What is a flight suit?
Flight suit is an article about clothing specially designed to withstand strictness and requirements for flight. These garments are used by military and civilian pilots and astronauts. While historically, flight suits consisted of several pieces, modern patterns are usually produced as one -piece overalls or coverage. The most common flight suit from the First World War was a two -piece leather design. According to World War II, the bomber and fighter aircraft could reach over -air altitudes of more than 30,000 feet (9,144 m), but were not under pressure. Electrically heated flight suits were introduced that kept the bomber and pilots warm. Later, the development of pressure cabins meant that the on -board crews no longer have to be protected from elements and the flight suit has developed to become less voluminous and more format fitting.
As jet engines were introduced into civilian and military aircraft, increased speed and greater potential danger associated with fires led to the development of fire retardant yearssuits. In addition, a special type of flight suit, known as G-Suit, was introduced to help the pilots maintain consciousness during extreme maneuvers. They worked by compressing the body and making it difficult for fainting or outages. The most complex flight suits are fully under pressure and are used by pilots who fly aircraft on the edge of space.
Astronauts, who are exposed to even larger extremes than other pilots, wear flight suits that are tailored to the starting and entrance suits during the initial launch. Each suit is supplied with a number of safety features, including additional oxygen supply, emergency parachute, raft, water supply and guiding lighthouse. During normal operation, once in space, modern astronauts usually wear light cotton clothing rather than flight suit.
The most common modern flight suits are made of either light nyLon material known as Nomex®, which is highly durable and flexible; or mixed cotton and polyester material. These garments usually have a number of zipper closures to prevent the stored articles from falling out. While pilots of civilian and commercial aircraft do not normally wear flight suits, they are relatively standard among helicopters pilots. In the United States, the pilots of the army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Naval Corps, they all wear the same model flight suit, marked as CWU-27/P by these military branches.