pressurized suit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pressurized suit
First recorded in 1955–60
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The image shows an Air Force pilot, clad in a pressurized suit and helmet, maneuvering the aircraft as the balloon passes below.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
They also wear a hooded pressurized suit, fully zipped, that is connected at the small of their back to a hose that pumps in HEPA-filtered air drawn from outside the building.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
And if you watch the video, you hear his ground crew tell him to disconnect the two oxygen supply hoses attached to his pressurized suit.
From Time ● May 19, 2015
As the Red Bull Stratos site notes, Baumgartner’s jump is being done from such a high altitude that he will need the pressurized suit to prevent adverse health effects, including boiling of the blood.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2012
A space egg had smashed through the cockpit Plexi-glass and then pierced his pressurized suit.
From Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman
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