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One Last Look
Been meaning to get hold of a copy of that for a while. Phillip Kaplan and Jack Currie's 'Round the Clock' is the book that got me into all this flight jacket malarkey in the first place-another one I thoroughly recommend. MB17 -
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Acme thunderer on A-2 jacket
Aero still sell them, marked with the Air Ministry Crown and serial no. MB17 -
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World War II Airman Found Frozen in Glacier
Everybody remembers it! How many have actually seen it in the last ten years?:) It seems to have disappeared off the screen these days. In fact, the whole film was fairly supernatural, as it features, you may recall, the ghosts of the crew standing around the plane playing baseball. At the end... -
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how many types of jackets do you own?
(Deep breath), Eastman steerhide 'House' A-2 Aero 42-15142-P smooth russet horse A-2 Aero buffalo Highwayman (black) Aero seal brown B-3 L.W. Foster Sportswear G-1 7823 (AER)-50's Irvin B. Foster Sportswear G-1 7823B (1963) Southern Athletic Co. N-3B (1964) Skyline Clothing Co. L-2B...- MikeyB17
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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World War II Airman Found Frozen in Glacier
Actually it was Richard Basehart-Shatner played the investigating officer. MB17 -
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World War II Airman Found Frozen in Glacier
I have 'Sole Survivor' on DVD, although it's a fairly rough copy. I spent years trying to get hold of it-it's not commercially available. A chap got hold of the best copy he could find and put it on to DVD. It's a shame you can't get it, everyone has heard of 'That film about the bomber in the... -
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Death in family. Will be off duty for a week or so.
Paddy, Really sorry to hear of your loss. I have no doubt that she's gone to a far better place. Hope you're back on top form again soon. MikeyB17- MikeyB17
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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was the A2 leather jacket ever worn by tank crewmen?
The A-2 was never issued to tank crews, but as has been said, I wouldn't be surprised if some tankers got hold of them through a bit of horse trading. Paratroops were often seen wearing AAF flight jackets-see 'Band of Brothers'. It's true, Oddball's jacket in 'Kelly's Heroes' is a feeble excuse... -
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What sort of flight jacket weather are you having these days..?
It's been unseasonably warm down this way too-A-2 weather, just barely at night. Tried wearing my 7823 (Aer) G-1 and it's still too warm. Wore my Buzz Rickson B-15B to the last ever night at Exeter Speedway on Monday, expecting to be chilly standing around in the cold, and was uncomfortably hot...- MikeyB17
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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WWII Birds and the Goose
ZF, I have a feeling those Spitfires may be P-40s, although it is hard to tell. MB17 -
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Wrong turn becomes B-17 ride!
I know there is one place you can definitely fly in a Harvard, and a friend who was in Florida a few months back reckons you can get Mustang flights somewhere too-I'm going to keep my ear to the ground when I'm there. Not too sure about B-17 flights though, which would be just incredible-I... -
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WWII Birds and the Goose
Here's a few more for you Mossie lovers, including one of me in the cockpit of the mighty Sea Vixen-I'd rather sit in that one than the navigator's position-that's the little window just above the roundel on the side! MB17 -
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WWII Birds and the Goose
Yes Jake, I 'm currently reading Bruce Gamble's 'The Black Sheep'-a factual and very readable account of the activities of VMF-214, putting right the inaccuracies in Boyington's classic but somewhat fanciful 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. It's got me in a bit of a Corsair mood right now. MB17 -
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Wrong turn becomes B-17 ride!
Boy would I love to have a flight in a B-17. We only have 'Sally B' airworthy in the UK, and she's fantastic (been on board on more than one occasion), but you can't fly in her. I'm going to Florida in March, and I intend having a warbird flight of some description when I'm there if it kills me... -
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WWII Birds and the Goose
Well no prizes for guessing my favourite aircraft, but if we're talking fighters, my favourite is the Corsair. Here are a few pics from my last, somewhat less than successful visit to Duxford, Cambridgeshire (the plan was to meet up with Paddy and some other jacket nuts at the Battle of Britain... -
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Sentimental Journey to old 8th AAF airfields in England
Although we don't have the big 8th AAF bases down this way, we have several ex-WWII airfields, ranging from fighter bases to Coastal Command, of which, as you can imagine with Cornwall sticking out into the Atlantic, there are quite a few. My favourite is RAF Davidstow Moor, the highest airbase... -
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What war art do you have...?
Thanks Paddy et al for the kind words-Wingnut, if you can draw like that you really ought to get into painting-I use oil, but whatever takes your fancy-I used to use acrylics but you can use gouache (poster paint basically), watercolour, whatever. Give it a go! Paddy, I spent ages in the... -
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What war art do you have...?
Here's what I have of my stuff-sorry, lousy pics taken with my old camera. The F-86 pic is the last one I did-a chap I know is ex-RAF and he's got me painting all the types he flew-he flew F-86Ls in the Hawaiian Air National Guard-having just completed the test pilots course at Edwards... -
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Any feedback on Mash Co. or M.O.C. Ltd.?
Everything I've heard about them has been excellent-they used to do flight jackets and they were some of the best repros ever. Several of the jacket forum boys have ordered NOS WWII zips from Yoshi, again I hear his service is spot on. MB17
