The info has always been on the website. It is here.
All About Headwind
This info used to be on a page named "about us". Only the page name changed and some info about the order process was added. The info is the same. It has always been on the site.
We started out in the beginning with a crew in India. Some of you remember me talking about that at the time. A lot of you probably were not here on the forum then. Then due to some problems we switched to a crew in Pakistan. My crew is top notch and I am proud to have them working on the jackets.
If you want to know what customers think about the quality and materials, check out our testimonials page.
Testimonials
We started about 15 years ago. I have always done all of the design, QA and procurement of all the materials. It was tough going for a while when we started with our crew in India. They did not have much experience with flight jackets. I had to train them from the ground up. We made great strides over time but then their button hole machine broke, and they decided not to fix it. We tried a few ways around this but eventually had to find another crew.
I was lucky to find my crew in Pakistan. They had worked on many G-1's and A-2's in the past so they actually knew what I was talking about when explaining things. They worked with a few well known USA companies in the past. It made it a lot easier to make all the refinements necessary to make accurate reproduction jackets.
What sets us apart from others?
Details and materials. I insist on using period correct parts. This means going to the extra mile to find and use things like, 100% Worsted Wool knits, 100% cotton thread, blackened United Carr hardware, Cotton Zipper tapes (Not synthetic blend tapes), top quality reproduction and NOS zippers from Talon (USA) and Conmar, using the actual proper zipper for the reproduction instead of throwing a cheap triple marked talon with a polyester tape on everything, precise reproduction labels. The list goes on and on...
Our main goal has not changed since we started 15 years ago. Make excellent quality reproduction jackets equal to the top manufacturers, at a much lower price point. According to customer feedback, and our testimonials, we have achieved that in the eyes of many people.