Gloves designed for civilian aviators

777Pilot

777Pilot

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I am curious about something...

I noticed some of the Latin American commercial pilots wearing gloves (black) gloves for flying. They resembled driving gloves, and not the brands worn by military pilots. They appeared to fit the pilot's hands rather snugly. Unfortunately, I was never able to confer with the pilots.

I did try a pair of driving gloves some time back, but the dye bled on my hands after a few wears, just making matters worst (even washing the gloves didn't help :banghead:). The selling company told me it was a common occurence with some gloves types and brands.

I see gloves as a possible remedy to my "sweaty palms" issue - on those really hot days down here in these parts (I have to constantly rub my palms on my pants leg).

Are there any companies out there that manufacture gloves for general aviation/ civil airline pilots?

If so, can anyone offer suggestions on brands that wouldn't bleed dye on one's hands :whatever: ?
 
I really haven't seen it anywhere I've flown. However, when I taught former Korean Air Force pilots back in my CFI days, they regularly worse nomex gloves.
 
I wear these alot.
 

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What are you doing awake at this time of hour?
And FWIW, this is the only case where driving/flying gloves are ok, otherwise you look like an overzealous fool who takes themselves way too seriously.
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I was flying on a trip and on the first leg, the Captain pulls out his racing car gloves. Thought he was the biggest dork. I wanted to ask him did he get the matching scarf, and racing goggles with those bad boys.
 
I have a pair of Nomex gloves, those worn by US military. I bought them from a pilot shop that catered to the Army. They worked great when I was flying cold planes, easy to turn knobs and hit buttons. I also preflight and postflight in them, and have had the same pair for almost two years now. I would recommend them!
 
I have a pair like these. They're dickies performance gloves. I use them for preflight and wearing in cold weather. I never thought that a yoke could be as cold as it was in RDM last week. The gloves helped a lot.




 
I have a set of military style nomex gloves that are all black.

Functional, warm, and comfortable, and fire-retardant, too.

Great for cold weather pre/post-flights in Chicago in the winter.

Don't take up much space in the flight case, either. $20.
 
I have a pair of solid black mechanic's gloves. Don't remember where I found them, but there are awesome for every operation from preflight through post flight, and all flying in between. We aren't allowed to run our heaters on the ground so our cockpits are often cold until about 5 minutes after getting the gear up. The gloves allow me to operate anything in the airplane without any trouble at all.
 
Nomex gloves? Warm? Surely you jest!

If'n it's cold enough for gloves (like it always is at altitude these days), my trusty Sportsman's Warehouse 200-gram-thinsulate-lined elkskin work gloves are where it's at. Pricey at $25/pair, but man do they do the trick.

I also have a pair of hard-to-come-by British RAF aircrew gloves, which are somewhat akin to a latex surgical glove only made of uber-thin white capeskin leather. Quite popular among military flyers. I only wear them when logging MSFS time. :D
 
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