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  1. Siggmund

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Love the jacket, but more little black dog, please.
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    baseball gloves

    I love leather and I love high quality mitts. My favorites are USA-made, Horween leather, Heart-of-the-Hide mitts by Rawlings. I have a dozen or so in various styles from outfielder, first base, infielder and even catcher's mitts, all from the late '90's. I bought my first top quality mitt in...
  3. Siggmund

    When and where do you wear your Irvin jacket?

    In the US Pacific NW the average winter temp is around 6 - 7 deg C (but rarely lower) so I have started wearing my ELC BoB now and then. Sometimes I wear it (unzipped) even though it is too warm just because I love it. It's great in the wind with the collar up. I wear a leather-billed tweed cap...
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    B-2s! (The furry cap, not the furry jacket)

    Here's my B-2 that I bought from flightjackets.com, manufactured by U.S. Authentic. Had to order one size larger to get one that fit my bean. Sorry for the crummy photo quality.
  5. Siggmund

    The Great WWII Aviation Movie Thread

    Whoops, it was Lansing, of course.
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    The Great WWII Aviation Movie Thread

    I sort of went mad on Piece of Cake for awhile. I discovered the series then immediately bought and read the novel, then watched the series again. It was one of those rare films that does justice, and more, to the book. The insanity of war: the constant fear, violent death, morbid humor and...
  8. Siggmund

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Paul, I'm actually quite interested in the thumbnail pics you accidentally posted. Can you refer me to the site of the "different topic" you mentioned so I can understand their context? They appear to be a Irvin re-use project. Thanks.
  9. Siggmund

    My New Aero D1 Shearling Jacketm

    Your new jacket is perfect: style, fit, color, quality, "attitude"... Me want one.
  10. Siggmund

    You know you are getting old when:

    You know you're getting old when there aren't any old people around anymore.
  11. Siggmund

    Best books on flying in WWII

    John Comer's Combat Crew. Moving, well-written account of his 25-mission tour from July - Dec 1943 with the 533rd Sqd. of the 381st. BG.
  13. Siggmund

    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    As a young boy I spent many exciting hours flying my "P-51" swing set in Grandma's backyard, so I have to say my dream would be to fly a real P-51. Powered by a Merlin, it has the lovely, throaty purr of the Spitfire but the Spit is surely the most elegant of all WW2-era planes. But the plane I...
  14. Siggmund

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Well, I haven't read this whole thread - all 239 pages - so some of the things I have thought of have surely been mentioned already but here goes: Zero bars; old UK currency - pounds, shillings and pence; injectable razors; going to the gate with departing family or friends; free TV (analog); a...
  15. Siggmund

    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    Who can forget "Derelicte"?
  16. Siggmund

    Best sweatshirts in the world?

    American Giant runs a super HD sweatshirt but I don't know if they're the best in the world.
  17. Siggmund

    Brando "The Wild One" leather MC jacket/Perfecto 613/618.

    I agree that it doesn't matter (much) but it's sort of like having the proper leather belt for your reinactor uniform. There is a lot of fantasy that goes into wearing clothes. "Looking the part" and feeling like you look the part don't always coincide. Thus, the middle aged RAF fighter jock in...
  19. Siggmund

    Eastman (ELMC) Throws Their Hat in the J-100 Ring

    Monitor, the green Thedi you posted at the beginning of this thread is irresistible: it is the exact shade of a U.S. dollar.
  20. Siggmund

    New D 1 Redskin maker?

    Saw an interesting ebay listing for a D 1 redskin repro manufactured by the seller. Does anyone know of this maker? Looks like a nice jacket. Maker offers custom-fit D 1's...
  21. Siggmund

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Casechopper, if you're interested, there is a wonderful and very moving autobiography by an AAF guy, John Comer of the 533 squadron of the 381st BG titled Combat Crew. That's how I knew about the patch.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

  23. Siggmund

    Made a jacket for my dog out of vintage flying trousers

    Love the concept of doggie military gear. This is my Shih Tzu, Bitsy wearing her C-3 vest that I made out of an Ikea sheepskin. I wouldn't say that she loves it. (Dumb file loaded sideways.)

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