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    A bit of color.

    My apologies, Root.. Some fantastic shots you have there-thanks for taking the trouble to post them. Where are you getting them, if you don't mind me asking? They look like the sort of thing Jeff Ethell had in his books-I have several of his-all full of WWII colour shots.
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    WWII Goggles IN SPACE!

    There have been quite a few examples of twentieth century artifacts finding their way into space-I'm pretty sure that the hand-held blasters used by the stormtroopers in Star Wars are modified British Sterlings. In 'Wing Commander' a few years ago, the fighter ships were based on RAF...
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    An old photo of RMS Titanic by my great-grandfather.

    Yes Michaelson, that was the Olympic. It was the Britannic which was renamed after the Titanic disaster-she was originally to have been called Gigantic. Athough the White Star Line denied this,apparently there are posters in existence showing the ship with her previous name-she was still under...
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    WWII Crusher and Garrison Caps

    Cheers Paddy, Yeah, 40 eh?, never would have believed it, don't feel 40. Congrats on yours, you kept that quiet, did you have a 'do'? Mine has actually been postponed until the Summer, a lot of my friends couldn't make the proposed date (at least that's what they said!), so I'm going to...
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    An old photo of RMS Titanic by my great-grandfather.

    Nice of you to say so, Root.. But it ain't quite the case-my other expensive hobby is mixed-gas wreck diving, so I have a lot of books on the subject, and as the Titanic is one of the most famous wrecks ever, naturally I've got several about her! Her other sister ship, Britannic, was sunk in...
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    An old photo of RMS Titanic by my great-grandfather.

    On closer examination I thought for a second this might be the 'Olympic', 'Titanic's sister ship, as the promenade decks didn't appear to be enclosed (The Olympic's weren't), but if you look closely the decks are enclosed but the plating hasn't yet been painted-this must've been taken right at...
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    Spherical shirt studs- thoughts?

    I speak with forked tongue... Just found a reproduction on Acme depot of an ad from May 1941, selling A-2 jackets for $9.98 each! Wish they still had them at that price! Not sure if they're actual issue jackets though-I have a feeling they're probably 'private purchase'-essentially the same...
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    Spherical shirt studs- thoughts?

    That's true, leather was also pretty widely worn (Aero do several 40's style leather jackets, too-I don't work for them, honest!) The A-2 wasn't introduced until 1931, and I'd be surprised if many found their way into civilian hands until after the war, but there are things like the half belt...
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    Spherical shirt studs- thoughts?

    How about denim? Classic workwear. I'm no denim expert, but I know Aero do several vintage repro denim jackets (and jeans!), of models from the 30's and 40's and before. Some are pretty expensive (The japanese repros are veerrry close to the originals, I understand), some not too bad. Have a...
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    Steve McQueen

    Steve was the coolest of movie actors, definitely my favourite of screen tough guys. Mind you , I read his biography a while ago, and he was a complete fatherless individual a lot of the time, by all accounts, as is often the case with very talented people. Thing is, he could back it up-he...
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    Think you're man enough to handle a BarnStormer flyboy...? No wimps allowed!!

    Pecards Antique Leather dressing is the stuff for old leather-I've heard great things about what it's done for dried out jackets. http://Pecard.com
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    Liberty Belle Flys B-17 Bomber

    Fantastic! Always great to see another B-17 in the air where it belongs. Wish there was an outfit in the UK that did passenger flights in a B-17-I'd kill for a flight in my favourite aircraft.
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    Think you're man enough to handle a BarnStormer flyboy...? No wimps allowed!!

    Can't tell you much about the maker, but I know that horsehide jackets largely disappeared in the US during the 50's after the law was passed forbidding horses to be slaughtered for leather, so I would say it must be from the 50's or before, the 30's and 40's being the peak of horsehide...
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    My Aero A-2!

    OK, hopefully should be all right now-I hadn't made the album public-my apologies, I tend to stumble around the cyber-world bumping into things and getting to places the long way round.
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    My Aero A-2!

    Hmmm, works OK my end-did the photobucket album page come up, as the pics are at the bottom?
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    My Aero A-2!

    OK, as promised.. ...If I can get this linking business to work, a shot of me and my new Aero 42-15142-P on a damp and very windy day out at Land's End (note Longships lighthouse in the background-good diving out there). I'm very well pleased with the jacket, it's the first A-2 I've had from...
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    The Story of the Waxed Jacket

    Great jackets. I saw one in a charity shop last year, my size, brand new, for £25. Wish I'd bought it, but I didn't have a spare £25 at the time. They also make a waterproof motorcycle jacket, very popular in the 60's, which Steve McQueen was seen wearing. There's one on Aero's site at the...
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    At ease, men...

    A Merry Christmas to all you WWII, aviation, jacket and hat nuts. Thanks for making this an enjoyable, helpful and civilised place to be. More of the same in 2005. Peace, joy, good health and much of what you wish for to you and yours. Cheers, MikeyB17 :cheers1:
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    Mis-matching patches on an A-2

    Fedora, Hell, it's a repro, do what you want! It's a beautiful jacket, but it's not an original WWII A-2, so it's not a piece of history you're messing with here. If those patches are the ones you like, what the hell! It's your jacket. My new A-2 has a silk lining-you wouldn't believe the...
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    Looking for a book

    Hi, Amazon UK have a copy for £19.95. Using Bookfinder and Abebooks I've found a few, plus others of hers as well-the £19.95 one came up on BookFinder.com. Most copies are, as already pointed out, pretty pricey (about $124 seems to be the average), but hopefully you'll be able to nab that one...

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