Micawber
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TA, I know it well, I bet it was chilly up on the tower today, quite a contrast from yesterday!
Did you see Carol & Ron Batley or Richard Flagg over there today?
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TA, I know it well, I bet it was chilly up on the tower today, quite a contrast from yesterday!
Did you see Carol & Ron Batley or Richard Flagg over there today?
Lord Flashheart
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I had a chat with a couple of guides there but I don't know any of them personally and it's ages since I've been. I really should go more often because it's a great museum and there's so much to take in. On a warmer day for sure.
Another pic of the display
Another pic of the display
Micawber
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It's a gem benefiting as it does from some impressive backing. We are fortunate to have it and the likes of it. Old Buck, the 96th at Eccles School, Rougham etc right on our doorstep.
Chandler
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If I was gonna doll up an FJ, I'd probably recreate an AVG something or other, but that Bull Moose is tempting!
B-Man2
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Ok this one probably won’t get anyone here excited, but I’ve been wanting one of these for a while. I had one back in the 1970’s ( I know, many of you were just little guys or a just a thought in your Moms dreams) but like most things of the 70s it was lost or donated with a bunch of other stuff . Recently I found a place that had these for a reasonable price. It’s the jacket that Steve MCQueen made famous and the jacket that added to McQueens “Cool Factor” I know it’s not what we usually feature here but it does have a vintage heritage. It’s the Harrington Barracuda G-9 jacket. Actually it’s a reproduction of that jacket as an original runs about $450.00. So with the weather now summer like down here , this jacket fills the bill for a lightweight jacket on cool nights .
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saucerfiend
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Holy shit, it's Burt McQueen with full-face shades!
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entertainment
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(Been away for a few days.) Yes, the Werber 7823 is very heavy. Have not weighed it, but every time I pick it up I notice.
YoungMedic
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Great Jacket Burt! I bet ol McQueen could take a page out of B-Man's book of cool 
War_Pigeon
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This is too cool. The Cubi Point bar museum in the museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola has some stuff like this, too.
The museum was a great place to stand watch, as far as places to stand watch go.
Inside the Aviation Preflight Indoctrination building on NAS Pcola, they have have Bush Sr.'s G-1 on display, along with some other famous ones.
Unfortunately, photos don't exist as far as I know because only select individuals can take cameras in there.
Griffon_301
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Latest acquisition, well sort of, as I bought this jacket last year already, was just too chilly to wear it till now...
YoungMedic
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Is that the re-dye 5* ?
ties70
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Yes.
Three light coats of Fiebing's Moccasin Brown and some bees wax have done a really nice job....
ties70
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Thanks Nick!
I have put it on my instagram account as well, and Cédric (Cocker) made fun of me because of my attempt to look dignified.... Next time I will try to raise just one eye brow...to make the look perfect ;-)
