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Old 01-23-2010, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HuggyU2 View Post
You were certainly wearing a partial pressure suit back then. Don't know how y'all did it routinely.
Today, the full pressure suit is certainly a magnitude more comfortable. I usually land after a 10+ hour sortie, debrief, and head out for dinner and a fun evening,... unless I'm in the desert, where I just go get my 2 authorized beers.
Started with the -2 Full Presure suit (orange) and eventually went through the -4 (green) to the -6 (green) over a three year period.

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