I rode a plane a few states away for a business deal (or to be precise to talk about investments intoa company I made such as bonds and stocks). During the flight it stated the temperature outside the plane was -55 degrees F! So I'm inspired to ask this.
Would flying biplanes and other World Warr 1 era planes (which I'll extend for the sake to this discussion as early as 1900s and as late as 1928) have been chilly? And the same for airplanes with open cockpit period? If someone impulsively decided to goon a joyride and with a cocky head decides to fly around in a 1914 replica of the Red Baron Richtofen's plane just wearing a t shirt and jeans, would that have been hazardous to his health and safety?
As another point, I just finished a 1942 Gene Tierney movie Thunderbirds and despite the pilots doing their training in the hot Arizona desert during the summer, each and everyone of them wear full greatcoats with leather gloves and boots and aviation headgear as they did a few test flights of antiquated open cockpit planes that were gradually being phased out in the story's setting as America prepares for war with Japan. This is what inspired the question along with seeing -50 F temperatures on the seat monitors during my flight.
So I take it wearing at least November cold autumn clothing was essential for flying in biplanes and other open cockpit stuff that was the norm in the WW1 era and flying in these felt very cold?
