Bullseye881 Posted October 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 20, 2018 I picked up these two flight suits last week from the estate of a USN pilot, what makes them odd is they both have built-in flotation capabilities, which I hadn't seen before. In addition, the white one is made out of the experimental HT-1 fabric, which the Navy tested in the early 1960's & the flight suit is made to be worn over a torso harness (I thought the harness was always worn over the flight suit). Does anybody have some information these, where they something that the USN was testing for a while (I think the USN only tested the HT-1 fabric in 1961)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullseye881 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted October 20, 2018 Photos of the green one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted October 20, 2018 Share #3 Posted October 20, 2018 Never seen before. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROC Posted October 21, 2018 Share #4 Posted October 21, 2018 Hi, The green one is an USN MK5 integrated suit. The ACEL tested it during 1965-66. This was done to try to solve the navy flight life preservers size problem. MK5 remain a test item. the other one tested was the MK6 that became the LPA family. Best Croc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullseye881 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks for the information CROC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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