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  1. johnnyjohnny

    About Original Fliegerjacken Germany

    'we must be ashamed for nothing'...paden it is reassuring to hear paden for fliegerjacke state that their jacket is NOT made by noble house. though my experience is based on a luftwaffe jacket purchased several years ago from noble house, their jacket was mediocre at best and i sent it back...
  2. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Leather Jacket by ALPHA INDUSTRIES

    how strange... thanks doc strange for pointing out the sizing issues as well, and some other choices... for my money, literally, i went for leatheretc's g-1 milspec made by excelled, and it's one of the actual contract g-1's supplied to the military, tall and numerical sizing, plus the price...
  3. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Leather Jacket by ALPHA INDUSTRIES

    miLspec insanity alpha looks tremendous...howevahhhhh if you have a disease (which i often do) that requires you to get actual milspec versions that have been manufactured for the u.s. military or according to contract specs, then the alpha will not do. i fell in love with it and contacted an...
  4. johnnyjohnny

    SOLD!USWiNGS USCOASTGUARD iSSUE G-1 size L

    SOLD don't cry, but you missed this one. sold for an obscene $75. see what you guys missed! selling my minty (worn less than 6 careful times) military spec US Coastguard issue G-1 made only by uswings...selling for $369 discounted on their site, this one is available from me for fixed...
  5. johnnyjohnny

    AUTHENTiC HARLEY LABEL ViNTAGE A-2 MOTO JACKET XL

    well, selling what i don't wear again...this one's a beaut! an AUTHENTiC HARLEY LABEL ViNTAGE A-2 MOTO JACKET XL that has extremely little use on it. over on 'the bay' if you care to look. has a buy it now so may not last...last one i put up there lasted 2 days...this one's truly a rare...
  6. johnnyjohnny

    selling my WALTER DYER motorcycle jacket :(

    SOLD! thanks all. well, it had to happen. when i got my eastman luftwaffe jacket it put the death sentence on a number of similar jackets i had purchased, but would never wear since i just can't take the eastman off. if you check out the classifieds here on the lounge you'll see me sadly...
  7. johnnyjohnny

    NEW DYER Leather sz48 AERO/HiGHWAYMAN/LUFTWAFFE style jacket

    SOLD! i thank you all. well, i didn't want to sell it...it's gorgeous, but my plans to wear this thick leather motorcycle jacket i got last year ended as soon as i got my Eastman Luftwaffe jacket. this Dyer leather jacket came just slightly big at sz 48 (more like a 46 to 48) so i had only...
  8. johnnyjohnny

    Cockpit USA A-2 HH

    yay cockpit nice! and you had the fun of going to that store. jacket actually looks perfect fit...size around torso is how i wear mine, wouldn't go any tighter on me, but each to his own. had thought you were going to get the cockpit ww2 repros with the leather patches on them, they make 3...
  9. johnnyjohnny

    uswings: Bird Brained Buying Experience

    go capt! way to go capt...i guarantee you will love this jacket! it does come an entire size smaller (like the ww2 mil sizing) than civilian sizes, and some so-called military sizing (uswings and gibson and barnes, both of which run like normal sizes, but nice styling) as for why fedloungers...
  10. johnnyjohnny

    uswings: Bird Brained Buying Experience

    uswings thread hi guys...wrote this thread originally late 2008...unless you personal message folks on the lounge here we don't get notified of responses to the thread, tho i'm going to try this thing that says 'email notification', which might do that. anyway, capt cave...you've probably...
  11. johnnyjohnny

    New guy here!

    welcome...good choice welcome to thefanaticlounge...and i am of course one of the most fanatic... you say you didn't care if the jacket you got was an accurate replica, but over time i think you will, and be very happy you got a high quality proper A-2...true us authentic is not a repro of a...
  12. johnnyjohnny

    Very cool candid flight jacket pics, with a bit of history thrown in!

    gives you a feel for the war i, for one, have not seen many other places
  13. johnnyjohnny

    LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review

    LEWiS DOMiNATOR on...me? yuppers, that's me in that thar jacket. (no, not the dude singing 'la montanara...very cool i must say) happy to clear up any confusion about the lewis and the fit. it was actually a tad too snug for my taste around the chest...but according to more normal people it...
  14. johnnyjohnny

    Schott 689H After Break-In

    niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice what an incredible jacket...congrats for me the eastman luftwaffe i bought is perfection, but this is a nice variation on perfection... being in lalaland i'd probably need to custom order to have quilting taken out, but i'd leave the design as intended even tho i...
  15. johnnyjohnny

    JACKETS IN "KELLY'S HEROES" (1970)

    oDDball i recall watching this movie a couple of years ago and wondering what kind of jacket he had on...i was just learning about what was and wasn't an a-2, and knew those unsewn-on epaulets were not ww2...and in fact they seem very much to be a schott motorcycle jacket, the current number...
  16. johnnyjohnny

    CARHARTT jacket...i dun went country

    nay...no rain for the pony flier mr. blouson and mr. split pea...weren't you the two guys who kept trying to kill 007 in 'diamonds r forever'? der luftpony is doing well, but mr. pea is correct, it has adorned my work area as an objet d'art during these hellacious rains...tho the carhartt...
  17. johnnyjohnny

    CARHARTT jacket...i dun went country

    my 'honah' needs defendin' well, at least i'm leaving the label on my carhartt i think of them thar boots as my 'country' beatleboots...and i do have the good sense to be embarrassed (always good to hear from you legumejacket...how's about postin' a pic of you in them bibs?)
  18. johnnyjohnny

    CARHARTT jacket...i dun went country

    a little bit country, a little bit luftwaffe surprised at the unanimous love for this jacket...good style is good style for those of you who like it but don't have one (seems everyone has one or a carhartt like it), it's light, and definitely warmer than an a-2 or g-1 despite a ribbing...
  19. johnnyjohnny

    CARHARTT jacket...i dun went country

    strolled into my local boot barn (that's the name of the store) today. i parked my boat in the lake that was the parking lot during the current storms, and went into boot barn for a new pair of cowboy boots...well, half boot zippered (such a panzy, i know) ... and there iT was! the last one in...

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