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Old 9th Apr 2014, 10:25
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The garment is the partial pressure jerkin that some Vulcan operations required (e.g. above FL500 for sustained periods carrying out atmospheric sampling); I would guess that for this pilot the PPJ/G-pants combo would be sufficient to cover short high altitude ops. SB - 65K rings a bell, but not a realistic option for the V (580ish is the max I experienced, but it probably depends on the airframe).

Mister B

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