Dr. Murray Wilson
NHS Consultant (Retd.)
Murray Wilson asks what are the possible future directions for the provision of breathable cabin air in airliners. This is initially an Aviation Medicine question, which he will explain while describing a brief history of high altitude activity, and trace it to today. Looking at what is currently offered to passengers, he will explain the physiology which makes it acceptable, or even possible, to survive in a degraded environment with few, if any,
deleterious effects.
Knowing the significant costs of providing and maintaining and powering pressurised cabins, he will look at the conditions currently offered and pose questions for the future.
About the speaker:
Murray Wilson spent most of his working life as an NHS Consultant, firstly at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital and later at the Northern General Hospital. As an anaesthetist he had a deep interest in respiratory physiology, and the mechanics of breathing. He was the leading developer of the
Sheffield Infant Ventilator, and other pieces of anaesthetic equipment. He has a qualification in Aviation Medicine awarded jointly by the CAA and the IAM. Having an interest in all forms of transport, on retirement he was appointed to the Air Transport Users Council, the consumer wing of
the CAA. As the only medically-qualified member of the Council he was passed anything of medical relevance and he took a particular interest in the provision of cabin air, writing several papers both for professionals and for the lay public. He has worked abroad on a regular basis, so his flying experience extends from Concorde and the A380 to the single seat Pirat glider.
Date: Tuesday 27th September, 2016
Time: Registration from 6:30pm; lecture begins at 7pm.
Venue: AMP Technology Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Park, Brunel Way, Rotherham S60 5WG
Free to RAeS members, Branch Friends and Students. £1 for all others.
Please register to attend by following this link.
Contact for lecture details: Craig Atkins