I have an earlier version of this coat. It is currently on loan at moffett airfield museum, along with leather flight trousers and flight boots. The reason why Moffat museum wanted to display the flight coat, was because that was where the dirigibles were kept in their massive hangers. The...
I have seen many leather belts missing entirely from this coat. It was designed to have one. Another thing that might be missing on some of these coats, is the buckle for the belt is leather-wrapped. The metal buckle itself was made in England, and then it was leather-wrapped when it was being...
This is a U.S. Navy M-69 F transport coat. These were made from the same veg tanned goatskin leather that they made the G-1 flight jackets out of. The U.S. Navy spared no expense on making these coats. These are of the absolute utmost highest quality.
These coats are out there, but they are...
This is another superb buzz ricksons flight jacket.
Excellent in every detail. Now I know why their stuff is so expensive! (Worth every nickel though!)
This is one of the highest quality replica L-2A jackets out there. This is also a hard to find size. It's made by buzz ricksons. Everything about this jacket is of the very highest quality. It's also 100% accurate.
I would say that this jacket is mostly historically accurate, but not exact. Most A-2s would have been made with horsehide rather than cow hide. This one is cowhide. They did make them in cowhide, but that would not have been common. It appears to be well constructed, and it's comfortable to...
I've seen his jackets before, but this one seems special. I've have not seen patches on his jackets before. I wonder if this was a one-off, or has anybody else seen one of his jackets that came with patches?
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