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A friend of a friend flew over the Eder dam in a light aircraft. He said he couldn’t fathom how those boys did what they did in a four-engined bomber, in those conditions, over that terrain.

It’s not one of their worst ones, to be fair. Avirex are known for fantasy flight jackets which bear no relation to real ones, but apart from the big daft label inside, that’s not too bad. I think you’d pay a lot more if was new.

Well you can’t get much further south in the UK than where I live, and we say that down here too.

Has it got the USN perforation on the windflap? If it hasn’t, it’s a PX jacket. Made the same production line, but not for issue. I used to have one, also by Irvin B. The subject is covered in the ‘Better fighting garment’ thread.

In fact, hey, I’m in. I’m very long-sighted, but up close I need reading glasses. I generally buy Goodlookers. With ELC A-2. And with ELC G-1. Try taking a selfie with glasses on so your iPad doesn’t reflect in the bloody things!

Hell, we’ve done everything else, hats to wear with your flight jacket, sunglasses to wear with your flight jacket (that was mine), shirts to wear with your flight jacket, jeans to wear with your flight jacket, I think I attempted slippers and socks, why not glasses?

He doesn’t care. He didn’t pay the sort of money silly buggers like us pay for ours. He was issued it.

I’ve seen another report where the cafe proprietor denies this, that the British guys turned up in a coach, and he apologised but said he didn’t have room. He strongly denies any anti-British sentiment.

I dunno y’know. According to the timeline on their website (not always to be entirely trusted, I grant you), they had a contract for N-2B’s in 1963-which is on the label. Appears to have coyote fur trim on the hood, not fake fur, so presumably genuine mouton as well. I know they started off as...

Cor Blimey, hell of a job.

Two days of brilliant sunshine but a chilly wind in Cornwall. Sunset over Newquay Bay, with a Levi’s ‘Elephant skin’ jacket-but it’s not really about the jacket here. My Aero Highwayman was in the car.

I bought their AL-1 when it first came out, I was intrigued by it too, as it isn’t one you hear much about. Great jacket, but I found that it just didn’t suit me. The handwarmer pockets on the chest are a great idea, and I’m sure they were the very fellows in the Aleutians, but they tend to bulk...

I don’t think that’s goat. Looks a lot like the horse my Aero Highwayman is made from.

Appears to have a sort of criss-cross pattern impressed on the surface. Seen that before. Is that just an idiosyncrasy of the grain or done deliberately? If so, why?

Yeah beware the waist on Navy jackets. I’ve been caught out more than once-what would normally fit me comfortably, hasn’t worked because of the smaller waist.