P-59A Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 13, 2019 The top aircraft seat belt was an E-BAY pick up. I thought it was WW2 era due to the box X stitching that is common for WW2 era lap belts. The design is in keeping with late WW2 era. I have seen this type belt set up at many WW2 era crash sites. When they arrived I was taken back when I saw they were nylon. All of the nylon belts I have seen have the zig zag stitching. I don't know if the Navy adopted nylon towards the end of the war or not. I know they had other late war items that were nylon. My best guess is these are early post war issue and the box X stitching was before the zig zag became the norm. Does anyone know for sure what time frame the top belt is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted February 14, 2019 This photo was taken from another site. This is of a 1956 inspection dated aircraft seat belt. Note the zig zag stitching. This is not found on WW2 era seat belts. At least I have never seen a dated cotton canvas belt with zig zag stitching, only on nylon belts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted February 14, 2019 1953 dated with early zig zag stitch from a web site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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