There are many styles and colors of flight suits. Likewise, they vary in price from expensive, new, custom Aramid suits to cheap, used, torn, faded and basically unserviceable surplus items.
On the high end, Flightsuits LTD., of Chula Vista, CA offers virtually every type of flight suit, jacket, helmet and glove worn these days. They can set you up with many styles, options, colors. As far as sizes, they can make up a custom suit if you are a hard to fit type. I hear that they will also pick you up if you fly into nearby Gillespie Field(KSEE).
For the more cost-conscious, UsedFlightsuit.com offers what seems to be a good selection of new and used military flight suits. They also seem to be knowledgeable and up front about used suit condition.
On the lower end, you can do well with a flight suit search on (where else?) Ebay. New military suits can be found for $25 to $50, with well-worn items going for even less. A note on searching for flight suits on Ebay: sometimes suits are listed as "Flightsuits", all one word. There are also a lot of items listed generically under Nomex, so vary the search a bit.
A new item that is slowly getting into the public's hands is the Aircrew Battle Dress Uniform, or Aircrew BDUs. These are a two-piece affair in desert tan, that are being issued to Army flight crews now deployed overseas. One, or a part of one, of these gives you both the utility and protection of a professional suit, but allows the flexibility of shirt and trousers.
If all of this is still more than you want to be seen wearing, I'd like to suggest the Royal Robbins 5.11 clothing. These are great looking and the extra velcro tabbed pockets give you excellent comfort and utility. Check out the Polo shirts with the cool pen pocket in the sleeve.
I hope this series has been helpful on what flight suits do, what to get and where to get them. Feel free to make any comments!
