Code: S28867
Flying Suit, Mk.5 Incorporating Lining & Harness Type D, Mk.3 Incorporating MOD. PARA. M.53 & 54. Stores reference 22c/2003. Size 3. Complete with Lining for MK.5 Flying Suit, Stores reference 22c/2075, Size 3 and Harness Type D Mk.3, Stores reference 15A/877. The latter manufactured by The G.Q Parachute Company Ltd. and dated January 1970.
The Mk. 5 flying suit c.1970, was intended for use by aircrew who, while in the aircraft, occupy seats and perform duties of a nature which renders the constant wearing of a parachute pack impractical. The suit accommodates an observer type parachute harness to which an observer type pack may be attached if an emergency appears imminent. It was located between the suit and lining. The suit is a standard 'overall-type' garment made from linen cloth with a zip fastening from crotch to the neck. Partially integral with the suit is a Mk.4 aircrew lifejacket inflated from a 34g CO2 cylinder mounted on the left breast. Pockets are provided for a S.A.R.A.H. emergency beacon, an emergency oxygen bottle on the lower right leg, sea activated battery and lamp, gloves, heliograph, whistle and lifeline. The lining is a trunk-fitting garment made from nylon, zipped into the suit and fastened with buttons inside the suit legs. Unusually this example is complete with the original harness and lifejacket stole. The suit appears to have seen little use and is in very good overall condition. It is copiously labelled and retains all original 'NZ' marked nickel plated zip fasteners, Velcro adjustable cuffs, adjustable nylon straps for securing the emergency oxygen bottle, lifejacket CO2 bottle sleeve and integral chromed steel plates to which the parachute snap hooks are secured. A rarely seen suit worthy of any postwar collection. Stock code S28867.
