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What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?
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Flightengineer
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LEY airport again, +11 C, old AVI A2 Bronco.
Flightengineer
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Thanks Burt.
That is why I gifted my "orange" russet AVI to my son
, but this AVI seal fly with me from time to time to different cities since last November (if the weather is OK for A2).
Technonut2112
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Crazy weather up in these mountains.... A couple of days ago, freezing in the lower 20's F... This morning, just under 40 F, and great to go knocking-around in my Aero AN-J-3 (AAF version). This jacket was extremely stiff when I received it. Damn-near brand new condition. I grew tired of attempting to tame it by normal wear, since it would take forever and a day, so I resorted to more drastic measures.
Most here have heard of Aero's 'battered' hides.. Awhile back, I had a wooden dowel-rod in my hand, and gave the AN-J-3 a 'whack' when walking by where it was hanging. I was pissed-off about something or the other that particular day, and it felt good. I proceeded to beat the living shit out of this extremely robust goat, and the jacket loosened-up noticeably. I repeated the beatings over a period of days, and I've never seen an uncooperative jacket break-in so quickly and well. Aero may have it's battered-steer, but I have discovered 'severely beaten goat'...
Most here have heard of Aero's 'battered' hides.. Awhile back, I had a wooden dowel-rod in my hand, and gave the AN-J-3 a 'whack' when walking by where it was hanging. I was pissed-off about something or the other that particular day, and it felt good. I proceeded to beat the living shit out of this extremely robust goat, and the jacket loosened-up noticeably.
I repeated the beatings over a period of days, and I've never seen an uncooperative jacket break-in so quickly and well. Aero may have it's battered-steer, but I have discovered 'severely beaten goat'... 
Micawber
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Crazy weather up in these mountains.... A couple of days ago, freezing in the lower 20's F... This morning, just under 40 F, and great to go knocking-around in my Aero AN-J-3 (AAF version). This jacket was extremely stiff when I received it. Damn-near brand new condition. I grew tired of attempting to tame it by normal wear, since it would take forever and a day, so I resorted to more drastic measures.
Most here have heard of Aero's 'battered' hides.. Awhile back, I had a wooden dowel-rod in my hand, and gave the AN-J-3 a 'whack' when walking by where it was hanging. I was pissed-off about something or the other that particular day, and it felt good. I proceeded to beat the living shit out of this extremely robust goat, and the jacket loosened-up noticeably.
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Could jacket thrashing be a new Olympic sport?
Bombing IP
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Technonut that jacket is way to tight .
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Technonut2112
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Strange.. It's a 44, and actually is a bit loose since I lost weight. Not anywhere near tight or restrictive on me...
Bombing IP
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Is that an old photo of you wearing it /
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Technonut2112
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Taken this morning.. I'm down to 165 lbs (no protruding gut).... I guarantee that it fits a bit loose, and has plenty of room.. EDIT: Could be my Buzz Rickson sweatshirt filling it out some, but the jacket doesn't feel tight or restrictive at all while wearing it...
EDIT: Just snapped this one in the same sweatshirt worn in my above pic earlier this morning, and it's pretty clear that the jacket isn't tight at all.....
:EDIT: After severely-beating Aero's superbly thick goatskin a number of times, the jacket has become extremely supple in contrast to how it arrived. I have also worn it through a few rainstorms, and allowed it to dry while wearing. I can see where my original pic may give the illusion of being quite tight since it's kind of molded to me now, but in reality, I'll need to put a few lbs back on in order to make the jacket fit well without a sweatshirt, as seen in the above pic..
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Bombing IP
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Technonut your latest picture looks like its very loose . I see what you mean but when I look at the first picture I come to the conclusion its tight ,I guess the camera does lie .
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Thomas Koehle
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5* G1 / M422
very satisfied with what I got from them - no bad smell btw
very satisfied with what I got from them - no bad smell btw
B-Man2
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Nice Looking jacket. Looks like the smell problem is gone and so is the gentleman who had the ‘issue’.5* G1 / M422
very satisfied with what I got from them - no bad smell btw
Smithy
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Flightengineer
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foster
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I used to own one of the AAF style AN-J-3 jackets like Technonut is wearing. I never did get the Aero hide to soften, but I didn't think to use a wooden stick on it. Mine was a size 46 and never felt snug even though in some photos it looked that way. It ended up being too thick and tough for what I wanted it for.
Steve27752
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Welcome to VLJ Foster2, I like the Avatar. Are you into re-enactment?
By way of an introduction, why not post a bit about yourself here.
http://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/forums/member-bios.21/
