tamoko said:...you have possibility to get jacket better then A-2...
hmmm.zoomer said:My guess is not enough movies about Navy flying in WW2, so not enough mythology.
The AAF also had faster fighters, heavier bombers, sloppier uniforms, cooler heraldry (and allowed it on the planes), did massive high-altitude raids in the enemy's backyard, and in general cultivated the image of the younger, swaggeringer, more individualistic air warrior.
zoomer said:The M-421 is one helluva jacket, but has little popular profile - it was usually worn over same-color flightsuits or khakis and under a lifevest and chute harness, so it's hard to see in pictures. And it's been reproed only in extremely limited numbers. The reenactor houses, who do M1941s, tankers and the like, could do it very reasonably, but they don't like Navy gear any more than anyone else does. (They have a hard enough time selling Army gear not used by the Airborne.)
The '421 also loses cool points by not being leather, and not being at all adjustable - no button latches or tabs like the M1941. I've often thought an unlined capeskin version, with tabs added, would be neat - sort of an anti-Indy.
I agree!wing nut said:Chicks dig sailors, fur mouton kicks ass! (I love G-1 and A-2. both classic flight jackets that all others are based on IMHO).
Fur collars.bazelot said:I've noticed that USN flight gear seem to attract less people than its Army counterpart. A rotten beat up, completely unsalvagable A-2 is going to fetch $500 but a salvageable M422A will sell for $15 for example. The list is endless. Any idea why?