What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[ES335]

It may be 10 degrees cooler and raining but it still isn't jacket weather, the humidity feels through the roof.
Eastman .50cal A-1
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[ES335]

Superb. ELC blew that one out of the park!

 

[ES335]

At the risk of asking a really damn stupid question, what the heck was the whistle for?

 

[Chandler]

At the risk of asking a really damn stupid question, what the heck was the whistle for?

In the case of being shot down somewhere remote (like a large body of water), the whistle was to attract search planes.

 

[Micawber]

In the case of being shot down somewhere remote (like a large body of water), the whistle was to attract search planes.

...and ASR boats. Those whistles are loud and have a harsh tone, the sound will carry a long way.

 

[Flightengineer]

In the case of being shot down somewhere remote (like a large body of water), the whistle was to attract search planes.

I don’t see a way to hear something on the ground from a piston plane cockpit when the engine is running and the plane is in the air. I think boats as Steve said.

 

[Greg Gale]

The whistle is for the rescue effort when the pilot is down in the water and it’s hazy or dark. Of course by boat not by plane.

 

[Chandler]

I think boats as Steve said.

He also mentions the "harsh tones that carry a long way."

Boats aren't exactly a quiet machine, either.

 

[Chandler]

Those whistles are loud and have a harsh tone, the sound will carry a long way.

There's a website selling vintage military whistles BUT, beware -- they decided the sound of one of the whistles would be a good intro for their homepage.

My wife almost jumped over the back of the couch yesterday.

 

[Micawber]

There's a website selling vintage military whistles BUT, beware -- they decided the sound of one of the whistles would be a good intro for their homepage.

My wife almost jumped over the back of the couch yesterday.

Oh yes they are good for that! I have a few genuine AM whistles and a few old Hudson / Acme police, ARP ones too.

 

[Flightengineer]

He also mentions the "harsh tones that carry a long way."

Boats aren't exactly a quiet machine, either.

Even if the downed pilot had a megaphone, even then he would not have been heard by rescue plane's crew and no harsh tones whistle would help to hear him

 

[B-Man2]

A “Throw Back Wednesday” photo. An ELC Werber 1729 contract in a size 46. Still way too hot for jackets here.

 

[mulceber]

For Throwback Wednesday, here's one from just about 3 months ago in May. GW Switlik M-422:

Tried to take a couples photo with @Nnatalie, but she got distracted at *just* the right moment:

 

[B-Man2]

For Throwback Wednesday, here's one from just about 3 months ago in May. GW Switlik M-422:
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Tried to take a couples photo with @Nnatalie, but she got distracted at *just* the right moment:
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Jan
That Switlik is another keeper for life from JC.
Now the second photo looks like a little payback from yesterdays “Dong” post she tagged you with

 

[Lorenzo_l]

A “Throw Back Wednesday” photo. An ELC Werber 1729 contract in a size 46. Still way too hot for jackets here.

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ELC's Werber 1729 is such a nice jacket. So different to the wartime contracts. And that one fits you great, Burt.
Too bad mine would not fit and I had to move it on.

 

[B-Man2]

ELC's Werber 1729 is such a nice jacket. So different to the war contracts. And that one fits you great, Burt.
Too bad mine would not fit and I had to move it on.

Lorenzol
That’s a shame. I like the ELC Werber and the color of hide with the Carmel knits really looks good. Was yours too small or too large for you?

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Lorenzol
That’s a shame. I like the ELC Werber and the color of hide with the Carmel knits really looks good. Was yours too small or too large for you?

Too large. I ordered a size 40 (my normal size for A-2s) and it was uncomfortably large on me...

 

[Kermit3D]

For Throwback Wednesday, here's one from just about 3 months ago in May. GW Switlik M-422:
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Tried to take a couples photo with @Nnatalie, but she got distracted at *just* the right moment:
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This M-422 is just crazy. I don't know anything about USN jackets, but if you had said it was an original, I would have believed it for sure.
Still a very nice grain on Natalie's A-2.

 

[Kermit3D]

For the "Throwback Wednesday", Hélène stole my Reichsverteidigung jacke.

 

[B-Man2]

For the "Throwback Wednesday", Hélène stole my Reichsverteidigung jacke.

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Kermit
She makes that jacket look good !
The oversized collar works for her.