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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And a move to New York City harks back to the early days of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis in heroic flight suits.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Liebenberg, dressed in an Air Force flight suit, spent 74 consecutive minutes in the moon’s shadow that day—a tremendous improvement over the handful of minutes that totality lasts over a single spot on Earth.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
In a traditional welcome-aboard ceremony, station commander Andreas Mogensen (with microphone) jokes with the newly-arrived Crew 8 fliers (front row in blue flight suits, left to right): Jeanette Epps, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, Mike Barratt and Crew Dragon commander Matthew Dominick.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
The Lego set comes with a Luke Skywalker minifigure wearing his iconic flight suit alongside Princess Leia, R2-D2, and General Dodonna.
—Toni Sutton, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Don a flight suit and feel the exhilaration of skydiving – but with a little less danger than the real thing.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Note the mannikin clad in a fighter pilot’s flight suit.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Visitors can meet Santa in his red flight suit and walk through lit up tunnels and see life-size holiday ornaments along with reindeer.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
The militiamen pulled off his flight suit, boots and socks, leaving him in his T-shirt and underwear.
—Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Liebenberg, dressed in an Air Force flight suit, spent 74 consecutive minutes in the moon’s shadow that day—a tremendous improvement over the handful of minutes that totality lasts over a single spot on Earth.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
In a traditional welcome-aboard ceremony, station commander Andreas Mogensen (with microphone) jokes with the newly-arrived Crew 8 fliers (front row in blue flight suits, left to right): Jeanette Epps, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, Mike Barratt and Crew Dragon commander Matthew Dominick.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
The Lego set comes with a Luke Skywalker minifigure wearing his iconic flight suit alongside Princess Leia, R2-D2, and General Dodonna.
—Toni Sutton, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Don a flight suit and feel the exhilaration of skydiving – but with a little less danger than the real thing.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Note the mannikin clad in a fighter pilot’s flight suit.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Visitors can meet Santa in his red flight suit and walk through lit up tunnels and see life-size holiday ornaments along with reindeer.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
The militiamen pulled off his flight suit, boots and socks, leaving him in his T-shirt and underwear.
—Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Flight suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20suit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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