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	John Stapp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph.D., Colonel, USAF (Ret.) (11 July 1910–13 November 1999) was a pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans.
		Stapp was an inveterate collector of euphemisms and adages, kept a logbook of such, and the practice spread to his entire working group.
		Dr. John Paul Stapp was born in Bahia, Brazil, the son of Reverend and Mrs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colonel_John_Paul_Stapp (1908 words)

	Stapp
		John Paul Stapp was born in Bahia, Brazil, 11 July 1910, first son of the late Reverend and Mrs.
		Colonel Stapp planned and directed the high altitude balloon flights with human subjects which were accomplished in June 1957 and August of the same year.
		Colonel Stapp was assigned as Chief of the Aero Medical Laboratory of Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio as of August 1959.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/stapp.htm (729 words)

	Stapp, John Paul (1910-1999)
		Stapp was born in Bahia, Brazil, 1910, the son of Southern Baptist missionaries.
		Stapp planned a series of tests on humans and set out to develop a harness to hold them safely to the rocket-powered sled, known as the "Gee Whiz." First, he used a dummy named "Oscar Eight-Ball" to perfect the harness.
		Before a run in which Stapp was badly shaken up, Murphy managed to wire up each sensor the wrong way, with the result that when Stapp staggered off the rocket sled with bloodshot eyes and bleeding sores, all the sensors read zero.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Stapp (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		John Paul Stapp was born in Bahia, Brazil, the son of Reverend and Mrs.
		Stapp received his bachelor's degree in 1931 from Baylor University, Waco, Texas; his master of art degree from Baylor in 1932; his doctorate in Biophysics from the University of Texas, Austin, Texas in 1940; and his medical degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1944.
		Stapp also participated in wind-blast experiments, in which he flew in jet aircraft at high speeds to determine whether or not it was safe for a pilot to remain with his aircraft if the canopy should accidentally blow off.
	www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/Colonel_John_Paul_Stapp (1881 words)

	Col. John Paul Stapp Worlds Fastest Cars
		John Paul Stapp, Colonel, USAF, MC, Assistant for Aerospace Medicine, Advanced Studies Group, was born in Bahia, Northern Brazil, where his missionary father was president of the American Baptist College.
		Colonel Stapp was subjected to more than 40 times the pull of gravity (40 G's), proving that windblast and deceleration of ejection from aircraft at 1,800 miles an hour and 35,000-foot altitude could be survived.
		When Colonel Stapp was appointed to the Advanced Studies Group of the Aerospace Medical Division, his work took him away from Holloman and the car crash meeting was not held in 1958.
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	Stapp, John \| Macmillan Space Sciences
		Colonel John Paul Stapp was a pioneering physician and researcher of the effects of high G forces.
		Stapp is probably best known, however, for his rocket sled rides, during which he was accelerated to 1,017 kilometers per hour (632 miles per hour) and then decelerated to a dead stop in 1.4 seconds.
		Stapp also participated in windblast experiments, flying in jet aircraft at high speeds to determine whether or not it was safe for a pilot to remain with his airplane if the canopy should accidentally blow off.
	www.bookrags.com /research/stapp-john-spsc-03 (301 words)

	Archived Biography - John P. Stapp
		John Paul Stapp was born July 11, 1910 in Bahia, Brazil, the son of the Rev. and the late Mrs.
		Stapp believed that the tolerance of humans to G force had not yet been reached in tests, and is, in fact, much greater than ordinarily thought possible.
		Stapp also participated in wind-blast experiments, in which he flew in jet aircraft at high speeds to determine whether or not it was safe for a pilot to remain with his airplane if the canopy should accidentally blow off.
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	Ejection Site: Fastest Man on Earth- John Paul Stapp
		Captain John Paul Stapp, a medical doctor and member of the AAF Aero Med Lab, was studying the effects of high altitude flight.
		Stapp wasn't just out to prove that people could survive a high speed ejection, he was seemingly trying to find the actual limit of human survivability to G force.
		Stapp graced the pages of Collier's and Life magazines, was the subject of a Hollywood 'B' movie, and was featured in an episode of "This is Your Life!".
	www.ejectionsite.com /stapp.htm (4777 words)

	drama-stapp
		Dr. John Paul Stapp stood, in his flight suit, on the desert floor, just a few miles from where the atomic age had been born in wind and fire.
		Stapp had tried to explain to them that there was no danger but, like the Air Force brass, they refused to listen.
		Stapp opened his mouth and the flight surgeon, on the other side of the sled, stuck a hard rubber bite block in it.
	www.bylinefranklin.com /bylinefranklin/drama-stapp.html (5128 words)

	Murphy's Laws
		An autographed photograph of Colonel Stapp, taken at the end of his famous final sled ride, hangs on the wall at the 846th Test Squadron headquarters, where he was a frequent visitor.
		John Paul Stapp was born July 11, 1910, in Bahia Brazil, the first of four sons of the Rev. Charles Franklin Stapp, from Burnet, Texas, and Louise Shannon Stapp of Burleson, Texas.
		Colonel Stapp is survived by his wife, Lillian, of Alamogordo; a brother, Wilford, of San Antonio; and a cousin, Shannon Wells Hucid of Houston, who flew a shuttle mission several years ago.
	www.xpergo.com /murphyslaw/murphy.html (2455 words)

	part4-1
		The research project that Colonel Stapp personally brought to Holloman when he came to assume command of the Center's Aeromedical Field Laboratory in April 1953-Biophysics of Abrupt Deceleration-was specifically oriented toward the study of high-speed escape from aircraft.
		This test directive, with later amendments, was the official basis for Colonel Stapp's research at Holloman until Project 7850 became fully operative early in 1955.
		Colonel Stapp also directed chimpanzee tests while at Edwards, exposing the animal subjects to plateaus of 65 g's, rates of onset of approximately 3400 g's per second, and peaks of about 150 g's, without finding the lethal point or even the point of irreversible injury.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/afspbio/part4-1.htm (1055 words)

	The Speculist: Murphy's Law and the Rocket Sled Daredevil
		Before Stapp, it was generally thought that an 18 G crash was the most a pilot could survive.
		Stapp, who was both a medical doctor and an engineer, did his own calculations and became convinced that a pilot, properly restrained, could survive a much harder crash.
		Stapp was the mastermind of the Air Force's Gee Whiz rocket sled project at Edwards Air Force Base.
	www.blog.speculist.com /archives/000654.html (856 words)

	The Track to Survival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		John Paul Stapp, a bachelor with a philosophical bent, a quiet sense of humor, a love of classical music, and unquenchable curiosity.
		Under Colonel Stapp's direction, Northrop Aircraft Co. built at Edwards (then Muroc) Air Force Base, Calif., a 2,000-foot rail track for a rocket-driven "sled" that could accelerate to nearly 1,000 mph.
		But for unassuming Paul Stapp, the greatest reward was the knowledge that he had helped make a dangerous profession a little less hazardous – that many jet pilots who had to abandon their planes were still alive and flying.
	www.edwards.af.mil /history/docs_html/tidbits/survival_track.html (743 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Flight medicine clinic opens, dedicated to 'rocket-sled' designer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Stapp, who died in 1999, is best known for his work on his famous 'rocket-sleds,' unique high-speed, track-mounted test sleds that he designed.
		In 1954, Stapp became the "fastest man on earth" at Holloman in his sled the Sonic Wind when it accelerated to 632 mph in just 5 seconds over a span of 2,900 feet and then decelerated in 690 feet and 1.4 seconds to a stop, according to Young.
		Stapp's 'rewards' led to work that has made cockpits immeasurably safer, and he carried his mission over to the auto industry as well.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2003/2003-archive-flight_clinic.html (737 words)

	'Fastest Man on Earth,' Col. John Paul Stapp, Dies at 89; Had Connections to Roswell Incident, Murphy's Law - Brief ...
		Colonel John Paul Stapp, USAF (Ret.), died on November 13, 1999, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, at age 89.
		On December 10, 1954, Stapp became the "Fastest Man on Earth" in a pioneering rocket sled experiment, in which he was accelerated to 632 miles per hour in just five seconds, and then brought to a complete halt in 1.4 seconds.
		And so it was that Col. Stapp, staggering off of the sled with blood oozing from his eyes, learned that the sensors all read "zero"--he had been tortured for nothing.
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	Surviving g-Accelerations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dr. Stapp achieved this by riding a rocket sled to 634 miles per hour and accelerating to a halt in 1.4 seconds.
		Stapp should be considered one of the greatest heros of all time; his work and bravery have saved tens, if not hundreds of thousands of pilots and motorists over the last 50 years.
		Although Stapp died in 1999 at the age of 89, his legacy of safety research work continues through the Stapp Foundation.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/gen01/gen01298.htm (225 words)

	Colonel (Dr.) John Paul Stapp
		John Paul Stapp was not only the "fastest human on earth;" he was the quickest to stop.
		Stapp was born in Bahia, Brazil, in 1910 to Baptist missionaries from Texas.
		Stapp received his doctorate from the University of Texas in Austin in 1940 and medical degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1944.
	www.af.mil /history/person.asp?dec=1950&pid=123006472 (764 words)

	A safe bet: fueled by the consumer's love affair with crash test rating, the auto industry's on-going, fervent ...
		Stapp survived the experiments, but admitted that he had pushed human testing to the limit.
		While studying accidents and injuries sustained by air force pilots, Stapp discovered that pilots were hurt more often and more severely in the drive to and from the base than they were hurt in the air.
		Colonel Stapp quietly took his place as the father of automotive safety, and his dummy became the patron saint of the motorist.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3012/is_3_184/ai_n6054659 (839 words)

	May Lesson
		In 1959, Colonel John Paul Stapp for the Man High Project recruited Capt. Kittinger to conduct research in high-altitude balloon flights in a pressurized gondola to study cosmic rays and to determine if humans were physically and psychologically capable of extended travel at space-like altitudes (above 99 percent of the Earth's atmosphere).
		Colonel Kittinger later was involved in Project Stargazer.
		Colonel Kittinger retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1978, began ballooning around the country, and entered balloon competitions.
	www.stgeorgeobservatory.com /MayLesson.htm (942 words)

	NOVA \| Transcripts \| Escape: Plane Crash \| PBS
		JOHN PAUL STAPP, M.D.: In all, we did 73 experiments with humans before we finally collected the information that we wanted.
		Colonel Stapp's crash tests had proved that passengers could survive if they were properly restrained.
		And in either scenario, count how many rows of seats they would have to pass so that they know in their heads where the exits are, and in the event of a fire and smoke, they would still know where to go and how to feel to get there.
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		Major Story John Paul Stapp In 1954, Air Force Colonel John Paul Stapp survived a rapid deceleration totaling 45 g’s in a controlled experiment to determine how best to protect pilots and others from the detrimental effects of crashes.
		Stapp was the chief researcher in the experiments, but he refused to subject anyone else to the gut-wrenching experimental rocket sled known as “Sonic Wind”.
		Stapp’s speed of 632 mph was achieved in a leisurely 5 seconds, but was reduced to zero in only 1.4 seconds and resulted in bruises over most of the colonel’s body, including on the inside of his eyelids.
	www.cosi.org /files/File/Speed-Exhibit-Desc.doc (1692 words)

	MILITARY MEDICINE DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
		Colonel Kenneth Orr led a research team studying cold injuries which resulted in a better understanding of the effects of cold (especially frostbite) on the human physiology.
		Colonel Stapp's experiments resulted in the development of new restraining gear which led to the use of seat belts in automobiles.
		Lieutenant Colonel John van Renssalear Hoff, the Force Surgeon of the American army of occupation, was faced with a smallpox epidemic.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/milmedhist/chapter3.htm (10090 words)

	Famous Diabetics--Scientists-Researchers
		Stapp, a retired Air Force colonel, doctor and space research pioneer, had been suffering from emphysema and diabetes.
		Stapp is also credited with popularizing Murphy's Law - ``If anything can go wrong, it will'' - at a press conference on the deceleration project.
		Stapp told reporters the base's good safety record on the project was due to a firm belief in
	www.angelarose.com /FamousDiabetics/Fam-Science.htm (958 words)

	Joseph Kittinger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1954 he was transferred to Holloman AFB in New Mexico and the Air Force Missile Development Center (AFMDC).
		Kittinger was shot down during a MiG engagement on May 11, 1972, just before the end of his tour and spent 11 months as a prisoner of war in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison.
		He retired as a colonel in 1978 and went to work for Martin Marietta.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Joseph_Kittinger.htm (946 words)

	CLUI - Newsletter
		Whiplash-resistant Colonel John Paul Stapp was known as both "the fastest man on earth" and the "deaccleration king" for his (voluntary) participation in human tolerance experiments performed by the Air Force on high speed test tracks.
		In 1954, for example, Colonel (and Dr.) Stapp reached 632 miles per hour on the rocket sled track at Holloman Air Base in New Mexico, and deaccellerated to zero in 1.4 seconds (subjecting his body to 40 times the force of gravity).
		This is a small, self-published book of haikus, poems, and other verse by Colonel Stapp (who went on to become the president of the New Mexico Research Institute).
	www.clui.org /clui_4_1/lotl/00f/00fbooks.html (1079 words)

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		When asked about his heroes, Rusty cites Colonel John Paul Stapp, the doctor who served as "human decelerator" in dozens of 1950s Air Force deceleration experiments that produced better helmets and safety harnesses for aircraft pilots, and eventually led to a 1966 bill requiring seat belts in all new cars.
		In one rocket-powered ride, the Colonel went from zero to 632 miles per hour in five seconds on a one-man sled mounted on a length of railroad track, then sustained over 40 Gs on braking, the equivalent of hitting a brick wall in a car going 120 miles per hour.
		According to legend, when Stapp, shaken and bleeding from more than one orifice, was informed by his assistant Captain Edward A. Murphy that the sensors had failed to record the run, Stapp replied drily, "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." The law has been attributed to Murphy ever since.
	www.jaschahoffman.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/ideas/rusty.html (2162 words)

	AAHS Vol. 48 No. 3 - Fall 2003
		On the evening of December 9, 1954, Lt. Colonel John Paul Stapp made it a point to watch the sun set.
		Stapp observed the fading of the light to the end.
		Stapp - who by now had donned a blue flight suit, leather gloves, and a fiberglass crash helmet - would be traveling somewhere in the vicinity of 600 miles per hour when they hit the water.
	www.aahs-online.org /BackIssues/v48n3.htm (1873 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Fastest Skydiver Joseph Kittinger
		One project he participated in was a rocket sled experiment that accelerated Colonel John Paul Stapp to high speeds in order to determine how gravitational stress affects the human body.
		Stapp later became a leader of the Air Force's high-altitude research program and recommended Kittinger as a test pilot.
		Unfortunately, Kittinger was shot down on 11 May 1972 and spent nearly a year as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/aerodynamics/q0243.shtml (2630 words)

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