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Very interesting website. Great info. Thanks for the referral. Not sure how often the website is updated -- the section on patches, for example, appears not to have been updated since 2008.
Where can I find a list of specifications for the G-1, with years of manufacture? Someone in an earlier post quoted the following "from our expert," and I'd like to know who "our expert" is and where I can find this kind of information, or at least a list of specifications by year. Thanks...
By the way, does anyone know where I can find out when the specifications for G-1s stopped requiring goatskin and real mouton (these probably happened at different times) and called for cow leather and synthetic mouton instead? Is there a list of G-1 specifications out there somewhere with this...
Thanks for all the comments. I may be looking at it wrong, but the zipper appears to be silver-colored underneath a brass wash, because the teeth have worn a shallow silver-colored groove in the slider. The slider is not magnetic.
Hi all,
I recently came across a Star Sportswear G-1 flight jacket with a zipper that I have never seen before. It appears to be original to the jacket, but I may be wrong. I was wondering if anyone here could identify this zipper, or zipper pull, and suggest whether it is military...
No, no lower pockets or wind flap. I guess that in that respect it's not very utilitarian -- but then again neither is the original A-2 or G-1. It does have straps and buckles on the sides to cinch up the waist, though...
Hi, I thought I'd share this Portuguese military leather jacket. This model has been authorized wear by army officers since at least the 1970s and probably earlier. It's a simple, distinctive design that is not obviously derivative, in my opinion. The interesting thing is that it isn't a...
