Recent content by auxair

Dear All, Corresponded with Amy of G&B - I will get a 38S and plan to place the order over the next two weeks. Pics will be posted when the jacket arrives. Thanks again for your very useful input. Cheers :)

Affirm - but only as an auxiliary "weekend warrior", not a full time professional staff - like the US Air National Guard or British Auxiliary Air Force. Pleased to learn that you enjoyed your visit to our base. "Auxair" was the callsign of the old RHKAAF flight Ops

I have been actually doing that for the past 22 years, wearing my Avirex Mil Spec Aero/ELC A-2s, Aviation Leathercraft RAF regulation dark blue leather flying jacket and goverment issued L-2Bs/MA-1s from late Oct to early April - I guess the sense of temperature of an oriental and a westerner...

bfrench: Very useful advice indeed. Many thanks ;)

Thanks to both of you gentlemen for the very useful advice on zipper. As regards the jacket sizing, would you suggest 38S or 36S? Not sure if the try on policy is applicable since I live in Hong Kong. Quality wise, presumably G&B is not a bad choice in comparison with Aero and ELC (let's put...

Thanks deeb - so I guess I will send them a Talon zipper to replace the YKK

Dear all, I plan to order a G&B M-422A over the next couple of weeks for possible wearing in late October (I guess I don't wish to wait too long like I did for ELC and Aero) I should be most grateful for your kind advice on the following: (a) I am 5'8", 160 lb, 40" chest, 32" waist. My ELC RW...

Dear All - thank you so much for your valuable input - will contact John in due course. :)

Thanks, Bill- well understood. The CAP National Commander Maj Gen Courtier was actually in Hong Kong last October for the International Air Cadet Exchange Association (IACEA) Conference (it will be in Seattle in 2010). I even took the National Executive Director to have some business suits made...

It is not actually the Air National Guard as I am just drawing an analogy.. it is what we in Hong Kong call the Government Flying Service Auxiliary Section, a direct decendant of the old Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force. Because of the change of sovereignty, we cannot remain as "Air Force"...

Capt71 - thanks - I am the lad without the "topcover". The young ladies are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Kexin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Yilin ...(no politics here!) My colleagues and I were members of the project team organizing the Flag Raising Ceremony honouring their visit to...

Leadsky - thanks - I'm the chap in A-2.....third from the left I thought about John and his Good Wear W535-ac-16160, heard a lot of praises on this and another forum but I have never dealt with him. On top of that, Aero has in stock the leather CBI shield, AAF "roundel" and blood chit and can...

I have a similar MA-1 jacket issued by my unit (Hong Kong Government Flying Service), manufactured by Alpha. Only ground trade personnel are issued MA-1s or L-2Bs, Aircrews were issued CWU36/Ps The L-2B issued to me back in 1988

Would anyone here on this forum object strongly to a CAP Lt Col wearing the oak leaves on his WWII repro horsehide A-2? I asked because while I am not a Lt Col, I do hold equivalent rank in the Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps (Wg Cdr), and a rank lower in the local equivalence to the Air National...