Recent content by Hazayad

That was my expectation. Crap. Thanks for confirming. I contacted the seller - will see what his take is.

Question: The leather nametags are sewn onto the jackets and always have been. What happens in the wash? I am asking as I just washed my 5* M-421a with patch attached and the writing and wings went walkabout... Arrrggghhh Just a bad patch? What do you guys do if and when a cycle of soap and...

Very similar. Just no pocket flaps, no cigarette pocket. Israeli-made by Seltex Industries.

Back on thread ;-) Here my old jacket from when I was a cop in Northern Station, Jerusalem.

Same here for the same chest size and approximate weight. I should have ordered shorter sleeves (which is an option) but Burt, you should be fine with the sleeve length.

A year later, worn a ton and still as on the first day. No issues with the marker rubbing off or onto the shoulder leather it touches.

Hey buddy, there is a place in Germany that sells loads and for 12Euro a piece: https://www.vdmedien24.de/Fliegerkarte-Silk-Map-von-Kweilin-und-Fu-Chou-China-1-1000000 Be aware that some are bigger than others and all will need to be hemmed. They do make a fine, if short, scarf after that and a...

Nice shot. From this docu on Anne-Laure Michel, 44yo, commander of a nuclear strike base. She has 2500 flight hours, 150 combat missions in Afghanistan and Tchad : Madame le Colonel: Femme pilote de chasse Mirage F1 Very nice footage (en francais).

Wow, @B-Man2 I know how important this must have been for you and indeed is for so many. At the time I jumped with two photos of veterans, family members of friends of mine, in the breast pocket of my smock - to make that connection, that physical connection between us now and here and the...

Operation TONGA, DZ K, Sannerville. and 75 years later: Four year ago now... Lest we forget!

To be fair, the search function of this site is pants. I usually search by googling: site:vintageleatherjackets.org and then what I look for, be it "M-421A" or "Mildew"+"leather"+whatever...

One to avoid: Wings and Things I ordered last September and they screwed up one name tag. Since then periodic emails by me politely asking for a replacement - even offering to make another order and them including the right one with it as a compromise. Result: Silence. Nothing. Nada. Rien...

I thought about this in the past and have settled on the following: a) I earned it, I can wear it - like the badges on my WWII type para smock on a commemorative jump (my jump wings, my rank, my beret). b) anything else: If I would not have a problem walking into the officers' mess of a...

Yes, nd you are an old fart, just like me. These are the ones the millennials are given - fine with me :-D

Exactement mon pote