Furry Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Under FAA regs, can a pilot wearing a fursuit fly with a safety pilot and log simulated instrument time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Ask the FAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 You'll probably need these to go with the fursuit, to be fully legal. https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1457722791/fursuit-sized-pilot-goggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 What the hell is a fursuit 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 It’s an animal suit - the sort of thing you’d put on if you wanted to pretend you’re a bear, a giraffe or a jackass for example, which in my opinion is what you’d be if you wanted to fly a plane wearing one. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Poor Yank. He needs a SIDCOT suit. Australian aviator Frederick Sidney Cotton's experience with high level and low-temperature flying led Cotton in 1917 to develop the revolutionary new "Sidcot" suit, a flying suit which solved the problem pilots had in keeping warm in the cockpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Like this suit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 You need them in an open cockpit plane at 15,000 ft. I've had a film of ICE on the Instruments and my beard. Geofrey DeHavilland got to 23,000 ft in a Gypsy moth. Cold air helps the Plane climb. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) The fursuit crowd have a thing about dressing up as animals, as in Disneyland-style costumes. They call it "cosplay" - as in "costume play". I don't know how you'd even get to fit in a cramped cockpit wearing a fursuit - let alone have concerns about "limited view" restrictions. So, I'd have to opine, the answer to the OP's question in the title is YES, and the answer to the question in post #1, is a resounding, NO. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/255721304885 https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2021/10/27/furries-on-a-plane-southwest-airlines-flight-taken-over-by-animal-costumes/ Edited October 9, 2023 by onetrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 A lot of the Older stuff was big enough to allow a Parachute to be sat on and exit the plane if required. You certainly couldn't "bulk up"in a C-150. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Ok, trivia? Who has worn a fur suit at the highest altitude ever? What was the suit? Hint- think David Bowie...and a famous song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Ok, strange is it seems... His name is Mike Kelly and it was on the International Space Station. He had his twin, Scott also a astronaut hide the suit in cargo and send it up. He wore the Gorilla suit to scare the hell out of the station commander for a joke. Officially the world's highest practical joke. World's most famous cover of Bowie also done on the ISS by Chris Hadfield "space oddity". Nothing odd about seeing a gorilla in space..🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 https://youtu.be/vmh9c5Z1xSE?si=fIYX_6tnS1tuW7EN Fun furr all 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Didn't realise you were actually a closet furry, Litespeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 23 hours ago, onetrack said: Didn't realise you were actually a closet furry, Litespeed! No need, hirsute would be a understatement. Head like a werewolf's. Shearing rather than hair cutting is the norm. A furr suit seems redundant in a aircraft a Bird suit is much more appropriate. The use of a wing suit is not cricket so a bright yellow big bird comes to mind. Looks like a suitable co pilot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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