On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:17:19 GMT, "Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal"
wrote:

Strictly referring to the uniform itself (or organizational clothing for you
purists): When I go to the grocery store in my flight suit, I am
immediately recognized as a pilot by the public. Since 9/11, OEF, and OIF,
it expresses a positive image to the public because they know it's my
business clothes.

Not that it was a uniform for me, being NASA, but it was my business
clothes at times, too. I did notice people noticing, if you know what
I mean.

I've always wondered what the good folks of Buffalo thought when they
saw our heterogenous group, with USAF, NYANG, NASA, and (at the time)
Calspan name tags and patches on our flight suits and jackets. All of
us were in the standard G.I. green bags, mostly with green jackets,
because that's what we were issued. We spent a fair amount of time
"in public", in restaurants, etc, too.

The only way to tell who was a pilot and who wasn't, beyond general
appearance, was to inspect name tags for wings, come to think of it.
After all, I'm only half an inch too short for military aviation.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer