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Exploring the Evolution of Aviators' Flight Gear

Flight gear is on full display at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City.


Nothing keeps an aviator safe better than their equipment.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum, located in Garden City's Museum Row, offers a variety of aircrafts and memorabilia that capture moments from history.

Patch has taken flight on an adventure, exploring some of the museum's most popular exhibits, starting with a 1939 Grumman Goose and then moving on to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Last week, we took a trip into outer space and explored the Grumman Lunar Module.

This week, we take a closer look at the equipment used to keep aviators safe. 

"We try to show all the flight gear that people from that era wore so people can trace its evolution through the present day," Museum Curator Joshua Stoff said. "We have an Air Core fighter pilot, a Naval fighter pilot and an Air Core bomb crew."

For more on the flight gear, check out the video above.

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