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Engineering Division 49
Memorandum Report No. ENG-695-32-N
4 March 1944

APPENDIX IIB

Test of Other Intermediate Flying Clothes Under Similar Flying Conditions.

Clothes Tested:
Blue, bent-knee, quilt lined pants.
OD, dark brown alpaca lined jacket.
A-6 boots, AAF #11 gloves, intermediate helmet.
"Pink" trousers and shirt, light underwear. 

Actual Conditions:
7°C for one hour between 5000 and 10,000 feet.
Moderate wind.
Slight activity.
Subject in gunner's seat in A*25.

Results:
Warmth:
All clothes tested adequate at temperature and duration of test. 
non-WASP clothing (helmet, boots, gloves,) OK also. 

Comfort:
Quilted pantlegs twist in leg on sitting.
Knitted cuffs good.
Jacket's heavier outer material than other samples seems good.
Jacket pockets inaccessible.
Quilted pants too bulky sitting, standing, and walking.
A-6 boots too bulky for comfortable use in cockpit. 

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