Test flight suit

With regard to conservation for display of a textile and plastic
Concorde test flight suit, c. 1968: Has anyone had experience
treating or exhibiting a similar object or similar synthetic/modern
materials?

Anna Hodson <a.hodson [at] nms__ac__uk> writes

>With regard to conservation for display of a textile and plastic
>Concorde test flight suit, c. 1968: Has anyone had experience
>treating or exhibiting a similar object or similar synthetic/modern
>materials? ...

I would suggest you contact the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum, who have a substantial collection of "space suits", and
experience in their display, storage, and conservation. You may
contact me directly for a contact name.

Setting up a microclimate environment around the suits on display
will help mitigate the effects of off gassing from the suits, as
well as providing humidity and temperature control to slow the
degradation of these artefacts.

Jerry Shiner
Microclimate Technologies International
800-683-4696
416-703-4696


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