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USAF Light Blue Experimental Test Sample Flight Jacket and Suit


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Rarely seen light blue USAF Experimental Test Sample Flight Suit and jacket. Both are named to Colonel Shelly (Sheldon) Godkin. Dated 1972. The jacket is a similar color to the NASA jackets by Flight Wear that were made around the same time. I have only ever run across one other light blue colored 2 piece flight suit a few years ago.

 

Anyone have any information on these or other light blue test samples to show?

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  • 2 weeks later...

Leisure flight clothing... gotta love the 70s! Almost looks like the AF was influenced by the party suit craze and tried to make something more official. Thankfully these never caught on.

 

Randy

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I recently picked up this P4-A which happens to be named to Shelly as well. It's a size large and has a contract date of 1955. I also have his boots which are private purchase zip up boots. The date inside of the boots are 1970, leading me to believe he likely wore the boots at the same time as he would have worn your experimental flight suit.

 

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