How to Use flight suit in a Sentence

flight suit

noun
  • The flight suit is baggy to provide more surface area for the wind to lift.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Day one, showing up to set, and there was the table read and Jonathan's in the flight suit.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And, if time is of the essence, the Top Gun flight suit from the movie is a fast and easy choice.
    — Lisa Levine, Variety, 17 Oct. 2022
  • His squadron grounded him, forbade him to wear a flight suit and told him not to talk to fellow pilots.
    — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The airplane flies so high that pilots are required to wear a pressurized flight suit.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The pilot, in his flight suit and folding cap, was ushered to the microphone.
    — Emily Ludolph, New York Times, 16 July 2019
  • The doll has a Space Camp flight suit in her wardrobe and comes with a book about her adventures at camp.
    — Lee Roop, AL.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • There was also an occupant in the pilot’s seat, dressed in a flight suit and strapped in for good measure.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
  • These flight suits, however, aren’t designed to let astronauts float out in space.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Aug. 2019
  • His collarbone was broken, and his right arm, which was fractured, was bleeding through his flight suit.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Globemakers and a palette of greens, browns, slate grays, and bold reds drawn from flight suits, insignia, and wartime skies.
    — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The pilot appears to be wearing a very heavy jacket or flight suit as a means of protection.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Vast has revealed its astronaut flight suit, a two-piece outfit designed to be worn both on and off the planet.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And fittingly, the suits were upgrades of Navy flight suits for high altitudes.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Two of the mannequins are wearing protective gear, including an improved flight suit and a vest.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Hundreds of students still don blue flight suits and flock to weekly space camps at the center, which also serves as a museum.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But unlike space shuttle crews of the past, the newest astronauts won’t be wearing those spiffy orange flight suits.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Others will wear patches from the flight suits of Watson’s classmates in his memory.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2019
  • The militiamen pulled off his flight suit, boots and socks, leaving him in his T-shirt and underwear.
    — Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Among the accessories available with Luciana will be a flight suit, a space suit and a Mars habitat.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Fall out with some of your superfriends, go on the lam and live like a nomad with a deadly female assassin and a guy with a flight suit.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
  • Don a flight suit and feel the exhilaration of skydiving – but with a little less danger than the real thing.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Next, pilots head into a locker room to don former military issue flight suits, which are made from fire-proof Nomex.
    — Bradley Zint, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
  • What makes the visitor complex unique isn’t just witnessing the massive craft that took these men and women to space or seeing the flight suits up close.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Luke Skywalker apron is orange and tan, and inspired by his X-Wing flight suit.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The space shuttle initially saw the return to coveralls and two-piece flight suits that were worn throughout the entire mission.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The 21-layer outfit was adapted from thinner flight suits, which are one-piece garments worn during launch and re-entry.
    — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In one of the videos, a man in a full flight suit and helmet can be seen kneeling on the ground next to an orange and white parachute and a parachute cord in a desert area near a fence line.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Her flight suit and other NASA artifacts are enshrined at the school in her hometown.
    — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Equipped with the Falcon flight suit, Wilson joins forces with Rogers to combat terrorists and other threats.
    — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025

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