The year 1922 saw the first meeting of CIMP, the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission. Its mission was – and remains to this day – to enhance flight safety. By the study of medical and physiological factors that influence human performance and behaviour in the air sports environment, CIMP members contribute to making aviation safer for all involved.
As the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) celebrates 100 years at the service of aviation medicine, its President Marja Osinga-Meek shares the latest news from the Bureau. A key topic is the recruitment of new members, whether they are specialists in physiological or psychological medicine.
Why is it important to make CIMP better known to the Aviation Medicine community?
By Kim Magee (USA)
- 17 March 2019 - While everyone below was celebrating St. Patrick's Day, I was standing in 0.1 square meters of space at 4,700 m. It was a balmy 2 degrees Celsius on the surface, but it was so cold aloft that if I forgot to put my water bottle back into the heated cooler it immediately started forming ice crystals. The perseverance paid off in the end and I landed with three new world distance records from that flight.
By Jonathan Perron-Clow (CAN)
Congratulations to Garry Lockyer (CAN), recipient of the 2022 CIA Montgolfier Diploma for Contribution to the sport of Ballooning
