Object Details
- Physical Description
- United Parcel Service (UPS) female pilot's shirt; short sleeve white poly cotton blend shirt with two front flap pockets with box pleats; epaulets with brown Captain's rank insignia (four gold wire stripes on each); five hidden buttons down front;
- Summary
- Captain
- United Parcel Service, 1998
- Patrice Clarke Washington wore this uniform while flying for UPS, where in 1994 she became the first African American woman to serve as a captain for a major U.S. airline.
- Gift of Patrice Clarke Washington and United Parcel Service
- Manufacturer
- Flying Cross Co.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- Credit Line
- Gift of Patrice Clarke Washington
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A20010056000
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Materials
- Cotton
- Polyester
- Plastic
- Ink
- Ferrous Alloy
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 72 × 39 × 17cm (2 ft. 4 3/8 in. × 1 ft. 3 3/8 in. × 6 11/16 in.)
- Clothing (Bowtie): 37 × 9 × 1.5cm (1 ft. 2 9/16 in. × 3 9/16 in. × 9/16 in.)
- Clothing (Flat storage): 71.8 × 76.2cm (2 ft. 4 1/4 in. × 2 ft. 6 in.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A20010056000
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