Original Flight Chest Armor 0164 viewsThe body armor worn by the pilots in the pilot episode episode are a heavily cut down motocross chest piece. The back was removed and the back armor was actually mounted to the cockpit
seat backs! A set of webbing replaced the back plate to hold the armor in place.
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Original Flight Chest Armor 0664 viewsThe exact model of armor is no longer available, but it has been manufactured by several companies including
O'Neal, Fox, Thor, MSR, Wulfsport and a couple others.
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Original Flight Chest Armor 0555 viewsFor the regular series (episode "The Farthest Man from Home" onwards), a slightly modified version of the pilot episode armor was used. The mods included the addition of some webbing, laced through the vent slits on the chest and back, and the bottom row of vents on the chest were trimmed off to allow a fastex buckle pistol belt to be used.
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