g1 jacket

Hello guys! This is my first thread on VLJ. I want to buy a 70's G-1, most likely a Brill Bros, but I dont know which size to pick. I am a chest 40 but here I go: I recently got a FS Leather jacket but find it too baggy (I'm even selling it). Measures are as follows: Chest: 21.5in Shoulders...

Hi, I recently bought a 1971 variant brill bros G-1 flight jacket for about £27, it is in surprisingly good condition with only a small hole in the cuff which I have mended and a pocket button was missing, I have taken a button from the collar and sewn it to the pocket as the collar is less...

Hello, searched the forum on this subject, but couldn't find a discussion of just how the date of a flight jacket, like the G-1, is determined. The number sequences are long, but is there a code or simply 1 or 2 numbers somewhere in that mix that determines the year made? Hoping to learn a lot...

Hi fellas! I was wondering if somebody knows if this fur collar is original, because I’ve seen a couple examples of this same contract with black fur collars and they look original to the jackets, are they mouton or synthetic fur?? Thanks!! Jorge

Hello everybody! Is there anyway to tell an early MIL-J-7823 AER from a later one? I know the specification started in 1951 and ended in 1961. The particular one I'm looking at is made by J.A. Dubow with the contract number being N383S-47654. Im hoping its an early one as those could have seen...

Hello! Im going to be getting an AVI G1 soon and was wondering which knits and zipper to get to upgrade them to a more authentic replica? Would the seal brown knits from Mash be correct? I know most 55J14's came with blackened zippers, mostly Conmar. Is there any place selling these? Could I...

I was checking news today and ran into this picture of Elon Musk wearing a G1-style jacket: Wanting to have a close-up look I traced to the original event. If you can see the jacket close up, go to 1:09:48 as he stands up and sings. Seems like a G1-style jacket without the cuffs: