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  1. Juanito

    Bataan (1943 MGM pictures)

    A classic film person like myself. I have seen both and you are right, they are entirely different movies...it's all inn the editing as they say.
  2. Juanito

    Original Vintage WWII spec B15a flying jacket

    B15 Still Available? Is your B15 still available? If so who does the nomenclature tage state as the manufacturer? I may be interested... Thanks, Jon
  3. Juanito

    The G1 and the flying tigers

    I have some literature around somewhere, and it refers to the direct purchase of the M-422 jackets directly from Willis and Geiger. I found this in some archives when I was in college about 20 years ago. I'll try to dig it up.
  4. Juanito

    replacing an A-2 Liner...can it really be doNe?

    Sure you can, but like everything else, it depends on what you want to pay. Generally, it is cost prohibitive and it is virtually impossible to get a tight stitch through holes that already exist. Here is an example people regularly pay upwards of $800 for an A-2 Restoration from anyone of...
  5. Juanito

    G-1 JACKET FROM U. S. authentic mfg

    My sentiments exactly. There are so many "real" G-1's out there on eBay that you can pick up virtually new ones for less than $200 and a decent one for under $150--and it is real...no funny leather finishes, no funky cuffs, no collars that look like something from a Mongomery Wards pleather...
  7. Juanito

    **NEWS EXTRA**Good Wear flying jackets take vintage authenticity to new heights!!

    One of the above posters is right, I have found Mark's customer service to be very good, but there are so many technical inaccuracies in the jackets that I find it hard to call one a reproduction, where I think they would be better called a loose interpretation (backward seams, single weave...
  8. Juanito

    Squadron Patches

    Funny you should mention this... As mentioned earlier, I had a patch of the 65th Fighter Squardron done (see the avitar) and sewn to my Eastman A-2 in 1990. I went to graduate school at the University of Oregon which is an unbelievably liberal, crunchy, hippy type place (not to be confused...
  9. Juanito

    Squadron Patches

    True. Many times it is hard to judge "where" a person is "at" when it comes to these things. It is good to know there is another person out there that is a fanatic about history and accuracy as are many of us!
  10. Juanito

    Squadron Patches

    You know, I just thought of another good starting point (I have been away from flying jackets and WWII aviation related things for quite a while and am just gettin back into it). Find a copy of the June 1943 issue of National Geographic. Of course this was early in the war and there were a...
  11. Juanito

    Squadron Patches

    Well, I wouldn't say definitive as I know that there are some collectors and patch painters who specialize in patches only and have some immense resources they have collected over the years, but a good place to start is the two books edited by Maurer Maurer entitled Combat Squadrons of the Air...
  13. Juanito

    Seeking Your Opinions On This Leather Jkt

    Funny thing...I thought exactly the same thing, nice jacket and nice features, but the elastic/crimped waist band gives it that early 1980's departments store, cheesey look.
  14. Juanito

    ll bean flying tiger jacket

    My first "A-2" was the L.L. Bean Flying Tiger Jacket, and it has been well over 20 years since I bought that jacket. Mine was the Thinsulate lined version. I ended up selling it after learning more about true A-2 design charateristics, but for an everyday wearing jacket, it would recommend...
  15. Juanito

    Spiewak B15A ???

    The B15 does not look bad, but I am a little jaded toward Spiewak, since I used to live in North Bergen, NJ, where they used to be located. $299 seems a little high for something that, and technically not too correct. I buy one at $200 just to wear.
  16. Juanito

    Identify this A2

    That would be my guess as the design, tag, and stitching around the tag looks just like the Flight Apparel Industries Jackets. I would guess Flight Apparel Industries made the jacket and tagged it for Kropp I saw a whole bunch of these (Flight Apparel Industries) jackets around the upper...
  17. Juanito

    NEW A-2 PURCHASE! ANY AND ALL OPINIONS/ADVICE WELCOME

    You know, I do not have much experience with the Real McCoy's Jackets. I have had two (it has been at least 5 years), and while I was impressed overall with most of the aspects of the jackets, I ended up selling them--no so much that I was dissatisfied with them, but I lost interest in jackets...
  19. Juanito

    NEW A-2 PURCHASE! ANY AND ALL OPINIONS/ADVICE WELCOME

    I will try to explain... As mentioned I have not bought an Eastman Jacket within the last 5 years or so. In fact, the last one I bought was one of their Roughwear 1401 replicas--so as stated, I have no experience with the newer jackets. I think your observations are correct in that the...
  20. Juanito

    A2 or G1 Jacket Repair

    I have had a hiatus off of jackets for a while, but Eastman used to repair/restore jackets and the work was first rate. One thing that I was thoroughly impressed by was the matching of missing leather pieces. One of the jackets that I saw that Eastman restored was an A-2 Roughwear shell that...
  21. Juanito

    NEW A-2 PURCHASE! ANY AND ALL OPINIONS/ADVICE WELCOME

    I have been following the auctions on eBay for a long time (AHRMA17L for 9 years) and it seems that if an Eastman Jacket comes up for sale, there seems to be a sizing issue. Now, of course that is not a blanket statement on Eastman Jackets and there are plenty of others that are sold...
  22. Juanito

    NEW A-2 PURCHASE! ANY AND ALL OPINIONS/ADVICE WELCOME

    My experience has been that yes, the jackets are large and they have a rather "blousey" cut. I do want to be clear that I have not bought one in the past 5 years or so, but the jackets I had were oversized for their size labels, and the cut was off compared to my originals. This was one of...
  23. Juanito

    NEW A-2 PURCHASE! ANY AND ALL OPINIONS/ADVICE WELCOME

    There are a lot of priorities there. If you want the most durable jacket, buy the Lost Worlds Dubow. Yes, Stuart is "difficult" to deal with at best, but the jacket wears like iron and is a fairly accurate reproduction. You have tradeoffs when you are asking for the durability: you trade a...

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