EvilBay Flight Suit...Worked Out Great

[ProdigalJim]

Just a formal "thanks" to all the CAPTalkers who have advised over the boards to be patient and wait for flight suits to come up for sale on EvilBay...got a new, never-worn, my size, current-issue, Nomex, sage green, blah, blah, for $60 including shipping. Kewl! Wouldn't have done it if I hadn't seen enough posters here say they had good luck with it. So thanks!

[ColonelJack]

Good onya!  As the Klingons say, "Learn patience and attain permanence."  (I think that is supposed to mean that impatient Klingons get killed quicker than patient ones; I'm not too sure.)

Jack

[BradM]

Who here is about 5' 7 1/2" and wears a 42 Short in a sport jacket? I'm trying to figure out if I should buy a 42R flight suit or a 42S flight suit. A Vanguard rep said I should buy the 42R, that 42S is for people shorter than me like 5'6". What say you? Thanks!

[ProdigalJim]

A Vanguard rep said I should buy the 42R, that 42S is for people shorter than me like 5'6". What say you? Thanks!

As a teenage lad decades ago, I worked in the Men's Department of a large department store, and measured people every day. The Vanguard rep was "sorta" right, in a very general sense, but men vary. Short torso, long torso, etc. I've seen guys who were only short because they had short legs. Their arms were of average length (so a 42S wouldn't have worked even though they were 5'6").

Best thing to do is to have someone measure your arms and your legs to see whether you really do need a 42S. If, in a dress shirt, you wear a 32/33 sleeve and do it comfortably (i.e., you don't have billowing extra material drooping over your wrists) than you're probably not in a Short but a Regular.

On the other hand, if you've worn 42S in other things, you're probably OK with a 42S in a service coat.

[vento]

Who here is about 5' 7 1/2" and wears a 42 Short in a sport jacket? I'm trying to figure out if I should buy a 42R flight suit or a 42S flight suit. A Vanguard rep said I should buy the 42R, that 42S is for people shorter than me like 5'6". What say you? Thanks!

I am 5'7 and 42S was too short for me. I wear a 42R and even that is just a perfect fit, no room to grow.
My flightsuit is Propper brand though. Not sure what Vanguard is selling nowadays.

[BradM]

Yes I wear a 16 1/2" 32/33 dress shirt. I wear a 42S in a sport jacket to have the sleeves a little shorter. I think my torso is a R size. In Dockers I can wear 29" or 30" length.

[BradM]

Who here is about 5' 7 1/2" and wears a 42 Short in a sport jacket? I'm trying to figure out if I should buy a 42R flight suit or a 42S flight suit. A Vanguard rep said I should buy the 42R, that 42S is for people shorter than me like 5'6". What say you? Thanks!

I am 5'7 and 42S was too short for me. I wear a 42R and even that is just a perfect fit, no room to grow.
My flightsuit is Propper brand though. Not sure what Vanguard is selling nowadays.

It does look like a 42R is what I should get Thank you both!