She designed the oxygen mask and harness used by Albert II, the rhesus monkey who was the first monkey and first mammal in space, during his Jflight. : 134 : 134–136 Space program įollowing her work for the Air Force, King Chatham went on to work for NASA and its contractor the Douglas Aircraft Company on projects for the space program. : 133 Although several sources have reported that Chuck Yeager was wearing this S-1 suit during his first record-setting first transsonic flight, : 196 : 35 Yeager said that he wore only a regular flight suit and not a pressure suit for that effort King Chatham's exact contributions materials used in the X-plane program are unclear. These improvements were incorporated into the 1946 Army model S-1 flight suits built by the David Clark Company. She further improved the helmet design to use rigid plexiglass around the ears this design was found to be effective at a simulated altitude of 106,000 feet (32,000 m). King was assigned to work on the X-1 project that resulted in Chuck Yeager's accomplishment of the first transsonic flight. This represented a significant improvement over Henry's mask, which lacked the ear bladders and caused pilots pain after only 15 minutes at 40,000 feet (12,000 m). The mask she devised included pressurized air bladders around the ears that allowed pilots to operate at 55,000 feet (17,000 m) for 30 minutes. Henry of the University of California that had not met the specifications needed by the Air Force. Her work improved upon an earlier design by Dr. The pressurized mask was important to keep pilots from passing out at high altitude. She began work at the Aero Medical Laboratory at WPAFB, where she helped design and build the first successful pressurized breath masks for pilots operating planes above 20,000 feet (6,100 m). They sought her out because they wanted someone with a sculpture background to be involved with the design. In 1942, she was contacted by officials at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) near Dayton, Ohio to help design breathing masks for pilots. Last edited by vul75002 01-18-2018 at 12:28 PM.Career Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Īlice King was a graduate of the Dayton Art Institute. Maybe someone here can direct me to some small freeware business jets. Also cannot locate a modern version of the Learjet for X-plane 11. Oh, another thing.I cannot find certain freeware model planes for X-Plane 11 that are available for either 9 or 10 but not 11. Time might resolve some of my frustrations but for now, I am a bit disappointed, especially with the available freeware planes. Very slow and the instrument panels on many planes are difficult to get to and adjust.Īnyway, I am just venting at this time but there are plenty of unpleasant things wrong with X-Plane 11 that I have discovered that make it very difficult for me to enjoy. I downloaded assorted planes and many of them are missing either the 2D screen or the 3D screen. The voices in MS Flight Sim X are superior to this product and you can actually change the voices. The ATC window with the text uses colors that a normal human can't see clearly. One thing is the ATC voices I don't know which voice is the pilot and which is the tower.
I installed it and I find lots of frustrating things the software offers. I made the decision to purchase X-Plane 11. Stick with it and I'm sure you'll end up having a great deal of fun! Like most things with a learning curve however, a degree of patience is required. X-Plane is a serious sim, but a highly enjoyable one at that. Regarding compatibility.you're usually safe to go back one version (11 to 10, 10 to 9 etc), but don't expect 100% compatibility all of the time. Lockheed_l-1049g_super_constellation_xp1105.zip Here are a few examples to start with (search the file names in the file library): Many are also available with a virtual cockpit.
Purchasing it would be the solution but I am not ready to bite the bullet and buy X-Plane 11 at this time.There are some exceptional models available in the file library, with all incorporating a 2D panel (Alt - W). X-Plane 11 is supposed to be a real serious flight sim in terms of quality graphics and flight characteristics but I can't get convinced using the demo. I still use MS Flight Sim X and I enjoy it even though it is a dated product. I have a lot to learn but using the demo is extremely frustrating since it stops functioning after several minutes so I can't get a good feel for the product.
Some planes are labeled as XP8 or 9 or 10 but not sure if they will install correctly and run well on XP11. Some do not have 2D and 3D cockpits and that makes viewing real frustrating.
I am still questioning what is available for free since I have been looking around on this forum for aircraft and what I have downloaded has been less than stellar as far as quality and details. How far back in versions can I import X-Plane files into the new version 11?