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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. -8-