Legacy Jacket Army Air Corps B-17 & P-51 -> USAF F-16
Advice please on how to configure a legacy jacket. My father was a B-17 & B-29 IP. My father-in-law was in the P-51. My son is in a F-16. How do I respectfully configure a replica jacket that...
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need little help with this A-2
Few days ago my friend bought A-2 jacket on ebay, Rough Wear 18091. It is nice jacket, but i do not know who is the manufacturer. I think it is chinese, but i am not sure. This is a picture of label.
View ArticleWhatever happened to the Goldsmith A2 ?
After several pages of research , photo analysis, information sharing , design modifications and speculation, whatever happened to the planned releases of the repro Goldsmith A2 jackets. I know that...
View ArticleGaposis Diagnosis? G-1 pleats
Anyone want to view some photos and try their luck at telling me why the back pleats gap out on my M-422A and G-1? I've sent these pix to STEVE S., who has major experience with these jackets, and he...
View ArticleNew and re-stocked outerwear at What Price Glory
Like some of you, I received an email about new and restocked items at/from What Price Glory. There are a number of jackets including a new A-1 and WW1 long, sweaters, etc. One gets what one pays for...
View ArticleNeed Ideas for Research
I have contacted the Museum of Flight in Seattle about doing research on flight jackets, so I need some ideas of what the members would like to see. So far my idea is to see what rare contracts the may...
View ArticleDoris turned out 50 suits in one day for I. Spiewak Plant '42
1942 Press Photo Doris Salvini Receives Award at Laskinlamb Institute Doris turned out 50 suits in one day for a production high at the I. Spiewak Plant. Photo is dated 07-17-1942 View attachment 13382...
View ArticleInteresting A2 on TFL - id requested
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/help-identifying-a-2.96126/#post-2504595 Not mine
View ArticleAdvice on a-2 purchase please
I wanna pull the trigger on my first a-2 I honestly love Aero leather as I own a b-3 and a d-1 at the time and others in the past. How accurate are they when it comes to a-2’s ? For example I like this...
View ArticleA famous RAAF Sunderland pilot presented with flight jacket
A ww2 RAAF Sunderland pilot Dudley Marrows presented with flight jacket from 2015. I've known about US vets getting jackets but this is the only case I know of an Australian. I cannot find an obituary...
View ArticleMy A-1 I picked up the other week
Got the eastman A-1 the other week it’s a size 44 and I really like the vintage look of it. Sleeves are a little short but I don’t think I mind too much.
View ArticleHistory of RAF flight clothing
History of RAF flight clothing Journal of Aeronautical History Paper No. 2014/01 A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLYING CLOTHING Dr. Graham Rood Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) Formerly Head of Man Machine...
View ArticleOriginal Wartime Aero Leather of Scotland A2, $3,995
Browsing and came across this modern Aero reproduction being passed off as a wartime jacket. View attachment 13623 https://www.ima-usa.com/products/or...kin-mama-named-hand-painted-a-2-flight-jacket
View ArticleWhat jacket is this?
Hey Guys, I am just wondering you you guys know of the manufacturer of the jacker worn by Richard Branson (see below link) travelandleisure.com/travel-news/richard-branson-first-space-flight-six-months...
View ArticleBluey Truscott with US airmen A2's, Melbourne FC
Keith "Bluey" Truscott was the second highest scoring RAAF ace of ww2, he was well known before the war as a football player with Melbourne FC. "Bluey" or "Blue" are Aussie slang words for a person...
View ArticleAero Leather RAF Flying Jacket. Should I?
Hey Guys, I have had a good look on the forum (fantastic resource by the way). So after much research I have decided that I am seriously thinking of pulling the trigger on a classic looking aviator...
View ArticleMy Second B-3 Jacket (from Aero this time) - Fit advice welcome!
Hi. So a while back I posted a thread asking for fit advice for my first b3 jacket from Simmons Bilt. https://www.vintageleatherjackets.o...t-fit-advice-welcome.21897/page-6#post-222826 I decided that...
View ArticleUK Alterations
Hi, I've just joined the forum and tried looking around for the answer to this question but with no luck. A long time ago I bought a B3 from Cirrus Leather who I believe are no longer in business. The...
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