Famous People in Flight Jackets

[Deacon211]

Very cool. I had a couple of buddies over there at one time or another and my last gig was over at VMR Andrews so we used to stop by for the PAR/ASR now and again.


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[Stearmen]

I am at PAX, rotary wing operational test.

Ahh, the unnatural way to fly, where you beat the air into submission! Just kidding, I have a lot of respect for any one that can pat themselves on the head and rub their stomach, while standing on a greased beach ball!

 

[kampkatz]

Ahh, the unnatural way to fly, where you beat the air into submission! Just kidding, I have a lot of respect for any one that can pat themselves on the head and rub their stomach, while standing on a greased beach ball!

I agree, Stearman. At least with fixed wing, if the prop stopped cold one could still glide to a semi-controlled crash!

 

[Stearmen]

I agree, Stearman. At least with fixed wing, if the prop stopped cold one could still glide to a semi-controlled crash!

Actually, helicopters can do whats called Autorotation, and land far more gently then an airplane with a seized engine. In fact, helicopters are far safer then fixed winged aircraft, when they are flown like a fixed wing. IE, you take off, climb to several thousand feet, then fly from point A to B and land. Of course, not much use for a helicopter that does that, they are at their best, down and dirty where all kinds of obstacles are just waiting to grab a tail rotor!

 

[Doctor Damage]

random photos from Korea: (click for larger)









photo from 1986:

 

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Chinese flight jacket, looks fur lined:



Here's a photo from the Korean War; I realize it's not a flight jacket, but I'm wondering what sort of jacket this is?

 

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G-1 jackets (click for larger)

 

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Ted Williams, baseball player, in Korea. The third photo is a baseball card, which I imagine is the only baseball card depicting a player wearing flight gear!

 

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[Stand By]

Stanley Baker in Hell Drivers (1957)

 

[rocketeer]

Stanley Baker in Hell Drivers (1957)

Irvin's probably about £2 in Army surplus store back then.

 

[Sloan1874]

:faint:

 

[Treetopflyer]

John Turturro in 'Transformers 2'

 

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couple more pics (click for larger):



as for Megan Fox in jeans, drool... lol

 

[rocketeer]

John Gregson in Angels 1-5. A frontline wartime action drama set around the Battle of Britain and featuring action around the airfields of Kent.
The title "Angels One Five" refers to WWII RAF operations room instruction that detects radar contact at 1,500 feet altitude. Could be friend or foe.

John Gregson wears a B3.

For the eagle eyed I don't know how accurate Jack Hawkins RAF uniform is.

Sorry the aspect is off for the above pic, I snitched it from YouTube

JTee