Object Details
- Physical Description
- White, poly/cotton, short sleeve shirt with epaulettes and two false-flap breast pockets. Size 17 1/2.
- Summary
- Captain’s Uniform
- Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlines pilots wear typical naval style uniforms first pioneered by Pan American in the 1930s. In recognition of Northwest’s roots as one of the earliest contract air mail carriers, pilots wear wings patterned after the original U.S. Air Mail badges.
- Gift of Capt. Darrel F. Smith
- Credit Line
- Gift of Darrel F. Smith.
- Inventory Number
- A20060610000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
- Materials
- Fabric: Cotton and Polyester Blend
- Paper
- Ink
- Plastic
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 90 × 50 × 20cm (2 ft. 11 7/16 in. × 1 ft. 7 11/16 in. × 7 7/8 in.)
- 3-D (Stored Flat): 99.7 × 101.6 × 8.3cm (3 ft. 3 1/4 in. × 3 ft. 4 in. × 3 1/4 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_A20060610000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bb7de206-1e3d-43ef-a650-ca087b404ad0
