NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT Orville and Wilbur Wright each wore when they conducted mankind's first motorised flight at Kitty Hawk over one hundred years ago. Some research might unearth the fact that those two pioneers of aviation probably wore their normal working clothes during their amazing aerial experimental breakthrough. Early aviators, however, had different ideas. Leather was the name of the game, from thick leather jackets with woollen collars to thick leather gloves and even sturdy leather flying- helmets, over which were worn clumsy aviator goggles. Thick trousers and strong leather boots were also de rigeur for pilots, navigators and anyone who clambered onto the old propeller aeroplanes. The first women who flew were similarly decked out in garb largely indistinguishable from...
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