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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 29 > Earl Wood helped to invent the G-suit

Earl Wood helped to invent the G-suit

By Jeremy Pearce / The Bulletin
March 29, 2009

Dr. Earl Wood, a physiologist and an essential member of the team that invented a revolutionary pressurized garment, the G-suit, that helps pilots avoid blacking out while in flight, died March 18 in Rochester, Minn. He was 97.

Wood’s death was confirmed by his family.

In 1942, Wood....

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