Anne Morrow Lindbergh wore this white wool parka as she flew with her husband Charles on survey flights across the North and South Atlantic in 1933. Anne and Charles filled most of their plane's storage space with tools, survival gear, and canned rations, allowing themselves only 18 pounds of personal luggage each, including suitcase. Their clothing thus had to be lightweight, but also warm since they would by flying over some of the coldest places on earth, including Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia. This parka and its accompanying hood weighed only 3.4 pounds and its thick wool would have kept Anne warm in the unheated cockpit.

Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Date

1931-1933

Country of Origin

United Kingdom

Type

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Personal Items

Manufacturer

Hudson's Bay Company, Canada

Physical Description

The hood which belongs to Anne Morrow Lindbergh's parka. White wool hood, when folded is in a rectangular shape with a curve at the top edge. Hood buttons to the back of the collar and can be tied in the front.

Dimensions

3-D (Hood, folded flat): 36.2 × 22.9 × 5.7cm (1 ft. 2 1/4 in. × 9 in. × 2 1/4 in.)

Materials

Wool

Inventory Number

A20030079056

Credit Line

Transferred from the USAF Museum

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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