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Recent content by Dom

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    Original United Sheeplined A2

    Thanks for sharing! My close friend and flying buddy went through gunnery school at Yuma in 44-45 period he would have loved to see this jacket! Dom
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    Knopf A.C. Order NO 42-18246-P A2 jacket

    Glad I didn't see it…My son lives in Bloomington and even though I am a 46-48 it would have been tempting at that price.
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    Have You Heard the Story of Flak Bait?

    Thanks for posting!
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    Are We Losing the “Vintage “ in Vintage Leather Jackets ? .. An Opinion Piece.

    Hi Burt....you hit the nail on the head. Back when I started into the A-2 arena I was collecting just originals. I was lucky enough to be in the area with Paul Sanders (who’s collection was second to none, of all original WWII A-2’s) and several of us would get together at his place and just...
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    Aviation Art - post your favourite pics

    Just saw this thread.... here is one my favorites....and a great eBay score. It’s Robert Taylor’s “Chenault’s Flying Tigers” it is signed by a bunch of the Tiger’s. The one I scored on eBay was not numbered, and I found out it was whats called a presentation print, usually given to one of the...
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    Road Trip Yesterday ..... The Mighty 8th Museum.

    Burt....Thanks for taking the time to post this, didn know about this museum.
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    Where have all the Good Wears Gone? An Opinion Piece.

    Will see how it fairs after it gets a workout in the cockpit with a parachute on.... hopefully this spring once I get the Pitts back together.
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    Where have all the Good Wears Gone? An Opinion Piece.

    Here is the 27553 minus the red Pitts wing in the background...
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    Where have all the Good Wears Gone? An Opinion Piece.

    Will grab some when I get a chance, those were on my iPad from this last summer.
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    Where have all the Good Wears Gone? An Opinion Piece.

    Here is my GW “No Name” 27753 contract....this was one of those lucky eBay finds that had a brief description with a low buy it now on it and I took the chance on it.
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    Goodwear Aero A-2 Jacket identification.

    I am not sure, I bought it second hand off eBay a couple of years back.
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    Goodwear Aero A-2 Jacket identification.

    My GW has a patch in one of the pockets that says it’s horsehide.
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    My current patches from Army Aviation life

    Nice jacket!!! I was in a couple of OV-1D Mohawk units back between 1987-1991. My CWU Jacket wore out rather quickly, but I was lucky to be able to have my brother-in-law source me another one from his Navy unit before he retired. Dom
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    United Sheeplined, Bronco, and I. Spiewak & Sons, What do they all have in common?

    Hi Burt...Thanks for the great write-up! You are a lucky man to have three original size 46’s in the collection! when I had my original size 48 it took forever to find it. Dom
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    Show Us Your “Vintage” Good Wear Jackets.

    Hi Burt, I wanted to post them earlier, but wanted to run out to the airport and get a different back drop than the table! it fits good when I stay around 200-210, but since the Airline has us working from home I added another 12 lbs so I am gonna need to drop some to take advantage of the fall...
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