Recent content by MauldinFan

I just saw the movie on a big screen tonight and though I'm a huge fan, had never noticed Parker was wearing a leather jacket until tonight, then I looked it up and got here. I could somewhat easily paint the Nostromo name across the back of one...

I agree. Decent condition ones aren't easy to find now, but there are many good reproductions that don't cost much.

I knew a B-17 copilot veteran who flew P-47s for the Maryland Air National Guard after the war. He said they had a casing that would attach to the shackles under the plane for external tanks of ordnance, which had a door for the pilot to place his personal stuff. It came in real handy when...

I know a F-15 pilot with the USAF reserve and he's told me he HAS worn his A2 while flying and he has seen several others do the same. I always laugh at those who declare something current will never be collectible. I knew several people who said the same of Vietnam era stuff and look what...

I wore my Dutch AF CWU36 last night.

I wore my 'Still the Right stuff' Apollo jacket going to pick up dinner tonight at the nearby pizza place. I don't wear it much as it's the most expensive reproduction jacket I own.

Just got this yesterday, a AN6513 Harness, made by him, with original hardware. I'll be wearing this at the Olympia airshow in June when we get to see the B-17G coming!

I have known three guys with mindsets like ours, neither of them were small people. None of them found anything to fit and only one found even a cap that'd fit him (with a head size of 7 1/4 US).

I wore my Bronson MA1 yesterday.

Were these made oversize like the real ones?

There's hardly any way to know if it was the real deal anyway.

If I lived in the UK, I'd do exactly that.

This piece was recovered from the center of the three B-17s in the middle of this photo. It's at the bottom of the North Sea today, so I have the only part of the plane above water, fused aluminum from this flak piece's entry to that airplane. Much faster than a rifle bullet if you're close to...

That type has the same on both sides. There are also paper tags, but clearly they would never have been used as zipper pulls.

Hollywood would leave you to think that flak was always the size of a pie plate. This is real Flak, recovered from a 91st BG B17 in 1944. The piece with the shiny end came through the nose and struck the copilot's seat. Thankfully, a previously pilfered British manhole cover attached to the...