NEW YORK TD4ES
JAN.
15, 1945
'AIR LUNCH' HELPS
FLIERS GO HIGHER
Developed to Relieve Fatigue,
Sweets Are
Said to Increase
Altitudes
by
5,000 Feet
llpec!Al to Tm, NIW YOBK TIMH,CHTCAGO, Jan. 14- How the
use or a four-ounce package of fudge, gum, chocolate drops, gum drops, fondant creams, licorice drops and chocolate-coated pea-nuts Is adding 5,000 feet to the altitude Army fliers may reach without an oxygen mask was de-scribed today at the Quartermas-ter Depot here.
All men on missions of three hours or more now recetve tbe new
"air crew lunch," which sut)plles a
quick release of energy. The pack-age can be openied with one heav-ily rnittened hand.
The new ration also has these qualities:
It will keep "for years" without deteriorating. It can withstand 160 degrees above and 66 degrees be· low zero temperature, and up to ('90 The assortment offers enough per cent humidity.
,variety in flavor so that frequent
. use Will not dull the appetite. The
:little parcel "resembles something
'from home."
"Developed to relieve flying
fa-\tigue, the ration Is chiefly a
1carboh-ydrate one," the Quarter-:master Depot stated.
,, "When the contents of the
ra-i
tion are eaten, energy is released: quickly, pfi.rticulary at high alti
-i tudes. B.y using this ration, the
,flyer can raise the ceiling at which :l,1.e can do without his oxygen mask
, by 5,000 feet."
· First consideration, said The De-!
; pot, was a package the flyer could
'manage without having to take off his mittens. A "box and sleeve" :container was developed,
bright-·ened with red, white and blue. The.
decoration not only. makes the' 'package more attractive but also:
makes it identifiable in a dark,
·crowded plane. :
"The candies in the top half ofj the container will tall into the!
eater's mouth when the sleeve of·
the box ls slid down past the top:
opening," The Depot said. : · "Fudge and ~ are released from their compartment when the sleeve is pushed up. Picking up the.
container, sliding· the sleeve and freeing the candy tor eating can all be done with one mitten cov
