Recent content by Mac

Wow! What a great resource! Thank you, Jan.

Wow. That jacket looks great, and you nailed the size. Thanks for the photos.

The valiant crew of the record breaking Army monoplane, Question Mark, with their feet on the ground for the first time in seven days on Jan. 11, 1929. Location unknown. Left to right: Sgt. Roy Hooe, Lt. Elwood Quesada, Lt. Harry Halverson, Capt. Ira Eaker, and Major Carl Spatz. (AP Photo/CEK)

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Mac

Super. . .thanks for posting.

Unsnapped, too.

Thank you, Chris!

That is wild. I guess appropriate for the BG that fire-bombed Tokyo. Heck of a patch. Thanks for the link. Mac

Yes, thanks for the good photos. Patch reminded me of Bogart in Tokyo Joe 1949 (granted post WWII, pre-Korea). Mac

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I've the following: 1 Aero Real Deal 1 LL Bean Goatskin A-2 -- not a bad beater. Cheers, Mac

Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage. Yes, he was a pilot--and a member of the Explorer's Club. Interesting jacket with some A-1 hybrid characteristics.

Wow. Great hide. Thanks for the pics, Andrew. Mac

Maybe Roughwear (Andrew) can chime in. In the thread on Gary's new book, Roughwear notes that "the US War Dept. sourced all the hardware and leather for every A2 contract." So, were procurement agents supplying materials to manufacturers? If so, why certain materials (rust knits or specfic...

It seems to be fairly well accepted that the US government provided the various A-2 manufacturers with materials such as hides, hardware, etc. If the govt supplied the materials, how did specific manufacturers' jackets exhibit certain characteristics. For example, why did Aero seem to be...