International journal of legal medicine
Jan 1, 1997
The case is reported of a military pilot shot down in 1986 during a mission whose body was recovered in an advanced state of decomposition and delivered to Italian police in 1989. The first autopsy led to an incorrect identification of the corpse. Be...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Jun 1, 1990
The occurrence of +Gz-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) is well recognized in high-performance aircraft. A case of G-LOC is described involving a co-pilot on a flying instructor's course in a propeller-driven aircraft, the CT-4. The cause of G-LO...
The effects of a chemical defense pretreatment drug, pyridostigmine bromide (PB), on in-flight aircrew performance were assessed using the Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS) aircraft. TIFS was used to supply appropriate control dynamics, handling chara...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Oct 1, 1988
A fighter pilot with a single left frontal lobe infarction and probable mitral valve prolapse and supraventricular arrhythmias is presented. He was found unfit for flying duties as a fighter pilot, but because of his experience and expertise he was r...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Feb 1, 1985
Two automatic navigation systems, a Doppler radar system and a projected map system, and a hand-held map were examined for their effects on copilot/navigator workload and performance. The automatic navigation systems reduced the number of navigation ...
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Feb 1, 1975
A 32-year old experienced co-pilot was grounded because of handicapping and disabling doulbe vision and was off-flight from October, 1969, until January, 1972. He presented with a bilateral external ophthalmoplegia with alternate extreme divergent st...
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