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Dr. Wilbur Rounding Franks (1901-86) was born in Weston, Ontario. In 1939 he joined Dr. Frederick Banting’s
aviation medicine research team to investigate the risks of strong gravitational (G) forces,
which prevent the heart from pumping enough blood to the brain and were causing pilots to lose consciousness during high-speed manoeuvres.
Franks developed a flying suit lined with water-filled pockets that created enough hydrostatic pressure to counter the G-forces.
He personally tested the suit – known as the Franks Flying Suit – and it became the world’s first anti-gravity suit used in combat, during the World War II.
The foundational underpinnings of his G-suit are still in use today. Franks was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire,
awarded the United States Armed Forces’ Legion of Merit, and inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame.
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