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Old 21st Jul 2006, 20:43
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chrisN
 
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He will look out of place in a flying suit on his first experiences in a glider, and they are unsuitable for most initial sorties - too hot unless it is a cold day.

If you/he are really determined to get one, you can see such things as Ozee suits:

http://shop.ozee.co.uk/index

and

Ozee Exeat Flying Suit. http://www.airstoreone.co.uk/proddet...prod=ozeeexeat.

Two words of warning: mine is difficult to open the top in flight, which you need if dressed for going high but need to be cooler low down; and it appears to have been designed by a woman, who needs no central mid-height opening but such a thing is mighty handy for a man - I had to inset a zip into mine to attend to bodily needs. Maybe they have a "male" version now.

But really, I go with the old clothes scenario as said above. Also, good clothes are magnetically attracted to dirt and oil which seem to emanate from gliding activities.

Chris N.
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