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Flight suits: they don't make 'em like they used to!
- Thread starter Jason
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Silver Surfer
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thwy must have pulled the helmet off of a deep dive suit, and cobbled it on to the one pictured....seriously, hahahahaha
a2jacketpatches
Active Member
My boy just asked if it was an Alien.
chancerider
Member
The boots, I'd be willing to bet, are Gokeys, judging by the look of them.
Rutger
Well-Known Member
Wiki:
The body of the suit had three layers: long underwear, an inner black rubber air pressure bladder, and an outer layer made of rubberized parachute fabric. The outer layer was glued to a frame with arm and leg joints that allowed him to operate the flight controls and to walk to and from the aircraft. Attached to the frame were pigskin gloves, rubber boots, and an aluminum-and-plastic diver's helmet. The helmet had a removable faceplate that could be sealed at a height of 17,000 ft, and could accommodate earphones and a throat microphone. The helmet was cylinder-shaped with a circular window. In the first flight using the suit on September 5, 1934, Post reached an altitude of 40,000 ft above Chicago. Eventually flying as high as 50,000 ft, Post discovered the jet stream and made the first major practical advances in pressurized flight.[6]
The body of the suit had three layers: long underwear, an inner black rubber air pressure bladder, and an outer layer made of rubberized parachute fabric. The outer layer was glued to a frame with arm and leg joints that allowed him to operate the flight controls and to walk to and from the aircraft. Attached to the frame were pigskin gloves, rubber boots, and an aluminum-and-plastic diver's helmet. The helmet had a removable faceplate that could be sealed at a height of 17,000 ft, and could accommodate earphones and a throat microphone. The helmet was cylinder-shaped with a circular window. In the first flight using the suit on September 5, 1934, Post reached an altitude of 40,000 ft above Chicago. Eventually flying as high as 50,000 ft, Post discovered the jet stream and made the first major practical advances in pressurized flight.[6]
a2jacketpatches
Active Member
More appropriate to call it a Float Suit, right? these altitudes were achieved in balloons? Like to know what fixed wing aircraft this guy was flying.
