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p51 Member Posts: 1784 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011	posted 01-27-2021 05:01 PM quote: Originally posted by j_holtslander: Can someone identify this Sally Ride jacket by its make, model and/or manufacturer? If you look at the National Air and Space Museum collection entry for that Sally Ride jacket, it tells you who made the thing: Qual-Craft Mfgs. That is the same name for a company I remember making parachute parts when I was still in the Army. I bet they made other stuff as well.
j_holtslander New Member Posts: 3 From: Vancouver, B.C. Registered: Jan 2021	posted 01-28-2021 12:53 AM I totally missed that. Thanks!
J Blackburn Member Posts: 302 From: Riner Registered: Sep 2011	posted 09-04-2021 09:11 PM Does anyone know the manufacturer of this particular flight jacket Gene Cernan is wearing? The still pictures are from Spacecraft Films' Apollo 14 DVD set just after transposition and docking when the latches would not catch to get a hard dock. The jacket is a shiny nylon material and not like the Flight Wear jackets that were a cloth material. Thanks!
Panther494 Member Posts: 574 From: London UK Registered: Jan 2013	posted 09-05-2021 05:55 PM These, I believe, are considered the winter versions of the standard type 2 and type 3 flight jackets made by Flight Wear. Nylon outer shells and white fleece linings. I always thought these were made by the same company.
J Blackburn Member Posts: 302 From: Riner Registered: Sep 2011	posted 09-05-2021 06:09 PM I believe you are correct. I have seen these nylon versions in gold but not the blue worn by the Apollo astronauts. In fact Lunar Replicas have a Type 3 winter version in gold color just like the one pictured so I am sure Flight Wear produced them.
holcombeyates Member Posts: 316 From: UK Registered: Dec 2010	posted 06-01-2024 05:34 AM Delighted to find this post and photos. I recently picked up this jacket at auction and great to have some photos of it being worn. Might you have any more photos? I can’t find the video and sadly this is one of the DVD assets I don’t have!

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