flight suit
noun
: a usually one-piece garment especially of fire-resistant fabric worn especially by a member of a military aircrew
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On July 31, for example, the crew entered their spacecraft in their flight suits for a multiday training — a dress rehearsal of sorts — at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The Archive collection includes rare items from the 1960s through the 1990s, like adult flight suits, acid-wash denim, and a remake of one of the first infant overalls.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Globemakers and a palette of greens, browns, slate grays, and bold reds drawn from flight suits, insignia, and wartime skies.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
Amid textile shortages, Japanese veterans continued wearing threadbare flight suits, and families found clothes by scouring the black market.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The Archive collection includes rare items from the 1960s through the 1990s, like adult flight suits, acid-wash denim, and a remake of one of the first infant overalls.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Globemakers and a palette of greens, browns, slate grays, and bold reds drawn from flight suits, insignia, and wartime skies.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
Amid textile shortages, Japanese veterans continued wearing threadbare flight suits, and families found clothes by scouring the black market.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Flight suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20suit. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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