flight suit
noun
: a usually one-piece garment especially of fire-resistant fabric worn especially by a member of a military aircrew
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Placed on a flight suit, our CMGs could be used to resist an astronaut’s movement, helping to mitigate some of the effects of long-term weightlessness.
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Michele Carpenter, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2015
Equipped with the Falcon flight suit, Wilson joins forces with Rogers to combat terrorists and other threats.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The contraption—as much pendulum as plane—reared and dipped as its pilot, a Tyrolian biologist in an olive-drab flight suit and amber shooting glasses, tugged on the steering levers.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
What makes the visitor complex unique isn’t just witnessing the massive craft that took these men and women to space or seeing the flight suits up close.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
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Michele Carpenter, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2015
Equipped with the Falcon flight suit, Wilson joins forces with Rogers to combat terrorists and other threats.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The contraption—as much pendulum as plane—reared and dipped as its pilot, a Tyrolian biologist in an olive-drab flight suit and amber shooting glasses, tugged on the steering levers.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
What makes the visitor complex unique isn’t just witnessing the massive craft that took these men and women to space or seeing the flight suits up close.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Flight suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20suit. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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