Kermit3D
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I'm convinced that John Chapman can make any flight jacket you want, provided he has the original to copy.
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What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?
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Flightengineer
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The best bday for me is always drive to airfield to planes/ fly / definitely not to a restaurant for sure .
Dubow, summer, Bonanza,green grass and blue sky
.Dubow, summer, Bonanza,green grass and blue sky
wow, a NOS M-48 plus liner, that's hen's teeth territory! great stuff!
Flightengineer
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LF, nice to see my first big jacket's love, amazing lovely jacket. Mine became too small for me and I let it go to a new good home month ago. Yours fits you perfectly! I miss this rich shade and character of the warhorse.
Enigma1938
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Always loved the "first pattern" Bonanza! Such a great aircraftThe best bday for me is always drive to airfield to planes/ fly / definitely not to a restaurant for sure
Dubow, summer, Bonanza,green grass and blue sky
John Luder
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Is M'Lud out for a pint at the Pig & Whistle after a trying session at the Bailey?
John Luder
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Here's my second 5* AN-6552, in seal. This one, I did not soak and throw in the dryer.
I went for the 'cognac' cotton lining. That single layer of knit at the waist is taking some getting used to.
I took a pass on their US printed on the collar as theirs looks too nicely done.
The stenciling jobs some of our homies have posted herein recently are absolutely splendid work, and done to match a real jacket, such as a G&F.
I prefer the yellow, strictly as a matter of personal preference. I think the haphazard, hand-stenciled look has a better feel than the 5* machine lettering. I'm not trying to make anything look like the real deal, as I would if I were in charge of wardrobing the principals in a movie.
And speaking of fantasies: the patch and name are from a novel for which I assisted a bit with the military chapters. It's set at the end of the war and back home in Hollywood in the year after.
It's You Must Remember This by Martin Turnbull. It'll make a great netflix, or Hallmark, movie.
The main character was on the US Lanternfish, which didn't exist, and Polk was the fictional skipper.
I designed and executed the fish to mimic the cartoon "mascot"? most boats had during the war.
BTW, that gray blanket appearing above the hedge is the Southern California sky, typical of May Gray and June Gloom. Normally visible in that space would be blue skies and Boney Mountain, part of the Santa Monica Mountain Range.
These months are how I can wear my A-2 at the airport during the day, and this beast at night. But not quite cold enough for the B-10. Mid-July onward tho, and we'll be in the 90s and low 100s, till early November.
Cheers,
John
I went for the 'cognac' cotton lining. That single layer of knit at the waist is taking some getting used to.
I took a pass on their US printed on the collar as theirs looks too nicely done.
The stenciling jobs some of our homies have posted herein recently are absolutely splendid work, and done to match a real jacket, such as a G&F.
I prefer the yellow, strictly as a matter of personal preference. I think the haphazard, hand-stenciled look has a better feel than the 5* machine lettering. I'm not trying to make anything look like the real deal, as I would if I were in charge of wardrobing the principals in a movie.
And speaking of fantasies: the patch and name are from a novel for which I assisted a bit with the military chapters. It's set at the end of the war and back home in Hollywood in the year after.
It's You Must Remember This by Martin Turnbull. It'll make a great netflix, or Hallmark, movie.
The main character was on the US Lanternfish, which didn't exist, and Polk was the fictional skipper.
I designed and executed the fish to mimic the cartoon "mascot"? most boats had during the war.
BTW, that gray blanket appearing above the hedge is the Southern California sky, typical of May Gray and June Gloom. Normally visible in that space would be blue skies and Boney Mountain, part of the Santa Monica Mountain Range.
These months are how I can wear my A-2 at the airport during the day, and this beast at night. But not quite cold enough for the B-10. Mid-July onward tho, and we'll be in the 90s and low 100s, till early November.
Cheers,
John
Flightengineer
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yea, it's a beautiful bird from the early 50's, that V-shaped tail...mmm
Flightengineer
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Brill 1968...weird "summer" weather very cold and windy. Funny name for a barbershop BTW
ZuZu
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Great jacket- is that the original collar? Good to know Brill made both- I was just asking a friend about that. That jacket looks pretty new. Nice!Brill 1968...weird "summer" weather very cold and windy. Funny name for a barbershop BTW
Flightengineer
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Thanks. Yes, this is a completely original 1968 contract jacket, collar, cuffs, all original and never replaced.
P-47 thunderbolt
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Looks original, nice drape - loos like an accurate thinnish hide? Sits real nice
B-Man2
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Don’t sell that one …. It looks great on you !
Nickb123
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But that’s the problem! It looks great on me but I shouldn’t be wearing it!!
mulceber
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The eternal conundrum when collecting originals.
Not a jacket, but I thought I’d show off this ridiculous impulse buy I made during a weekend trip to NYC:
Chandler
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All it needs is a little fading!The eternal conundrum when collecting originals.
Not a jacket, but I thought I’d show off this ridiculous impulse buy I made during a weekend trip to NYC:
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I had one for the longest time -- finally wore it to threads.
(but it wasn't original by any stretch)Now for the roughouts.
CombatWombat
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I'm wearing my Cal Leathers "RoadKing"
The temperature where I am is too cold for my A1 but not cold enough for my "Gestapo" coat.
The nice thing is I can adjust it to the weather by zipping out the Teddy Bear lining and popping off the fur collar
The temperature where I am is too cold for my A1 but not cold enough for my "Gestapo" coat.
The nice thing is I can adjust it to the weather by zipping out the Teddy Bear lining and popping off the fur collar
ZuZu
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what size? looks great!
