Your 2nd favourite flight jacket

[coalman]

Hi everyone,

Ok you have just purchased your long awaited flight jacket and the supplier say's to you " your our 1000 th customer and would like to invite you to choose another jacket free of charge"

So what would your choice be and why

 

[too much coffee]

Hi everyone,

Ok you have just purchased your long awaited flight jacket and the supplier say's to you " your our 1000 th customer and would like to invite you to choose another jacket free of charge"

So what would your choice be and why

Hi coalman,

Call me stupid for not choosing a Goodwear A-2, but I would go for an Aero A-2 from an Aero contract, heavy FQHH (hand picked for grain), seal brown with berry knits. I've always admired the A-2 in heavy FQHH......something that AeroUSA said they wont make. But after seeing Ollie's (Gancho) from Germany, I now know better. Always had a desire for the berry colored knits as well.

Best regards,
coffee

 

[ButteMT61]

Coffee hit my next purchase. A2, nice HH, berry knits. I also have a thing for the Aero "Arctic B3", but it would be a bugger to keep looking good I think. And I would only be able to wear it sporadically.
Good Wear A1 might be #2 though. It's a beaut!

 

[Deleted member 16736]

Langlitz 47 Columbia Horsehide. A chick magnet if there ever was one.

 

[Anders]

This thing. It's a little too eccentric for everyday wear/favorite jacket, and I know I'm straying from history with those pockets and color choice, but I've eyed it with envy many times nonetheless.

 

[ButteMT61]

Interesting the A1 getting love here!

 

[Edward]

I all likelihood, some variant of the B15 from Buzz Rickson. Not my favourite variation - the briefly issued, Korea era blude B-15C as I already have a very nice Alpha Replica series of that (how I wish they would bring back that entire line) - but a green one. I'd be torn between the original, war-era B15 or B15A and the B15D. A corresponding L2/ L2A/ L2B would be nice as well, but they're always silly money for what, were it presented as only a fashion jacket, would probably justifiably sell for about GBP40 at most.

 

[Corky]

My favorite jacket is an A-2, but last week I wore my venerable old ANJ-3. The interior pockets were so useful for things like wallet and cel phone that I decided that my next jacket would be the F-82 Flight Jacket from G & B which combines the best features of both models.

 

[Yeps]

Assuming the first jacket was an A2 or something of the like, I would probably go with something a little more civvy for the free one.
Maybe a Bootlegger?

 

[coalman]

Assuming the first jacket was an A2 or something of the like, I would probably go with something a little more civvy for the free one.
Maybe a Bootlegger?

Now that is one nice jacket but would still go for a B15C

 

[Edward]

The Bootlegger is gorgeous. I have one in cordovan with a couple of mods, most obviously the deluxe halfbelt button cuffs. Eventually planning a second with more mods.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Love the Bootlegger. My mottled brown FQHH zip sleeve arrived last spring...and the weather might actually be cool enough to wear the jacket outside on a regular basis in a few weeks. Great style. Very possibly my favorite Aero now!
HD

 

[Edward]

HD, for me the Bootlegger was one I picked to have something 'different', but it has certainly become a favourite. While I know the timelines don't necessarily work that way, it always looks to me as if it could have been the Perfecto's grandparent... I've developed this crazy notion of two more now, one in Aero's russet goat for the Summer months.... I went for the tartan wool lining in my cordovan bootlegger, and Aero paired a thick moleskin lining in the sleeves with that. Usually at this end of the yearI can wear it September through to Novemberish, though it's had very little time out so far this year with that damned Indian Summer we've been suffering. Hence the goat notion....