Hello gentleman,
I am selling a brand new pair of (collectible ?) Lawless denim jeans. These are made of 15.2 ounce cone mills selvedge denim, straight cut (the fit is like a pair of Levis 501 jeans) and in unwashed & unworn condition (only tried on once). They are 38 waist and 34 length. Very...
PV-1 Ventura crew wearing an assortment of Navy flight gear, including 2 men wearing the very rare 37-J-1B pre-war flight jacket (only produced between 1936-1939). Photo dated May 1943.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332165273274
BUMP....revised price. Listed at $539 but I will accept $500. Great deal on a barely used jacket that cost $1,200 new.
Wow! Now that is some awesome patina!!! Vintage goatskin has a truly unique look that you only get through 30, 40, 50 years of wear...and it only looks better with age. Congrats!
Last Tuesday we got slammed by a Nor'easter here in the NYC area. I don't think I ever saw the harbor quite so rough; big rolling waves, wind gusts to 60 miles an hour, and a mix of snow, sleet, ice and rain. After 9 hours of battling Mother Nature aboard my vessel, it was a sloppy drive home...
I believe the Jolly Roger in the photo you mentioned (of the A-2 jacket with the Jolly Roger patch) pertains to a particular unit of the 90th BG, 319th BS in the 5th Air Force that flew in the Pacific Theater of Operations and not to an individual aircraft named "Jolly Roger".
Windchill is in the single digits but my Willis & Geiger G-1 is actually pretty darn warm. It's slightly larger than I usually wear so it has plenty of room to layer (which is a good thing on a day like today!). The plush, oversized mouton collar makes a big difference and makes this G-1 a good...
True story regarding "unauthorized usage of a G-1"....
At the time (2004) I was deployed on Navy ship X and we were loading cargo pier side somewhere in the North Pacific area in late February/March. It was cold as hell and our Commanding Officer gave us permission to wear whatever clothing we...
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