Spin chair helps aviators

MILTON, Fla. – Some of the more than 1,400 military flight students who go through Naval Air Station Whiting Field each year have to make a stop along the way to earning their Wings of Gold. It’s the “spin-and-puke chair.” Manned by an aerospace physiologist, it’s used to correct motion sickness by helping the body’s vestibular system adjust to certain movements. Last year 100 flight students were sent for the treatment, and after the chair only one was unable to continue with flight school. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 02/19/17)