Irving Air Chute Company Caterpillar Club Badge
View attachment 14205 View attachment 14202 View attachment 14204 Associated with the service of Flight Sergeant Norman Macdonald. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 15 September 1911 and spent...
View ArticleUSCockWingsUSA does it again: frontal assault on the A-1
Once again, Give Us Your Money Because It's Made In The US of F***in' A! View attachment 14177 Giant side entry pockets? Check. "Knit" parts (actually insta-pill acrylic)? Check. Giant label? Check....
View ArticleDecorated Mae West RAAF
View attachment 14228 View attachment 14229 View attachment 14230 Air Ministry 1941 pattern Mae West Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF The lower right front of the waistcoat is fitted with a carbon...
View ArticleSouvenir pennant Empire Air Training Scheme and many other items
View attachment 14211 View attachment 14213 View attachment 14214 The reverse has 49 signatures of the members of the flight, including Ted Howes. Pinned to the front of the pennant is a blue and white...
View ArticleWhat do you think is the most iconic flight jacket in history
What do you think is the most iconic flight jacket in history. By that I mean for a person with no interest in flight jackets. For me it would be 1. Irvin. [I wish it was cold enough here in winter to...
View ArticleLuftwaffe flight suits, pants, boots, gloves, helmet.
View attachment 14182 Luftwaffe 'Sommerfliegerkombi' summer weight flying suit. Maker: Karl Heisler Luftwaffe unlined cotton 'Sommerfliegerkombi' one-piece summerweight flying suit. The suit is made...
View ArticleMystery Jacket -- Please Help Identify
After joining VLJ, reading countless posts here and enviously drooling over all of the members BEAUTIFUL jackets, I am finally posting a query because I am at a loss and the VLJ is a logical place to...
View ArticleRepro A-2 Jackets with Hard Use--Let's see yours!
Over in the Platon Seal Dubow thread an interesting post was made by Ken, "A very heavily used repro, we rarely see one of those on VLJ..." with a couple of posts or Aero A-2's. It got me thinking that...
View ArticleReplacing knit and zipper on A-2s and G-1s UK?
Hello all, Can anyone recommend someone here in the UK, who can do a decent job replacing cuffs, waistband and zipper to A-2 and G-1s? All bit supplied, just need the work done properly. Byson did the...
View ArticleA few observations and an appeal.
At the risk of ruffling a few feathers or being accused of preaching to some of the converted here... Since re-registering on VLJ last year I have followed some very interesting threads where repro's...
View ArticleReview: Buzz Rickson’s New 37J1
If you read my long silly poem “How Buzz Rickson Stole Christmas!” you may remember that this jacket impressed me as very high quality, overall excellent fit, but gratuitously tapered thru the...
View ArticleNo-name W535-AC-27753 (Cable).. Horsehide or cowhide???
Good morning fellas I just received my first A-2, a No-name W535-AC-27753, I normally wear 42 in G-1’s but this is one is 40 so I took my chances. The condition is great for being 77 years old, the...
View ArticleUSN M-375 jacket info request
No matter how hard I search, just 3 photos of this jacket can be located in Instagram which is coming from the same jkt. No any other info can be found. What I can say it is a transition from 37J1,...
View ArticleDecorated RAAF flight helmet
View attachment 14336 View attachment 14337 Type D flying helmet : Flying Officer O J C Tomlinson, RAAF The RAF Type D unwired flying helmet was based on the design for the leather C type helmet. It...
View ArticleTo patch or not to patch...
What would you do? I am a bit biased about putting a patch on that jacket. View attachment 14257 View attachment 14256
View ArticleG for George Lancaster gunners decorated flight helmet and the story of the...
View attachment 14340 View attachment 14341 British Type C leather flying helmet Worn by Flight Lieutenant Henry Luke ('Harry') Britton DFC, an Air Gunner (rear gunner) who served with 460 Squadron...
View ArticleHa ha ....you have to laugh....
Just buy an Aero...! https://www.realmccoyslondon.com/uk...577/s/type-b-3-real-mccoy-mfg-co/category/56/
View ArticleWW1 Flight gear of the founder of Qantas airline light horseman and pilot
View attachment 14365 Fur lined leather flying helmet : Flying Officer W H Fysh, 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 7 January 1895. He was...
View ArticleRAAF flight helmets and masks all eras with the history of the aircrew
View attachment 14268 Type G oxygen mask with Type 26 microphone View attachment 14273 Type G oxygen mask with Type 48 microphone View attachment 14295 Type C unwired leather flying helmet with Mk VIII...
View ArticleWhat jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?
We are undergoing a cold spell in the UK this Easter weekend. The A2s have gone away for the time being and out come the Irvins!
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