US Navy MK-2 life vest used during the early 50s |
US Navy Banshee pilot 1951. (US Navy) |
US Navy Cougar pilots of VF-114. (US Navy) |
USMC middle 50s flight equipment. Note the SPH-2 helicopter flight helmet. |
US Navy pilot with MK-II high altitude full pressure suit. (US Navy) |
US Navy middle of the 50s Z-2 flight suit which incorporates the anti-g garment. |
US Navy MK-IV high altitude full pressure suit on A-5A Vigilante ejection seat HS-1. (US NAVY) |
Late 50s US Navy pilots with MK-IV high altitude full pressure suit. Even if this picture shows the pilots near a Skyray of VF-102 these aviators are from VF-103. In fact, in this cruise on board of USS Forrestal, the MK-IV suit were used on F-8 Crusader (US Navy) |
US NAVY Parachute and seat pack used on jet aircraft during middle 50s. |
Late 50s image of VMFA 323 "Death Rattlers" Lt. Col. D.L. Cummings near a FJ-4B Fury . (USMC) |
US Navy Skyray pilot of VF(AW)-3 in 1958. (US NAVY) |
Late 50s US Navy MK-IV high altitude full pressure suit and MK-4 life vest. |
US Navy MK-III gold lamè cloth version. This suit is displayed at Naval Aviation Museum of Pensacola. |
US NAVY MS22001 oxygen mask with Y suspension system as used during the middle of 50s.
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US Navy MS22001 oxygen mask dated 1952. |
US Navy survival leggings SL-1 used during the 50s (Maurizio Bressan) .
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US Navy jet pilot of the early 50s fully equipped. |
US Navy jet pilot of the early 50s. Note the parachute located at seat pack level.
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US Navy jet pilot of the late 50s with complete flight equipment. |
US NAVY jet pilot of the late 50s.
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US NAVY MK-2 life vest used during the late 50s. |
US NAVY MS22001 oxygen mask with Y suspension system and mini pressure regulator as used during the middle/late of 50s.
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Korean War Vought F4U-4 Corsair pilot Lt. Bruce Bagwell of VF-871 on the USS Essex (CV-9) with the C-1 vest under the Navy Type MK-2 life vest. 1952 |
US Navy flight equipment with early type of MK-3 life vest, MA-2 torso harness and survival leggings SL-1 used during the middle/late of the 50s in the jet aircrafts F-8 Crusader and A-4 Skyhawk
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US Navy pilot LCDR Robert M. Elder of VF-5A (VF-51) during the late 40s in front of an FJ-1 Fury. He wears an USAF style B-1 flight helmet, A-14 oxygen mask, MK-2 life vest, a cold weather leather flight suit and boots (US Navy) |
US Navy pilot of F7U-3 Cutlass with a US Navy C-4 partial pressure flight suit. (US Navy) |
US Navy pilots of VF-11 Red Rippers with Z type flight suit, MK-2 life vest and H-1 Flight Helmet, during the 1950 in front of an F2H-2 Banshee. (US Navy) |
Two US Navy pilots of the same VF-11 Red Rippers squadron with Z type flight suit, MK-2 life vest and H-1 Flight Helmet, during the 1950 in front of an F2H-2 Banshee. (US Navy) |
US Navy F2H Banshee pilots with H-4 helmet and MK-2 Vest during the early of 50s (US Navy) |
US Navy Z-2 type anti-G flight suit from VA-66 used during the middle of the 50s (Intrepid Museum) |
Convair Test pilot "Skeets" Coleman with Z type flight suit in 1954. In this images the test pilot is climbing on the VTOL aircraft XFY-1 POGO (Convair)
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Frontal view of US Navy C-1A partial pressure flight suit. This very rare suit was a modified USAF T-1 suit with a redesigned shoulder area that provide sufficient arm mobility to reach the ejection seat face curtain (Bellsaviation) |
Rear view of US Navy partial pressure suit C-1A. This was tested during the middle of the 50s and soon replaced by the partial pressure suit C-4 and C-4A. (Bellsaviation)
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Anti-g pants used with the US Navy full Presure suit MK-II (Bellsaviation) |
US Navy MS 22001 Oxygen mask with early type of hard retention system of the middle of 50s
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US Navy S&W Victory Mod. in .38 Spl; and relevant holster as used during WW2 and Korea by Aircrew (Informations by Justin Brooks) |
US Navy Z 2 anti-g suit converted in Z-3 style with only the legs left. (Bellsaviation) |
US Navy Z-2 anti-g suit modified in Z-3 style with only legs left with cut out on knees and groin area (AERONANTIQUES.COM) |
US Navy Z-2 anti-g suit modified in Z-3 style with only legs left with cut out on knees and groin area (AERONANTIQUES.COM) |
US Marines F2H Banshee pilots with H-3 helmet and MK2 Vest during the early of 50s (US Navy) |
US Navy flight equipment with early type of MK-3 life vest and early type of MA-2 torso harness used during the middle/late of the 50s in the jet aircrafts F-8 Crusader and A-4 Skyhawk |
US Navy flight equipment with later type of MK-3 life vest, MA-2 torso harness used during the late of the 50s early 60s in the jet aircrafts F-8 Crusader, A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom |
US Navy flight equipment with MK-2 life vest and anti-g pants used during the late of the 50s in the jet aircrafts with old style of ejection seat like Fury, Demon, Skyray, Tiger. |
US Navy Z-3 anti g pants used during the late 50s |
US Navy Crusader pilot of VF-32 on board of USS Saratoga in 1958 with C-4A partial pressure suit (LIFE) |
US Navy Full pressure suit. from left to right Mark IV, B.F. Goodrich, 1959; Mark II – Model "O", B.F. Goodrich, 1956; Mark V – Modified, B.F. Goodrich, 1968; Mark II – Model "R", B.F. Goodrich, 1956 (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
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US Navy MK4 anti-exposure flight suit used during the middle of the 50s. |
US Navy MS22001 Oxygen mask of the late of the 50s with mini pressure regulator and REDAR hose used on F-8 Crusader or A-4 Skyhawk
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