There was a total of six layers of fabric. Each Crew member had two suits. The flight suit is pressurized for comfort to 3 PSI at altitude. The following set of 46 Images were taken prior to the record setting New York to London flight in 1974. Major Noel Widdifield getting suited up by PSD personnel.
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Identifying text and procedures under the images is courtesy of Leonard Kania, PSD Technician at Beale AFB, California. Caption text under photos by Leonard Kania, PSD Technician at Beale AFB, California. No portions may be duplicated, copied or stored on any retrieval system. Copyrighted on March 11, 2001. All rights reserved.