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Topic: NASA astronaut gear: flight suits and jackets
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p51
Member Posts: 1795
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 01-27-2021 05:01 PM
   
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Originally posted by j_holtslander:
Can someone identify this Sally Ride jacket by its make, model and/or manufacturer?
If you look at the National Air and Space Museum collection entry for that Sally Ride jacket, it tells you who made the thing: Qual-Craft Mfgs.That is the same name for a company I remember making parachute parts when I was still in the Army. I bet they made other stuff as well. |
j_holtslander
New Member Posts: 3
From: Vancouver, B.C.
Registered: Jan 2021
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posted 01-28-2021 12:53 AM
I totally missed that. Thanks! |
J Blackburn
Member Posts: 313
From: Riner
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 09-04-2021 09:11 PM
Does anyone know the manufacturer of this particular flight jacket Gene Cernan is wearing? The still pictures are from Spacecraft Films' Apollo 14 DVD set just after transposition and docking when the latches would not catch to get a hard dock.The jacket is a shiny nylon material and not like the Flight Wear jackets that were a cloth material. Thanks!  
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Panther494
Member Posts: 586
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 09-05-2021 05:55 PM
These, I believe, are considered the winter versions of the standard type 2 and type 3 flight jackets made by Flight Wear. Nylon outer shells and white fleece linings. I always thought these were made by the same company. |
J Blackburn
Member Posts: 313
From: Riner
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 09-05-2021 06:09 PM
I believe you are correct. I have seen these nylon versions in gold but not the blue worn by the Apollo astronauts. In fact Lunar Replicas have a Type 3 winter version in gold color just like the one pictured so I am sure Flight Wear produced them. |
holcombeyates
Member Posts: 344
From: UK
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 06-01-2024 05:34 AM
Delighted to find this post and photos. I recently picked up this jacket at auction and great to have some photos of it being worn. Might you have any more photos? I can’t find the video and sadly this is one of the DVD assets I don’t have! |
Philip
Member Posts: 6392
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-16-2026 04:35 AM
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Originally posted by Panther494:
These, I believe, are considered the winter versions of the standard type 2 and type 3 flight jackets made by Flight Wear.
In May 2026, Luna Replicas introduced the Type 2 Winter Survival classic blue NASA flight jacket. However, in my opinion, US military services wear their wing on the left chest. On the blue NASA jackets, astronauts only wore a name tag on the right chest. On a separate subject, I was asked when these NASA blue flight suits and blue pilot jackets were introduced. So far I think the first time we saw: - Blue flight suit: Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn onboard USS Noa.
- Blue flight jacket: Nov. 20, 1967: Apollo 8 crew announcement of Bill Anders, Frank Borman and Michael Collins.
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