Austin_Militaria Posted October 3, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2020 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? Austin_Militaria Link to post Share on other sites
kammo-man Posted October 3, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 3, 2020 That’s a very rare jacket for sure.Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
hink441 Posted October 3, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 3, 2020 Very nice but those are god-awful ugly 😁 Would love to have one though!! Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted October 3, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 3, 2020 Looks like a party suit. Have never seen one before. What does that tag say in the jacket? Link to post Share on other sites
TheCrustyBosun Posted October 3, 2020 Share #5 Posted October 3, 2020 Didn’t Travolta wear something like that? Kidding. Interesting catch for sure. R. Patterson Boatswains Mate USCG 1998-2010 “The Boatswain’s Mate and Coxswain is A JACK OF ALL TRADES AND A MASTER OF THEM ALL.”- 1944 edition of the BM2c training course material. “They gave us an engine that first went up and down. With some more technology, the engine went around. We know of steam and diesel, but what’s a main yard for? A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor anymore!”- The Last Shanty Link to post Share on other sites
Austin_Militaria Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted October 3, 2020 Both have USAF Experimental Test Sample tags. Austin_Militaria Link to post Share on other sites
Austin_Militaria Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted October 16, 2020 Both have the same tags. Austin_Militaria Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Posted October 21, 2020 Share #8 Posted October 21, 2020 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 MSgt USAF (Ret) Link to post Share on other sites
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