Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Famous & Barr Co.
- Physical Description
- Blue-gray wool, double-breasted, 6 buttons each with indian head motif and company name, single gold stripe on each cuff, c.1931.
- Summary
- Pilot
- Transcontinental and Western Air, 1931
- Until the late 1920s, pilots flew in open-cockpit aircraft and were clad in flying suits, helmets, and goggles. The introduction of enclosed cockpits made possible such attire as this T.W.A. pilot’s uniform.
- Gift of Ken Blanery
- Inventory Number
- A19761937000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
- Materials
- Organic Fiber Fabric (Wool)
- Plastic
- Organic Fiber Thread
- Non-Magnetic Metal Alloy (Gold)
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 76.5 × 51 × 20cm (2 ft. 6 1/8 in. × 1 ft. 8 1/16 in. × 7 7/8 in.)
- 3-D (Laying Flat, Storage): 78.7 × 80 × 6.3cm (2 ft. 7 in. × 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 2 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19761937000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99be827b9-4004-44aa-8078-6aee20adb511
