SID COTTON'S AIR FORCE.

The article reports that the generations of Blue Angels and Thunderbirds owe their ability to stroll airshow ramps in smart, sexy flight suits to a wealthy, irascible Australian World War I pilot named Sidney Cotton. Topics include examines that Cotton flight suit was different than the modern-day military pilot's tight jumpers, but it was a considerable advance over the standard aviator's garb of the day, which was overcoat or leather jacket was at hand, thrown over one's uniform.