What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Flightengineer]

Awesome pictures, awesome aiprlane and Awesome jacket, Dmitry. What's the story of that Gustav? Shot down on the eastern front and recovered 60-70 years later?

This G2 served with JG5 "Eismeer" squadron. During one of the battles, the fighter was hit and made an emergency landing on the ice of the lake, and then went under water. Years later, this Messerschmitt Bf-109G2 was raised from the bottom of a lake near the Kola Peninsula in 2019. It has been restored and is now part of the collection.

 

[Lorenzo_l]

This G2 served with JG5 "Eismeer" squadron. During one of the battles, the fighter was hit and made an emergency landing on the ice of the lake, and then went under water. Years later, this Messerschmitt Bf-109G2 was raised from the bottom of a lake near the Kola Peninsula in 2019. It has been restored and is now part of the collection.

Thanks Dmitry. It would certainly not have been the first Me-109 that crash-landed on a frozen lake on the eastern front, sank, lay for years at the bottom of it, only to be raised to the surface decades later. I even know of some specimens (not necessarily Messerschmits) that have been restored to airworthy condition after being raised from the bottom of lakes........

 

[saucerfiend]

sufficiently cool to wear the Irvin to work for the first time this season

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Now, that's a real beauty and perfect fit!

 

[Griffon_301]

Now, that's a real beauty and perfect fit!

thank you very much
it's a now worn in ELC 1942 pattern .. I love that jacket!!!

 

[ES335]

Visited the finally finished restoration of Gustav.

Jacket - Dubow



Plane

Get that beast into the air again!

 

[ties70]

Same jacket (FS Monarch), different pants (Pike Brothers HBT)....

Ties

 

[flyincowboy]

the colour of this monarch is awesome !

 

[Flightengineer]

The vagaries of local weather, at first all summer there is hellish heat and this is not A2 weather, then it is immediately cold - and this is not A2 weather too.
Probably today one of the last days when I can walk in such jackets, here it getting cold again for leather.

Came to say hi to this Sabre.

 

[Griffon_301]

second shearling day in a row and I am a happy camper....

ELC B-6 today... my second shearling jacket love right after the Irvins...

 

[Flightengineer]

second shearling day in a row and I am a happy camper....

ELC B-6 today... my second shearling jacket love right after the Irvins...

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Beautiful jacket and the bw photo looks like vintage, why do you have such a sad look, Phil?

 

[Griffon_301]

ah it's rather tired .. it's my fifth long shift in seven days and I knew that today will be a rather hard day .. and it turned out it is so far...lots of delays, slots and some technical troubles in the fleet as well...keeps us busy in ops control

 

[bseal]

Aero

 

[Nickb123]

GW Cagleco

 

[saucerfiend]

GW Cagleco
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Absolute perfection in build and fit!

 

[CBI]

great GW Nick!

 

[CombatWombat]

It's warmish weather here today so I'm taking pictures of my 50's Swedish goatskin "dispatch rider" coat

 

[tjoenn]

Perfect weather for A-2, new knits feel great!!

 

[Nickb123]

Thanks gents.

I found this picture online of an original to show how close the GW is.

 

[FreddyF9]

Finally, it’s cool enough to wear a jacket also in Italy.
FiveStar RW to start the jacket(s) season!

 

[Micawber]

ELC B15 tonight but you will just have to imagine it as it was dark