Suit, pressure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- high altitude/partial pressure
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0611.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Clark, David Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- T-1
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- fabric [cotton ?], synthetic, metal and rubber component parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 130.0 cm
- Width
- 95.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Clark
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown: suit appears new/little used.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto ON. - Function
-
To prevent pooling of the blood in the veins of the abdomen and extremities. - Technical
-
Partial pressure refers to the fact the suit does not enclose the entire body. Were the cockpit to become depressurized, the suit would automatically tighten around the limbs and torso, protecting the wearer from swelling caused by low-preassure. The raised tubes on the limbs would inflate, pulling the fabric tight. The lacing system could be adjusted to provide a snug fit for any pilot. [Ref. 8] Partial pressure suits were designed for use by fighter pilots flying short-duration missions: in Canada Avro CF-100 Canuck and Avro Arrow aircraft (both under development in the 1950s) personnel required protection from explosive decompression until the plane could be brought to a lower altitude, or return to a nearby base. [Ref. 9] This suit was presumably designed for use by USAF personnel. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Dark brown tag sewn inside suit neck band reads " SUIT: PARTIAL PRESSURE HIGH ALTITUDE/ TYPE T - 1/ USAF STOCK NO. 8300- 810350/ CONTRACT NO. AF 33(038) 13028/ DAVID CLARK COMPANY INCORPORATED/ SIZE EXTRA/ LARGE REGULAR". UHN catalogue no. "X978.29.16" printed by hand in white ink on air-lock connector.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Drab green woven (synthetic ?) fabric suit; green-brown synthetic laces and synthetic webbing; gold tone metal zippers have drab green or brown woven fabric (cotton?) facings; dull silver metal and drab-green painted metal air-lock connectors. Black tape (electrical tape ?) used to reinforce air lock connector attachment points. One end of off-white woven fabric strap sewn to suit using dark green thread.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Clark, David Co. Inc., Suit, pressure, after 1948, Artifact no. 2002.0611, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0611.001/
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