I don't have a "nylon" jacket per se, but I have several that are made out of nylon-like synthetics (windbreakers and rain jackets). This jacket looks shiny and slippery--just like nylon--but has more hand to it than that. The material feels bulletproof--literally (but it is not, so don't try...
Probably way too late to answer the initial question about size, but this is a flight jacket made for pilots and aircrew. That means that it is designed to be worn, in part, while seated. So it is waist length (short) with lots of room in the chest. This is my first post on TFL, so I have...
This post and your web page have some great photographs of vintage items. Thanks for taking the time to photograph these rare finds so well so that the rest of us can check them out once they disappear into private closets.
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