WARDOG Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hello All, Anyone know a good match for the color of USAF pressure suits for SR-71/TR-1 pilots? I've tried mixing the color but I just don't seem to have that super ability yet. Thanks, WARDOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Wardog, From what I've seen I wouldn't get too hung up over the right match they appear to very quite a lot. I've just remembered the following photo, obviously not an SR.71 but an WB.57F the suits are the same type. From what I remember the type of materiel was changed at some point and the yellow suite is the newer type. John Edited October 25, 2014 by canberra kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 The great planes episode on the sr71 was on TV last night, the ones shown on there were either grubby white or grubby silver grey. Hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony.t Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 It varied with era. Silver like the Gemini space era, later orange, and more recently - at the tail end of the programme - more yellow-gold, as in the pic contrasting the two in the RB-57 pit pic. That's my take on it. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e8n2 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 When I was at Beale in the mid 80s they were orange. Later, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARDOG Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the replies, gents. I will use the bronze-yellow (at least to my old eyes!) since I've seen that color used more often. I guess I'll just "eye-ball" the color mix, not too much will be seen through the SR-71 canopy! BEAUTIFUL Canberra shot there, John! Much Appreciated, WARDOG Edited October 26, 2014 by WARDOG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 If you google it in images it shows all the different colours. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=u-2+pilots&biw=1024&bih=649&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5lNNVMWZJ5GM7Aadp4CwBg&ved=0CDkQsAQ#tbm=isch&q=sr-71+pilots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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