Pilot's ensemble with integrated threat protection

Headgear for use by an occupant of an aircraft, comprising:

• a helmet including a lower pair of opposite mounting members, and an upper pair of opposite mounting members;
• said pairs of mounting members being carried by front side portions of said helmet;
• a hood configured to cover the head, neck, and shoulders of the occupant and to fit under said helmet;
• said hood having an opening for the occupant's face, permeable head portions, and neck portions capable of absorbing chemical vapors;
• a breathing mask removably attachable to said lower pair of mounting members;
• goggles removably attachable to said upper pair of mounting members;
• said goggles having peripheral portions that seal the ocular region of the occupant's face, and an outer peripheral flap positioned to overlap said mask and said hood to cooperate with said mask and said hood to completely cover the occupant's face;
• and said goggles and said mask being removable, without doffing said helmet, while the occupant is wearing said helmet;
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• a passageway in said helmet;
• said passageway having an inlet end and extending from said inlet end to said goggles, when said goggles are attached to said upper pair of mounting members, to route breathing gas to a portion of said goggles inside said peripheral portions.

Headgear for use by an occupant of an aircraft, comprising:

• a helmet including a lower pair of opposite mounting members, and an upper pair of opposite mounting members;
• said pairs of mounting members being carried by front side portions of said helmet;
• a hood configured to cover the head, neck, and shoulders of the occupant and to fit under said helmet;
• said hood having an opening for the occupant's face, permeable head portions, and neck portions capable of absorbing chemical vapors;
• a breathing mask removable attachable to said lower pair of mounting members;
• goggles removably attachable to said upper pair of mounting members;
• said goggles having peripheral portions that seal the ocular region of the occupant's face, and an outer peripheral flap positioned to overlap said mask and said hood to cooperate with said mask and said hood to completely cover the occupant's face;
• said peripheral flap being permeable to liquids and gases and being capable of absorbing chemical vapors;
• and said goggles and said mask being removable, without doffing said helmet, while the occupant is wearing said helmet;
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• a passageway in said helmet;
• said passageway having an inlet end and extending from said inlet end to said goggles, when said goggles are attached to said upper pair of mounting members, to route breathing gas to a portion of said goggles inside said peripheral portions.

A garment for use by an occupant of an aircraft, comprising:

• an outer shell configured to continuously cover the torso, arms, and legs of the occupant;
• said shell having openings through which extremities and the head of the occupant extend, and a sealable ventilation port connectable to an external hose;
• and said shell being impermeable to liquids and gases, and having seals around said openings, to protect the occupant's torso, arms, and legs from contact with gaseous and liquid agents;
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• a lining bonded to an inner surface of a torso portion of said shell;
• said lining being in communication with said port to receive air therefrom, and being sufficiently permeable to allow air from said port to flow through said lining along said inner surface and out of said lining inwardly toward the occupant's torso, to regulate the occupant's body temperature.