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Aces High.

johnwayne

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That guy was Andrew Swatland (Roughwear) and yes there wasn’t much he didn’t know about A2’s and Irvin’s. I bought two original A2’s of Andrew who lives relatively near me and always used to see him at airshows dressed in full USAAF gear, much of it original stuff too. He had at one time an original of every WWII maker plus several high end repros. I entrusted him to replace the cuff knits on an old ELC house A2 and he did a great job. He is a real history buff and into re-enacting inc civi WWII suits etc. His house was flight jacket heaven! Never really knew what went wrong here but always a nice guy to deal with although I lost contact when my FB profile went awol for reasons I’ve never got to grips with!!
Maybe time to catch up with him!!!
 

petermack09

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That guy was Andrew Swatland (Roughwear) and yes there wasn’t much he didn’t know about A2’s and Irvin’s. I bought two original A2’s of Andrew who lives relatively near me and always used to see him at airshows dressed in full USAAF gear, much of it original stuff too. He had at one time an original of every WWII maker plus several high end repros. I entrusted him to replace the cuff knits on an old ELC house A2 and he did a great job. He is a real history buff and into re-enacting inc civi WWII suits etc. His house was flight jacket heaven! Never really knew what went wrong here but always a nice guy to deal with although I lost contact when my FB profile went awol for reasons I’ve never got to grips with!!
Maybe time to catch up with him!!!
That's the guy,he was a wealth of knowledge about A2s,I tried to buy an eastman off him but as usual I dithered and it was sold.
 

B-Man2

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Drat, too busy today so missed that one.

Shame he stopped making them. Those that witnessed the shenanigans back in the day won't forget.
“Made from descendants of the sheep that were used to make original Irvin’s”
That one always gave me a WTF laugh!!

Or how about the part where they would only be sold to a select few … and they had to be scrutinized first . Another WTF moment .

Those from the opposing team … not Aces High.
 

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