Eastman "Air Comfort"

[Smithy]

Just wondering if any FLers have an Eastman "Air Comfort".

I'm not really thinking of getting one but have never heard of anyone owning one, and it actually looks like quite a functional and good-looking "bomber jacket"...

http://www.shopcreator.com/mall/eastmanleather/products/product-1022167.stm

 

[SamMarlowPI]

nice lookin' jacket but the lining doesn't look all that great.

 

[Smithy]

That was something that got me a little Sam, the quilting looks a little small. Still it's not a bad looking jacket and I'm surprised that I haven't heard of anyone owning one. I would've thought for those not after an actual spec flying jacket this would've been a popular offering.

 

[Edward]

Well, I don't know - it's a really good looking jacket, true to period etc etc.... but at that price, it's going to be selling to even more of a niche market than the mil spec designs, I'd have thought. Bearing in mind that the mil spec items are faithful replicas to a degree that you can't find outside of a small number of specialists, whereas this style of jacket - or something very close to it - can easily be picked up at a much lower cost. Maybe not the the same quality, but a lot of folks will not want to spend that kind of money on a style of jacket that they can find elsewhere for a lot less. Great looking jacket, though....

 

[Smithy]

whereas this style of jacket - or something very close to it - can easily be picked up at a much lower cost.

Edward I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Also probably explains why I have never heard of anyone owning one.

 

[Alan Eardley]

When Gary announced that he had introduced the Air Comfort there was much speculation on another forum as to how it would sell. A few years on, it would be interesting to see the figures. My own feeling was that civilian jackets of a similar style from the 60s and 50s (and even, to some extent from the 40s) by Sears, MW and W&G etc., are relatively common in good condition and are very cheap compared to their military equivalents. Why, I thought, would people buy a repro of a cheap, available jacket? I may be proved wrong, but I haven't yet met anyone who has bought an Air Comfort...

I like the B-15 style throat latch.

Alan

 

[number6]

'Air Comfort'

My wife has one , she got a prototype from the Eastman stall at one of the Duxford shows last year , she loves it .