Keywords: Stapp hits the brakes, hard.gif About Captain Doctor M D PhD and retired as Colonel John Stapp AKA John Paul Stapp known at the time as the fastest man on earth and The Careful Daredevil Wikipedia Intro John Paul Stapp M D Ph D Colonel USAF Ret 11 July 1910 - 13 November 1999 was a pioneer in studying the effects of deceleration on humans a collegue and contemporary of Chuck Yaeger at Edwards Air Force Base Other PD images http //www ejectionsite com/stapp htm bottom Photo Title Stapp hits the brakes hard Photo courtesy EAFB History Office via http //www improb com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i5/murphy/murphy2 html PD-USGov Black and white photographs Brakes Experimental vehicles John Stapp Rocket sleds |