What's Chuck wearing?.............

[Flightpath]

Hi,

I was enjoying looking at the great photos posted by 'Jet Pilot Overseas' on the Nylon Jacket Forum and noticed a photo of Chuck Yeager..............

He is wearing what looks like an A-2 jacket but it has an extension with a press stud on it below the zip, does antone know about this jacket? (has this been discussed before?).

cheers,

-John

 

[shanghai joe]

got slash pockets too....................look where his hands are............maybe fabric, looking at the creases on the jkt..........


common guys, get involve !!

 

[Atticus]

We talked about this photo at some length on the old forum. I'm almost 100% sure its an L-2. We're talking 1947---so if it were an L-2A, it would have been brand new. It does look to be blue, but L-2s were a darker green than L-2Bs. Hard to tell for sure in this B/W photo.

AF

 

[Swing]

We talked about this photo at some length on the old forum. I'm almost 100% sure its an L-2. We're talking 1947---

Not so fast. Yeager's flew the X-1 twice in 1950, and his last flight in the X-1 was in 1951.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-1_flights

The earliest photos I have of L2As are in early to mid 51 in Korea, so it's very possible the jacket Yeager is wearing is an L2A.

Here's another photo of Yeager, probably wearing that same nylon jacket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chuck_Yeager.jpg

Looking at that photo, I wouldn't be suprised if the jacket was blue with OD knit.

~Swing

 

[Vcruiser]

We talked about this photo at some length on the old forum. I'm almost 100% sure its an L-2. We're talking 1947---

Not so fast. Yeager's flew the X-1 twice in 1950, and his last flight in the X-1 was in 1951.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-1_flights

The earliest photos I have of L2As are in early to mid 51 in Korea, so it's very possible the jacket Yeager is wearing is an L2A.

Here's another photo of Yeager, probably wearing that same nylon jacket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chuck_Yeager.jpg

Looking at that photo, I wouldn't be suprised if the jacket was blue with OD knit.

~Swing

Good catch Swing!
I think you are right.
VB

 

[Anonymous]

Nice L-2, I think. Since the photo is B&W the L-2A would be a little darker I would think. Need the Jacket CSI squad again. BTW I think thats Jack Riddley standing next to him.

 

[Weasel_Loader]

Your correct Wing. That is Jack Riddley standing next to him.

My bet is L-2.

 

[deeb7]

The earliest photos I have of L2As are in early to mid 51 in Korea, so it's very possible the jacket Yeager is wearing is an L2A.

I think so too ... if there was a new jacket, he'd be wearing it.

And I converted several photo's to B&W. Blue nylon then has a similar look to the Yeager picture, though his knits are different, supporting the 'green'.

The nylon in my olive L-2 pictures comes out as much lighter.

 

[shanghai joe]

great input guys, a breathe of fresh air injected into the forum.............whoooosh

 

[Geir]

Hi Flightpath,

Where in Norway are you?

 

[Atticus]

great input guys, a breathe of fresh air injected into the forum.............whoooosh

Every now and then we pause from ranting about oil, nazis, boots, annual sex, politics, and the 2nd Amendment to briefly mumble something about a jacket.

AF

 

[Flightpath]

Hi Flightpath,

Where in Norway are you?

Hei Geir,

jeg bor i Asker, hvor bor du?
(I live in Asker, where do you live?)

hils,
(greetings)

-John

 

[Curahee]

great input guys, a breathe of fresh air injected into the forum.............whoooosh

Damn right

 

[Geir]

Hei John,

Jeg bor i Nittedal, også i Akershus fylke, men på den andre siden av Oslo. Hva fikk deg til å flytte til Norge?

Hilsen Geir

 

[Flightpath]

Hei John,
Hva fikk deg til å flytte til Norge?
Hilsen Geir

Thanks to all who added to the discussion about Chuck Yeager's jacket,(there's not many colour photos of him with the X-1 to look at).

Min grunn?...........Se har...........

Sorry guys, Geir asked me why I moved to Norway, here's my reason, blue eyes and brown hair......... I married her in Sept. 2000.

cheers,

-John

 

[Vcruiser]

OK with me. No explanation needed...as far as I'm concerned!
In fact...I think that pic would make a much better avatar for you!!!
Van

 

[Weasel_Loader]

The two weeks I spent in Stavanger, Norway were spent twisting my neck and all the hotties! Spain came very close to the visuals I had in Norway. :lol:

 

[Flightpath]

The two weeks I spent in Stavanger, Norway were spent twisting my neck and all the hotties! Spain came very close to the visuals I had in Norway. :lol:

Yep,

I have to admit that the girls here are a step up from most I have seen around the world, here's another reason to live in Norway, this cabin came as a bonus when I married my lovely wife................

The fishing's great and one morning last summer there were five moose on the grass in front of the liveing room!

cheers,

-John

 

[Flightpath]

We might be getting away from the topic of jackets here so I'll finish with my 17th of May photo (Norway's national day)........ it was just the right weather to wear my 1962 G-1!!

cheers,

-John

PS: this does not mean that I'm not the proudest aussie that ever lived, I miss Australia every day!

 

[Geir]

Hi John,

I can see why you moved to Norway! My wife is an American citizen, but she has been living here since she was 6. Where we live we have three guys from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) who all have married Norwegian girls. In addition two Dutch families have moved here, so this is becoming quite an international area.
That was a nice picture from the 17th of May. This year we had the worst weather ever. I teach at a high school in Oslo, so I had to be in action from 0700 hours in the freezing rain. I caught a bad cold and stayed in bed for three days. When I came home it was actually snowing.

Cheers

Geir