Recent content by Tokyo Jones

I remember when Banana Republic (back before it was purchased by The Gap) printed beautiful, hand painted catalogs detailing not only their clothing, but the adventures one might have while wearing it. I particularly remember the Macchu Picchu issue. The copy at Lost World's website is...

I can't believe it's taken me this long to check out Red Nichols, but man that guy is gone! Real gone! I might be ossified on that ol' strike-me-dead, but I ain't such a rummy that I cain't get a wiggle on with that jive, Jackson! But seriously, I loved it.

I have an Aero A-2 in goatskin, tagged size 42, in great shape. It had sold recently on eBay, but is coming back because it was too small for the buyer. It can be had for much less than $500 if you're interested.

Nothing like watching a 320 x 240 video file on your computer with the good old rolling static bars from the bad old days of VHS! I still made it through Secret of the Incas, though. Were there commercials in your DL of the ToGM pilot?

Great, now I have to get a leather flight helmet and integrate a set of AKG 701s into it. Do you think he's got an iPod in his pocket? ;)

Extremely good. In the mind of a 10 year old boy whose life had been changed forever by Raiders of the Lost Ark...But I haven't seen the show in far too long to speculate on its watchability these days. The Gold Monkiacs you speak of are the backchannel. A group called "Fabulous Films," with...

I wonder if the varsity collar was job specific. It doesn't seem intuitive that such a short collar would be particularly effective as a flight jacket in an open cockpit Goshawk, for instance. Awesome! That's obviously the kind of detail that only someone who'd worn the jacket would know...

Deeb, if you look closely at the collar buttons on Curly's jacket, you'll see that the bottom button is set much closer to the shoulder than the top one. Normally, the buttons are perpendicular rather than set in a diagonal. Regarding its being an AAF jacket, it does have the high pockets...

Zoomer's photo of an airship officer finally put me over the top with A-1s. Here's a photo of the crew of the USS Akron relaxing in the mess: I've read through this entire thread, but I still don't have a clear understanding of the A-1's collar variations. I thought I'd read that the navy...

It has been available in backchannels on DVD but my understanding is that an official release is in development.

Where is the price point for these? Between Buzz and LW, or between LW and Schott? Thanks, Tokyo Jones

That's a nice example as well. So these were workshirts assigned to the groundcrew, then? Does anyone have pictures of them being worn?

Was just reviewing the A-1 thread, which naturally lead me to quickly peruse evilBay, when I came across this. Looks interesting. Has anyone seen one of these before?

What is that? I've never seen anything much like it.

These photos are incredible! Thanks for taking the time to scan and post them.