Recent content by MouseVF1

How bizarre ! thought you been in my house at first. Very similar, my 1959 G1 Martin Lane. I bought it for £60 at a junk shop (white door and wooden hanger was extra) with no zip or cuffs, treated the leather with pecards inside and out, washed the lining and sent it to Aero leather for new zip...

Looks like a great jacket (oh yes I do like A2's as well even though i'm a G1 nut) Clive

Cheers Bill, That must have been an awesome experience. I've alway been an aircraft nut ever since my uncle took me up in his cessna when I was 6. Tried to join the Royal Navy as a pilot but hey I was far too thick! no phd in maths or science so I joined the British Army instead and was an...

Cheers Ted, Aero were really good and Amanda kept me upto date about its progress all the time. I sourced all the patches from the US (thanks to Google) and sewed them on myself by hand - developed a really good technique to give a machined look, but dont ask me how long it took. Suffice to say...

Its all a matter of taste! I'm keeping the USN Flag Flying !

Brill Bros 1986 G1 with replacement mouton collar, cuffs and waist band by Aero Leather (Scotland) Patches refer to USS Ranger CV-61 and VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron (F-14) Airwing 2 CVW-2 Seventh Fleet and NAS Miramar. Sorry to all you A2 purests bit this rocks !

Let it live and it will be ok ! too much worry about it all

its as tough as an old boot - don't worry wear it and be happy !