Wiley Post (1934)

This is Wiley Post, pioneering American aviator who in December 1934 took his Lockheed Vega monoplane; Winnie Mae, to a record breaking 14,600 meters.

Now in order to survive at those altitudes he had to wear a specially made pressurised flight suit.  It took the B F Goodrich company three goes to get it working right but that’s not so bad when you consider that this is arguably the progenitor of every space suit that would follow.

Steve