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  1. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    I am an H-60, Rotary Wing guy. Nothing fast moving for me. The 'TURTLE' is actually in Pensacola at the museum. It has been completely restored and is properly protected inside of the museums new Hangar One. I think that it is one of the best aviation museums I have been to.
  2. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    I think you should leave the nametag as is. Don't deface it, in reality it is a historical artifact. It is your Dad's name on the tag and not yours, so you're not pretending to be a CDR. They have a DASH up here at PAX in the museum right outside of Gate One. You could check their on-line...
  3. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    I am still active and about to retire in about a year and a half. I completely understand loving the smells associated with being in the hangar, on the flight line or flight deck. Even the aircraft have a distinct smell in them.
  4. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    The jacket came out looking great!
  5. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    SteveZ I sent you a PM with some ideas on how to post the pics. I think, as Deacon211 stated, your best bet is going to be Photobucket.
  7. Treetopflyer

    Cooper G-1

    I like my issued jacket. It's held up well. It's obviously not as good as the older jackets. I don't like the synthetic collar. After awhile it started to get matted and look like the hide of a wild animal. Excelled is what all the young Aviators are wearing. Of course, I am at a squadron...
  8. Treetopflyer

    Cooper G-1

    Great looking jacket. I was issued an Excelled back in 03'. I saw a guy in the squadron the other day had a Cooper. His was issued to him in 98'.
  9. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    "Back in the day," way before my time, anyone that was not an Academy grad never made Admiral. So, I have no doubt that he was not given certain opportunities because he was not an Academy guy. It was really an "old boys" network. Typically, someone doesn't "move up through the ranks," like...
  10. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    Typically Officers have the gold border and Enlisted have the white. Also not an "official rule." I have never seen a flag sewn on the right sleeve of a flight jacket, they have always been on the left.
  11. Treetopflyer

    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    I read through the released declassified FBI papers on-line, at least the ones that were legible, and nothing indicates that they took any of the reports too seriously. There was no positive identification of Hitler in Argentina. Just a lot of "I saw a guy that looks like Hitler, kind of, sort...
  13. Treetopflyer

    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    Why let the truth get in the way of a good story. To quote 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.' "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
  14. Treetopflyer

    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    I have read an argument, that after Oswald fired his shot, the Secret Service car behind Kennedy reacted so quickly that one of the agents accidently fired off a round from his rifle. That seems reasonable to me, that they F'ed it up and the Secret Service kept it hush, hush after the bullet...
  15. Treetopflyer

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Robin Williams
  16. Treetopflyer

    Hunting Hitler on the History Channel

    I have not watched the show, but are there any real historians or just guys that find some random clue in an old letter written in German and have solved all the mysteries of WWII?
  17. Treetopflyer

    N-1 deck jackeet back stencils

    I would have said Flag Bridge as well. He could have been a Signalman.
  19. Treetopflyer

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Current issue?
  20. Treetopflyer

    Star Trek G-1

    Nice!
  21. Treetopflyer

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    The cast from Oceans 11 in A-2s.
  22. Treetopflyer

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    I love that episode of Magnum PI. It is the episode that he visits the Naval Academy.
  23. Treetopflyer

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    "Back in the day" some leather jackets were organizational clothing and had to be turned back into the squadron for reissue. As for flight gear that gets turned in when a person leaves the Navy, radios and flares are the only things that are turned back in. My flight helmet was NRFI (Not Ready...

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