L.L. Bean sheeplined G-1 type.

[Spitfireace]

I suggest you buy it now. Course I'm a little biased, since I'm wearing one now, and I'm thinking it's the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[Spitfireace]

Definitely a classic, you won't be disappointed.

 

[B-Man2]

I’ve often said that this was one of the best jackets I’ve ever owned and actually used when flying .

 

[Spitfireace]

What zipper is in yours Burt? Mine has been replaced, with a YKK #5. I think it might have been a ten scovill.

 

[B-Man2]

I have two of them . One’s a scovill and the others a mystery . It’s the original zip but it only has a cursive “cc” on it . See below .

 

[Spitfireace]

I think the paperclip Scovill zipper is original. The CC is it original?

 

[Spitfireace]

How long did they make these jacket? Start year and end year? Multiple zippers could have been used.

 

[Spitfireace]

How long was the run of these jackets? I think they probably stopped making them because they were too complicated and expensive to make. To be honest, they have sheep lining, real mouton collar. Pretty good goatskin. Probably too much for the average person wanting a cheap jacket.

 

[B-Man2]

Sorry but I don’t have the answers to your questions other than the CC zip is original to the one jacket .

 

[Spitfireace]

Nice. I would guess the 1975 to 1985 era? Anyway, nothing like that will be seen again. It won't be seen again as far as American department stores lol.

 

[B-Man2]

Nice. I would guess the 1975 to 1985 era? Anyway, nothing like that will be seen again. It won't be seen again as far as American department stores lol.

Most people aren’t familiar with this jacket. The goatskin is some of the softest and nicest that was used for commercially made jackets. The sheepskin is top notch . The mouton collar is real not man made. The jacket is just perfect as a flight jacket and you can pick them up for very cheap money.

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[Spitfireace]

Most people aren’t familiar with this jacket. The goatskin is some of the softest and nicest that was used for commercially made jackets. The sheepskin is top notch . The mouton collar is real not man made. The jacket is just perfect as a flight jacket and you can pick them up for very cheap money.

Show Us Your Favorite Flight Jacket, That You Actually Wore For Flying.

So .. I’m sitting home with a little too much free time on my hands , reading VLJ and a novel thought popped into my head. We have such a wide range of people on this forum from various backgrounds, many of whom were pilots, or are pilots, or who travel extensively on commercial aircraft as...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

Unfortunately not in the best shape always. Some wear on my inner jacket mouton. Lower label missing, the spec label. I want to replace the knits. The waist knit looked ok in the pics on Etsy, but when I wear it , it's kind of not cutting it.

 

[MikeyB-17]

CC is Coats and Clark. Of whom Crown was a subsidiary.