Title
Proposals for a Pressurised Crew Environment Conditioning System for a Manned Orbital Vehicle
Reference
YA2007.25/2/3/11
Production date
-03-1959 - -03-1959
Creator
- Wright, Ian BBiographyBiography
Ian B Wright worked in the Development Division of Frankenstein and Sons Ltd, a waterproof clothing manufacturing company based in Manchester. Along with his colleague Steve Sullivan, Wright was involved in the designing and testing of a full pressure suit in collaboration with A V Roe & Co Ltd and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. The suit was intended for use by pilots of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command flying V Bombers at very high altitudes. The development of ultra high altitude protective clothing came to an end in Britain when the V-Bomber force operations changed to relatively low altitude interdiction.
- Sullivan, SteveBiographyBiography
Steve Sullivan worked in the Development Division of Frankenstein and Sons Ltd, a waterproof clothing manufacturing company based in Manchester. Along with his colleague Ian B Wright, Sullivan was involved in the designing and testing of a full pressure suit in collaboration with A V Roe & Co Ltd and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. The suit was intended for use by pilots of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command flying V Bombers at very high altitudes. The development of ultra high altitude protective clothing came to an end in Britain when the V-Bomber force operations changed to relatively low altitude interdiction.
Scope and Content
A paper proposing initial designs for a compact independent regulatory system to intergrate human crew in a variety of high altitude vehicles with the intention to carry the same principles over to eventual British orbital space travel. Within the proposal, schematics are discussed for pressurisation, oxygen, ventilation and temperature regulation as well as suit and helmet design and assembly.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Wright, Ian BBiographyBiography
Ian B Wright worked in the Development Division of Frankenstein and Sons Ltd, a waterproof clothing manufacturing company based in Manchester. Along with his colleague Steve Sullivan, Wright was involved in the designing and testing of a full pressure suit in collaboration with A V Roe & Co Ltd and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. The suit was intended for use by pilots of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command flying V Bombers at very high altitudes. The development of ultra high altitude protective clothing came to an end in Britain when the V-Bomber force operations changed to relatively low altitude interdiction.
- Sullivan, SteveBiographyBiography
Steve Sullivan worked in the Development Division of Frankenstein and Sons Ltd, a waterproof clothing manufacturing company based in Manchester. Along with his colleague Ian B Wright, Sullivan was involved in the designing and testing of a full pressure suit in collaboration with A V Roe & Co Ltd and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. The suit was intended for use by pilots of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command flying V Bombers at very high altitudes. The development of ultra high altitude protective clothing came to an end in Britain when the V-Bomber force operations changed to relatively low altitude interdiction.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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