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  1. Doctor Damage

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

    official sizing for the N3B recent issue parkas... look at those chest sizes!
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    German Leather Jacket Resource

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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Excellent finds, very interesting stuff. Thanks. As one of our resident pilots once said, reaching forward for the controls in a tight jacket is not very comfortable.
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    USN G1 Flight Jacket Sizing

    Here's the measurements from the military spec document, dated 1971. I have not been able to find a more recent document, although that's not to say one doesn't exist. You will note that no mention is made of Short or Long sizes, so I assume these are Regular only. Slide fastener lengths are...
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    you are correct:
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Here's some interesting accounts by Soviet pilots in Cuba: http://www.airforce.ru/history/cold_war/cuba/index_en.htm
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    nice colour photo of the original seven astronauts (click for bigger)
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Richard Lowe Johnson, test pilot LINK
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Chuck Yeager Melvin Johnson, Boeing test pilot, wearing what looks like a cotton version of an L2A/B jacket.
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    John M Fritz, test pilot, wearing another strange flight jacket, similar to Halvorsen's (see above) but with raglan shoulders. Another heavily modified flight suit? LINK
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Col. R. Dean Stickell LINK
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Fred Ascani (LINK)
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Last night I watched a documentary on Halvorsen on PBS and he's an interesting, very charismatic person. Here's a link to the video: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365375773/
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    Can someone help me to date this vintage N3B parka?

    Thinking out loud, I wonder why the USAF switched from wool insulation to poly? I'm sure cost probably had something to do with it, but those jackets date from the days when wool wasn't extremely expensive like it is today. And I doubt the USAF would have decided that keeping warm no longer...
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    Leather Police Jackets

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

    I'm pretty sure those heavy USAF parkas were only intended for the worst weather and after you bail out of your B-52 above the Arctic Circle you will find there aren't any snipers hanging around looking for someone to shoot. These are the conditions those jackets were intended for:
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Did the seller explicitly claim this was an authentic or genuine USN or US military pea coat? If not, then you have no grounds. Speaking generally, I think it is important for our members to keep some perspective here and not start believing that someone is peddling fakes or forgeries...
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    MASH Japan MA-1 repro

    and, I presume, only available direct from Japan?
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    ^ Given that Atticus Finch has more or less declined to write up a guide or something on post-WW2 nylon flight clothing, would you be interested in tackling something like that? To the best of my knowledge no such thing exists in English.

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