General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

"Blue Spruce" blue-green quilted liner has black knit fabric piping on all seams; black knit storm cuffs; blue-green fabric tabs with silver metal snaps help position and secure sleeves [within .1 coat]. Liner made with 100% acetate front; 100% nylon back; PRIMALOFT [synthetic] filling; amber colour synthetic buttons.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

100.0 cm

Width

58.0 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This uniform component worn by donor c. 2000-2005. This uniform style in use 1996- 2005.

Canada

Component of a flight attendant uniform worn by an employee of Air Canada, Canada's national airline since the mid-twentieth century. Air Canada was originally called Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) and was formed by the Canadian National Railways. The company launched its first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. On January 1, 1965, its name was changed to Air Canada. Air Canada was privatized in 1988. This uniform was introduced in early 1996. Its "blue spruce" colour was an intentional departure from the previous two Air Canada uniforms, which used navy blue as the base colour. The colour change was supposed to help create a new identity for the airline, which was privatized in 1988, but which people still perceived as being government owned. The identity revolved around professionalism and customer service. The basic components of this uniform for women were jacket and choice of pants, dress, or skirt together with blouse (available in long or short sleeve versions) and brevet. This all-weather coat has a detachable hood and button-in quilted liner, [Ref. 3, p. 11] This uniform belonged to Melanie Lariviere, who was hired as a flight attendant in Montreal on September 18, 2000. After completing the initial training course in November, she moved to Toronto, where she was still based at the time of this donation. [Ref. 1]

Function

To help insulate wearer from cold temperatures, and reduce loss of body heat.

Technical

Thin, lightweight button-in quilted liner for .1 all-weather coat features 100% acetate front, 100% nylon back with PRIMALOFT filling and knit storm cuffs. Large interior document pocket can serve as storage pouch for liner. Addition of this liner allows wearer of coat to perform light/moderate work in temperatures to -30degrees C.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"ISOLANT/ Thinsulate™Ultra/ INSULATION" printed on tag sewn inside side seam of liner. "CONTENU AU VERSO/ CONTENTS ON REVERSE/ MODÉLE/ STYLE/ 1323/ TAILLE/ SIZE/ 0P/ LOT 296/ 08/00/ FABRIQUÉ AU/ MADE IN CANADA/ GARNITURE NON-COMPRISE/ EXCLUSIVE OF TRIM CA35912/ [laundry symbols]" printed on one side of label; "EXTERIEUR SHELL/ 100% NYLON/ FILLER/ 55% POLYESTER/ 45% POLYOLEFIN" printed on reverse.

Missing

None.

Finish

"Blue Spruce" blue-green quilted liner has black knit fabric piping on all seams; black knit storm cuffs; blue-green fabric tabs with silver metal snaps help position and secure sleeves [within .1 coat]. Liner made with 100% acetate front; 100% nylon back; PRIMALOFT [synthetic] filling; amber colour synthetic buttons.

Decoration

N/A