terms: Aviation; Air Traffic Control; Control, Air Traffic; Traffic Control, Air; Parachuting;

Related Mesh Headings: Aircraft;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.937.285;

Online Note: use AVIATION to search PARACHUTING 1966-82

History Note: PARACHUTING was heading 1963-82

Technical Notes: for medical, physiological, psychological aspect of flying index AEROSPACE MEDICINE: Manual 28.7