{"product_id":"flite-wear-grumman-test-pilot-jacket","title":"Flite Wear Grumman Test Pilot Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003eStarted by Ed Land in Kansas in 1959 Flite Wear by Land MFG would become widely known for making the flight jackets worn by NASA and other test pilots. Ed was initially employed by Fruhauf, a band uniform company and sometime maker of small batch flying clothing for the Air Force and aircraft manufacturers. When the Fruhauf owners threw away a government contract wanting to focus on band uniforms, Ed would take the contract out of the bin and found Land MFG, and it's brand Flite Wear. Flite Wear would most famously make the jackets worn by Astronauts of the Apollo era, but also manufactured for many of the aircraft makers of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example, very rarely patched, was used by test flight crew at Grumman. Finding these with original patches is next level hard. A very rare jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsed condition. The outer shell and knits are very nice, but there is some obvious wear to the lining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTagged a Large-regular\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits large\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePit to pit 26\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShoulder to shoulder (approx raglan) 17\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShoulder to cuff (approx raglan) 23\" (its a touch short on my 6'1 frame\/arms)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollar to hem 26\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Major's Tailor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584613433516,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/4445\/5084\/files\/grumman-flite-wear-1.jpg?v=1791412971","url":"https:\/\/themajorstailor.com\/products\/flite-wear-grumman-test-pilot-jacket","provider":"The Major's Tailor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}