Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure maximum intake of air. It helps to identify the pilot, whose call sign is stenciled across it. With its ...

A pilot on an Air France flight had to enact an emergency landing after a dangerous loss in pressure prompted the flight crew ...

That research, conducted at Simon Fraser University, similarly found that beard length had no impact on the effectiveness of pilot oxygen masks. Many major U.S. airlines still prohibit pilots from ...

But how? Well, it's because there may be a time when a pilot needs to use an oxygen mask but facial hair can affect how well ...

Have you ever wondered why all pilots you across don a clean-shaven look? Well, it's not that all of them are somehow into ...

An Eighth Air Force B-24 pilot named Warren Blower adds some more detail to the high-altitude technique: “You could take a breath of oxygen and then take the mask away and take a drag on the ...

In many high-flying light airplanes and military aircraft, oxygen systems and face masks are still used to keep the pilot alive and conscious. In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps began research ...