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  1. Doctor Damage

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    ^ that's an amazing photograph, Thor nice to see the field jacket at left too
  2. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    another do-it-yourself mask guide, from Hong Kong: https://diymask.site/
  3. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    well that finalizes that question, thanks for updating
  4. Doctor Damage

    Restored California Sportswear G-1 Mil-J-7823

    yeah it does, but on the other hand it fits him well in a regular everyday sort of way we have all (myself included) become slightly brainwashed by photos of USN pilots wearing skin-tight jackets!
  5. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    Good points, by both of you. It's amazing how cultural differences matter and how little we pay attention to them normally.
  7. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    article on mask wearing: https://medium.com/@Cancerwarrior/covid-19-why-we-should-all-wear-masks-there-is-new-scientific-rationale-280e08ceee71
  8. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    This is from that article from which you quoted, the German section. I find this sort of stuff to be really stupid. It's classic language of scientific people talking to other scientific people. It should never find its way into public reading since it's too easy for regular people to...
  9. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    The sad truth.
  10. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    It's got nothing to do with wanting a fitted garment. If you have too much room between your body and the coat it doesn't keep you warm. No amount of layering will fix that. In fact, too much layering is bad because it means the coat never warms up and stays cold, thus acting as a heat sink...
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    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    Alpha's made in the USA parkas from way back when follow it roughly. I've got one and the chest is 29" for size Large. I haven't had one of their recent/current China models, but from measurements I've accumulated from e-bay they appear to be a couple inches slimmer in the pit-to-pit measurment...
  13. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    Yeah, same here, if I'm being honest to myself I've got enough stuff!
  14. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    Here's the size chart I'm talking about, which is from the last N3B military specification document. As you can see, the chest measurements are extremely large. Of course, actual military surplus parkas will vary from these measurements, since there are tolerances and it's the military so "good...
  15. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    I've posted the official measurements for the military parkas several pages back in this thread so flip back. I'm 6'1" and 41" chest and I need to wear a Large in these to get the sleeve length, but that means the chest is far too roomy and it's difficult to get it snug to be warm. The N3B...
  16. Doctor Damage

    how do you think about vest with button on the "wrong" side?

    It took me a while to get use to US flight jackets which zip on the different side that zippers from the rest of the world.
  17. Doctor Damage

    how do you think about vest with button on the "wrong" side?

    99% of people are not not going to notice it.
  19. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    If you keep an eye on e-Bay and whatnot you might come across one eventually, but it could take years. I doubt they're any better than the Alpha coats and in photos (at least the ones I've seen) they look more or less the same quality. What would be best to look for is one of the Alpha Replica...
  20. Doctor Damage

    Face Masks And other DIY projects

    Related info from Hong Kong: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3050689/how-make-your-own-mask-hong-kong-scientists
  21. Doctor Damage

    road less traveled for jacket nuts? the N-2B flight jacket...am i crazy 4 loving it?

    military N2B tags from 1982 and 1985 showing that Alpha (the military contractor at the time, at least for these jackets) was using a synthetic insulation backed with a layer of cotton
  22. Doctor Damage

    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    I used to keep track of this, but don't anymore. But it's clear that Alpha hasn't been a gov't contractor for a long time, at least in terms of flyers jackets, and have been doing China manufacture for probably 15+ years by now. The last time I checked a few years back Valley was the military...
  23. Doctor Damage

    Aero factory closure

    I firmly believe people should make mental notes of companies that treat this international crisis responsibly and conscientiously not only towards their employees but also wider society and once "normality" returns reward them with their business. And vice versa, of course.

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