About Us

Part 61 Apparel is for pilots. Not the guys who bought a leather jacket at Costco. Not your uncle who took a discovery flight in 2007 and won't shut up about it. Pilots.

The name is a reference to 14 CFR Part 61 — the FAA regulation that says you can get your certificate without spending $90,000 at a puppy mill flight school, if you have the discipline to do it the harder way. We picked it because that's the kind of person who buys our shit. Self-directed. Cheap in the right places. Spends the money where it matters — on avgas, on hours, on the checkride you're not going to fail twice.

We're not making apparel for airline recruiters or your CFI's Instagram. We're making it for:

- The instrument student who has referred to a hold entry as a "personal problem" out loud, in a briefing room, in front of witnesses

- The 152 pilot who has, in fact, run the tanks lower than they should have and is still here to lie about it

- The tailwheel guy who is completely insufferable and knows it

- Anyone who has ever said "unable" on the radio and meant it as a threat

- Every commercial pilot who has looked at a Cirrus and quietly judged the pilot before the airplane hit the ground

We print on garments that don't feel like they came free with an oil change. Tri-blends. Heavyweight fleece. The good hoodie your girlfriend keeps stealing. We ship out of the US. If it fits like ass, we'll replace it.

We are not FAA-approved, TSO-certified, or endorsed by anyone with actual authority. We are, however, correct about most things, and none of our copy was written by a marketing agency that thinks a magneto is a Pokémon.

If you get the jokes, welcome home. If you don't — enjoy your Sporty's catalog. No hard feelings.

Fly the airplane. Wear the shirt.

— Part 61 Apparel