Which type of nylon jacket collector are you?

[mezz07]

Which type of flight jacket collector are you?

 

[ausreenactor]

Bargain hunting profiteer...

One of each down the line..

Couchy

 

[Peter Graham]

Errr, not like the type in either photo. Originals only and the older the better. Not really interested in anything post 1965.

 

[Rutger]

BR anything USA(A)F but no fur please.
The odd Real McCoy jacket when it suits me. I got a Real McQueen MA-1 I now remember. Couldn't resist, but it's only the tag in the pocket that makes the difference.
Nomex flight jackets of US Army and USAF.
A few original seventies jackets (MA-1 / L2B) from Alpha (Gov'ment contract).

 

[Jason]

The blue stuff for me. L-2A, B-15c (both repros, but quite happy with both) and casually browsing for an original N-2A that's in decent condition - which seem to be a bit hard to find lately.

 

[bebel]

Original until 1965. Patched are best...

Franck

 

[Steve27752]

I'm not

 

[Dr H]

+1
I wore too many nylon jackets in the 70s going to school.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Retired. I used to have several (MA-1, couple of L-2B's, N-3B, Buzz B-15D) but I sold the lot. I do have three CWU-45P's.

 

[colekwok]

I have a couple of CWU-36/p and L-2Bs since they are more practical for milder kind of weather than the thick MA-1 and 45/p. Plus they are not as bulky as their colder weather counterparts.

 

[FtrPlt]

Also retired. Got rid of all my jackets except for the ones I was issued.

I've spent the last few years tracking down missing patches to put my '79 CWU-36 back to how it was on my first assignment in the early 1980s. A collosal PITA since my former squadron was inactivated by the early 1990s.

 

[bn1966]

I am a bit of a nylon junkie: Chest and shoulder size means as far as MA1's & L2B's go, military issue don't fit me so I have to go for repros.

I have:

x 3 Alpha vintage series B15s (2 green & one blue).
x 1 Vintage series Alpha MA1 (Green)
x 1 unknown series Alpha 50's MA1 replica with blanket lining (green)
x 1 HockAy vintage series replica 50's MA1 (blue) Waiting to take receipt of this jacket from e-bay.
x 1 Propper contract CWU 36 in sage
x 1 Ashland CWU 36 in tan / gold
x 1 Gibraltar CWU 36 in sage.
x 1 Italian Air Force L2B

 

[Stony]

This is the type of nylon flight jacket I like that is currently in my mall spot for sale. I don't like any nylon that's post Vietnam War era, and like some others said, patched is better.

 

[watchmanjimg]

Also retired. Got rid of all my jackets except for the ones I was issued.

I've spent the last few years tracking down missing patches to put my '79 CWU-36 back to how it was on my first assignment in the early 1980s. A collosal PITA since my former squadron was inactivated by the early 1990s.

Which patches are you looking for specifically? I have some post-Vietnam era patches here and would be glad to take a look through my stuff just in case.

 

[watchmanjimg]

I just realized that I never responded to the original poster's question. What kind of nylon collector am I? Well, let's see . . . basically I love all the USAF nylon jackets and have originals ranging from the olive drab L-2 and B-15B through the blue L-2A and B-15C and the various sage-green models all the way into the 1980s. I do not collect Navy jackets. There are a few missing pieces here and there, but my inventory of light- and intermediate-zone jackets comprises something on the order of 50 examples. Then there are the CWUs . . .