Chauncey Spencer’s Flight Jacket and Gear
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Chauncey Spencer adopted the gear necessary for survival in the air.
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Chauncey Spencer’s flight jacket and gear were essential for flying in open-cockpit airplanes. In 1939 Spencer completed a celebrated flight from Chicago to New York to Washington, DC, to promote racial equality in civil and military aviation.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Photo Number:
WEB11685-2010
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