The personal medical notebooks of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry or Jean Mermoz, displayed in a modest cupboard, are not the only treasures kept at the Irba (Institute for Biomedical Research of the Armed Forces).
In the corridors of the Institute for Biomedical Research of the Armed Forces, located in Brétigny-sur-Orge in the Paris suburbs on the grounds of a former air base, the display cases contain gas masks, protective clothing, an old box hyperbaric ...
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We cross a gym to reach a sleep study center, a bioclimatic chamber or a centrifuge, unique in its kind.
At the end of the metal arm in the rotunda, the seat, like that of a cockpit, can simulate disproportionate speeds and generate acceleration pressures: up to 9 G for a human being and 30 G for testing equipment.
The research carried out here should make it possible to improve the physical support of pilots, subjected to extreme constraints.
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