Clothing
 

After recently, well about a month ago, having my trial lesson i noticed one thing. Wearing jeans and a jumper in a PA28 makes you sweat like mad and the jeans are unfomfortable. So what does everyone in here wear when they go flying.

As mentioned on a post a long time ago, tracksuit bnottoms make you look like a scouser who has come to nick the hubcaps off the aircraft.

I was planning on wearing some casual black pants with the aero clubs white shirt. Comfortable but the only problem being, i dont wanna look like a prat.

Any thoughts here

I definitely suggest that you wear something other than just your pants, some trousers or jeans will help spare your blushes when you start landing away and the instructor will more than likely be put off by you parading around in your smalls.

I realise you Geordies have a thing about wearing as little clothing as possible, but this is different to the Big Market!

I didn't think any self respecting geordie left home without their bar code shirt ? One hand on the throttle, the other unable to release the bottle of brown. How do you handle the yoke then ?

;) ;)

Brown ale is disgusting. We're not all football hooligans, at least i hope not for the CAA's sake. After all they're not gonna want 'us geordies' flying highly technical aeronautical machines are they?

lol

I was just wanting to know if Black trousers and a white shirt are ok for flying in.

Comprondes :)

...and we're not all thieving either ! Touche !

(tongue firmly in cheek, promise).

...I like your last comment by the way ;) ;)

I wasnt being touche :)

i was just trying to make a joke.

Anyway, i hope we're better at air navigation than we are navigating off the point of the question. :)

No, not TOUCHY, touche, as in Touche Turtle ? :)

Edit to say: ....but reading again, I guess you got that.

Just how did we get from flying attire to Touche Turtle ?? :confused: :confused:

lol. I dont give geordies a good image do i. :)

Can anyone shed any light on the clothing question.

....er, no, can't help there, sorry.

Nice chatting though.

tata.

Gb.

;) :)

Wear what you like and feel comfortable in. Be yourself and tell anyone who sneers at you to go and **** themselves. There's a lot of snobbery and arrogance in flying and it's one of the reasons I gave up the first time round.

QDM

On a serious tone - and I have to confess I feel responsible for sidelining your original question – wear whatever you like.

This topic has been discussed before. General consensus seems to be that in a Spam Can you are best off just wearing normal casual gear – go for fabrics that are man made as they give you better protection from fire (if they do burn they do not melt into your flesh) and also prevent you looking stupid.

Wearing a white flying club shirt and black trousers may well mean that you are dressed like an instructor. At the end of the day it is entirely your own choice – if you wanted to wear a Gro-Bag and G Suit that would be your choice, likewise if you wanted to wear your smalls and a white shirt, well that is up to you.

Thank you for the first few posts, they brought a laugh to my miserable Monday!

I wear jeans and a t-shirt of some sort. If it's cold I wear a jacket on top, so I can undo it if I get too warm. Maybe if your jeans are uncomfortable you should buy some in a larger size ;)

Thanks guys. So to finish the post off will i look like a prat turning up at the flying school with the aero club white shirt, casual black pants and my flight case with my gear in?

Shorts and a Hawaiian shirt get my vote....Especially down in the 'tropical' south;)

Whats wrong with Newcastle Brown (apart from it makes you fart)? I may be a soft southern lager drinking git, but do enjoy the odd tipple of Newcey Brown :)

Cheers
EA:D

If you keep your trousers or jeans on no-one is going to know what colour your pants are so if you want to wear black ones, I don't see any problem.
Regarding what else to wear, whatever you find most comfortable and that doesn't "jar" with the other students and staff would seem to be a good starting point. Good advice has already been given as regards best fabrics for safety. Instructors are normally more interested in whether you've had regular showers than in what you wear (within reason).

Wear what you are comfortable in! I've ranged from the Oikey tracky bottoms look to the more formal tie with suit trousers after work and I've now settled on shorts and a T-shirt due to the unheard of sun that we are having.

Word of warning - don't attempt to fly with a pair of Reefs on, they don't work.

most definitely wear whatever you feel comfortable in, I usually wear jeans and a t-shirt if it's warm, if it gets any hotter then I wear light cotton trousers or a pair of combats. and during the winter I'll put a sweatshirt on instead of a t-shirt.
If your jeans are too tight, then get a a bigger pair or a different cut of jeans.
And after all since you're more of less strapped next to a large bucket of fuel, its best to make sure that your clothes consist entirly or as much as possible of natural fibres.

Piper: As already said wear whatever you feel comfortable in, you might find a breast pocket handy for the pen etc

Can't wait for BRL to comment on your comment on the "hubcaps" contingent, most apt indeed:)

T-shirt, shorts and a comfy pair of sandals for me. Class.

Natural Fibers best, but on a more important note in last months pilot there was a chap whos engine went and he landed on sark
he was kitted up in all the right gear for that trip (like me on me bike) so wear the right gear at the right time clowns are often the cleverest .

ps We geordies have no trouble with nav we follow the star on the bottle::cool: