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    July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart

    Here it is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/05/amelia-earhart-survived-plane-crash-captured-japanese-newly/
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    Shearling jacket options

    Great idea!
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    Shearling jacket options

    Welcome to the Lounge, Dark Knight! I think it's perfectly acceptable to opt for a hue that suits your "eye" or agrees with you/how you feel a specific jacket should look (or rather, how your jacket should look) for whatever reason. Why we gravitate to one shade over another is an interesting...
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    Imagine him walking out of the door to head down town and his dad saying "Hold it! You are not going out looking like that! .... you forgot your meat helmet! You should always wear a hat when you're outdoors. That was lucky. You were almost improperly dressed there, lad."
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    I dunno, I just can't get past the lipstick. It's a terrible shade on him.
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    I'm laughing out loud here!!! Thanks for that!! What a good way to start a day with a good belly laugh. Thank you. I love this thread.
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    Leather U Boat Jackets

    The first handgun I ever fired was in the US at a friend's range and it was his dad's vintage USN Colt .45 M1911 from WW2. It was just fearsome and he took it along K-9 search and rescue duty calls into the badder parts of Washington DC (back when it was the murder capital of the USA). It felt...
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    I'll let the article explain it and the photos of the clothes are thread-worthy here. As if the clothes themselves weren't ridiculous enough, who'd ever have thought the "Belsen Survivor" look would be de riguer for male fashion models? The fashion industry has been making the ladies unhealthily...
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    Leather U Boat Jackets

    That's such a good photo! And good eye on the Reising SMG! I'd never heard of one until you called it out. I've just learnt all about them here and found this very interesting:
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    New Aero A2 Jacket - keep or return?

    Oh no! He's talking watches!! Here we go ... LOL! See you later, thread. Detour Ahead! :) I wore my vintage 1958 Rolex for all the 18 years I had my A2 and it never harmed the cuffs - and I have a modern perpetual Rolex today (so a crown again) and that's not harmed the cuffs on my Aero ANJ-3...
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    New Aero A2 Jacket - keep or return?

    Good point on using the size to an advantage, Edward. You remind me that I was thinking about your jacket, Matt, on the dog walk around 5AM this morning and it struck me that I ought to mention my personal opinion on to not put any USAAF patches (vintage or repro) on the jacket as they are all...
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    New Aero A2 Jacket - keep or return?

    I'm glad you're keeping it. Methinks the slight discrepancy in overall fit isn't worth the expenditure of returning it and trying to improve it in a different size. I think you'd find you'd find yourself coming back to this one. As your first real A2 jacket, Matt, I'd say it's great and it's a...
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    New Aero A2 Jacket - keep or return?

    Hello Matt and welcome to the bar at this section of the Lounge! And IMO, I think your A2 looks great! As JJ says, the fit of original A2s was very much a "rule of thumb" thing and often determined at the capricious whim of the QM of the day, so today we are very lucky indeed to be able to...
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    Airshows UK 2017 - Who's going?

    A good jacket would be a good idea for the Land Warfare Museum - I was in there one September for the Duxford air show and, crikey, it was distinctly cool in there! A B-3 over a t-shirt would've been fine. Must've been all the cast metal drawing whatever warmth there was ... It was early morning...
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    Airshows UK 2017 - Who's going?

    Supporting these events (whichever one chooses) is so important - and I never realized how much time and money and effort (much volunteered) goes into organizing the air show at RAF Duxford until I was kindly given a copy of a DVD of the Gathering of Wings, namely the largest display of P-51...
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    Airshows UK 2017 - Who's going?

    Alas, I won't be going this year. It's a real shame but other plans were made ... But do enjoy it! It's always a grand day out and it'd be a real boon to be able to meet other Floungers in person for once. I'd suggest a secondary rendezvous at the Spitfire Ale lorry that's usually there -...
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    My first Irvin

    Welcome to the lounge, Splinter -and that's a grand entrance for a first post! That's a simply great first jacket and I'm glad it fits you so well ... but do treat it with the respect it deserves and wear it gently and not in any inclement weather! It's too special for that and that's where a...
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! There are no words. Except for the poor animal that died in the name of that ... that ... well, that. Awful.
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    Buzz Rickson’s USAAF Superior Togs B-10 Flying Jacket

    TFL is all about old school values and you have those, Charles - and you have just made doing business a pleasure, Sir. TFL is all the better for you being here as you bring a veritable font of knowledge and passion, and your helpful advice is very much appreciated! Following your great colour...
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    Is this A-2 jacket from Lost worlds?

    I hear you, Bob and I get that. It's all horses for courses, as they say.

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