Speaking of the Aviator and Flight Jackets...

[BellyTank]

I was delving in the bottomless pit that is my wardrobe, with the Aviator and vintage flight jackets in mind and found this...

It's a repro of the 1930s cotton USN Flight/Deck jacket, made by Willis and Geiger- and surprisingly, it has a good, neat, vintage fit. The originals were made of the so-called cotton 'jungle cloth', a kind of heavy whipcord, like the later USN N-1 Deck jackets- this one is a little lighter. I kind of like it.
W&G don't exist anymore do they?

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[scotrace]

Nope

They were a subsidiary of Land's End, believe it or not (at least at the end). Either just before, or as part of the Sears buyout of LE, W&G was killed off. Too bad, neat stuff, as your jacket illustrates.

 

[BellyTank]

Hi Mr. Race!
Thnacks for teh clfiriation on taht.
I though they were bought out or consumed or something...

1937's Black Legion with Mr. Bogart is on TV tonite...

But, goodnite, good weekend and gob less.
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[SpykiE]

Very nice jacket BT... I can't say I've ever seen one of those before.

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