SchoTT "A-2" Question...???

[BigHairyFinn]

Over here Schotts and Avirexes and so on all seem to sell for in and around the same price as Aero / Eastman new. Seems expensive for a baggy, modern fit jacket to me, but they must have a fair market for them or they wouldn't keep selling at that price!

Well, if you look at the French makes, Redskins and such, they had a real "bombardier" craze in the 1990's. And the style was baggy then. Don't see that as much now, but all the leather stores sold back then (it seemed) was "top gun" jackets. And Schott and Avirex filled in the niche by claiming the "authentic American" - see now that is after all a "luxury imported product"