Famous People in Flight Jackets

[Doctor Damage]

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[Doctor Damage]

 

[Doctor Damage]

Whilst digging through the photo section of the USAF website I came across some photos of Colonel Gail Halvorson who was the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift (article). He's wearing a strange flight jacket in these photos and when I asked our own Atticus Finch to identify he speculated that it is the top half of a K-2 flight suit with knits added. Whatever it is, it's a damn cool jacket and maybe we can get Buzz to do a replica!

 

[Treetopflyer]

Whatever it is, it's a damn cool jacket

You are spot on!

 

[Treetopflyer]

Not sure this is a "real" flight jacket, but it was in Top Gun.

 

[Doctor Damage]

^ Not a real flight jacket, but it's a good excuse to post a great photo of Kelly McGillis! (drool)

 

[nick123]

She takes my breath away.

 

[Grayland]

I think she's lost that loving feeling.

 

[TXFlyGuy]

I think she's lost that loving feeling.

She has lost a lot more than that...

 

[ronbo]

Yep. Von Ryan's Express - LOVED that film.

 

[Stearmen]

Whilst digging through the photo section of the USAF website I came across some photos of Colonel Gail Halvorson who was the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift (article). He's wearing a strange flight jacket in these photos and when I asked our own Atticus Finch to identify he speculated that it is the top half of a K-2 flight suit with knits added. Whatever it is, it's a damn cool jacket and maybe we can get Buzz to do a replica!

K-2B Vietnam era flight suits, (the replacement for the above suit,) are pretty easy to come by and not very expensive. If you got one, it would probably not cost to much to have a knit waistband added!

 

[Smithy]

Whilst digging through the photo section of the USAF website I came across some photos of Colonel Gail Halvorson who was the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift (article). He's wearing a strange flight jacket in these photos and when I asked our own Atticus Finch to identify he speculated that it is the top half of a K-2 flight suit with knits added. Whatever it is, it's a damn cool jacket and maybe we can get Buzz to do a replica!

There's a fellow in Japan who does MA-1 flight jackets and variants of them. This looks almost identical to one of his. I used to have a pic of it saved but cleaned out my folders earlier this year and sadly it got chucked. He's also got a blog page but I can't find it now - maybe someone here knows who I am talking about.

I'm not saying that it's the same jacket but from memory looks quite similar.

EDIT: Interestingly it appears looking at the third pic to have the high-vis orange lining.

 

[thor]

"The Hunter" 1980

 

[Treetopflyer]

A very young Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun' in what looks like a civilian version of a G-1.

 

[handymike]

That was Christian Bale? I loved that movie.

 

[kojax]

good movie

 

[Doctor Damage]

"The Hunter" 1980

That's one of my favourite films, for no reasons I can really articulate. And it's great to see an MA-1 being worn in a film, in fact McQueen takes the jacket off in only a few scenes, so this is a serious jacket movie! We have some more pics over on the MA-1 thread.

 

[bn1966]

My Greenbrier '76: The McQueen Model?

 

[Treetopflyer]

 

[Brettafett]

What was that from?
Anyone hazard a guess of the contract?