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Aero 30's HB, sorry for the crappy mobile photo's

it is vicenza russet, my crappy mobile cannot capture the actual colour:

Aero Barnstormer yesterday: and 5star d-pocket today:

I had a pair. Nice leather (CXL steer, Horween, really thick and supple), however the leather sole wore much easier and much much faster than any other of my shoes and boots (and believe me, I own a lot from several brands and several pricetags). What is your budget? If you want a pair of real...

Is this camo pattern a standard? I thought that Aero's redskin had a more uniform colour, am I mistaken?

It depends on which province you live, but the past 10-15 years here in the west you get only 2 or 3 days per year with subfreezing temperatures (around -5 Celsius). And usually a couple of weeks with temperatures around 5 Celsius.

Geia sou! My strong advice is to avoid any sheepskin. I've spent 6 months in Rodos with the Corps of Engineers (and another 26 years in Greece) and I can assure you that even a thinner sheepskin jacket (D1 or B6) will be used once every two years. I had to sell my Aero B-3 as it was too much...

Nice! Did you order it through taobao? Did you have to pay vat and duties as well?

My last FS jacket (a year ago, a United A2 in horsehide) smelled awfully as well, I couldn't get rid of the smell at all. After trying everything I put it in the washing machine; they obviously use stretched leathers because my jacket shrunk almost two sizes.

I remember indeed Ken commenting on how it is impossible to repair seams that are glued; however he was referring to the seams of high end Japanese civilian repro's, where they skive and glue the leather at the seams so they get a thin and neat looking seam.

It's just a matter of practice!

Make sure to contact them before ordering, they usually have many different hides in stock and you can further customise (lining options, 10-hole models, soles, etc).

Just do it and you won't regret it. You can't go wrong with them, exceptional build quality. Email them and ask for available leathers.

Could be. Though at the time the pilots (as well as the average person) were quite shorter than today and most of the flight jackets I know had a back length of 24-24,5 inch. Again I might be wrong.