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  1. Ralph_Phillips

    Flight jackets right length

    Jacket length is nowhere near as disturbing as not being able to ascertain with any degree of confidence whether that creature is male or female.
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    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    There is also a book written on that mission by I believe Ted Lawson, who was the pilot in command of the Ruptured Duck on the 1942 Tokyo raid off of the USS Hornet.
  3. Ralph_Phillips

    Propeller caps - "As seen in cartoons"

    Edited original post for accuracy and removal of divisive rhetoric. See original post again.
  4. Ralph_Phillips

    Propeller caps - "As seen in cartoons"

    Come to think of it, what is the original? Beanie prop, or something like the beanycopter model mentioned above?
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    Propeller caps - "As seen in cartoons"

    Both of mine have bills... I'd go for one of the propeller beanies but I've never seen one of them for sale.
  7. Ralph_Phillips

    Leather Olympics - Your Top 3

    Some people think any leather jacket is an Indiana Jones model. I've also had a 4" brim Akubra Territory mistaken for an Indiana Jones fedora.
  8. Ralph_Phillips

    Akubra Overload

    We can see how many others will admit to owning a propeller cap. There is now a propeller cap thread at http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/propeller-caps-as-seen-in-cartoons.84863/
  9. Ralph_Phillips

    Propeller caps - "As seen in cartoons"

    Great minds on this forum have stated that they own a propeller cap. The one in the photo is one of mine. Does anyone else have one? Or a collection thereof?
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    Loungers' Pets

    This is Goober. He's a mixed breed, half Red Heeler, half unknown. Two large dogs killed him a couple of months ago. Goober was 19 years old when he died and he was senile but before that he was the smartest farm dog imaginable. That probably goes without saying because farm dogs do not live...
  11. Ralph_Phillips

    Seemingly insignificant things that connect you to the past

    I'm not at home right now, am at my mother's house, it's the family home on a ranch in Texas, built in 1880 or so. The past is everywhere in this location. There is even a barn with a complete carriage/wagon/harness repair shop in it. Those shop items haven't been used for almost a hundred years.
  13. Ralph_Phillips

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Does anyone else in Portugal wear cowboy hats?
  14. Ralph_Phillips

    Akubra Overload

    No idea what the export versions are like because I've bought every Akubra I've ever had in person in shops in Australia but for comfort I'd pick the softer felt rather than the stiffer ones.
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    Akubra Overload

    Yes, I've seen a black Leisure Time in a shop in Melbourne. If fedoras look good on you and you like black ones, it's a really nice hat. Personally I cannot wear a fedora. Tried one on once... first thought in my head was "I'm Clyde Barrow, I rob banks." It literally made me look like I'd walk...
  16. Ralph_Phillips

    Coolest ever leather – ever?

    Back then there was no Hell's Angels biker gang. The Hell's Angels squadron jacket is as awesome as it gets but I'd probably still vote for Steve McQueen aka Virgil Hilts in "The Great Escape."
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    Leather Olympics - Your Top 3

    Forgot the one I'd really like... and it could have been mine for free. Years ago someone who was a pilot on Air Force One during the Eisenhower administration told my mother he no longer fit his old leather jacket. He knew I was learning how to fly at the time and told her I could have it. It...
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    Leather Olympics - Your Top 3

    I don't have three. I like A-2's the best but the only other one I'd really like is a CWU in leather, with snaps on the pocket flaps instead of velcro, and with no velcro name patch, and maybe some interior pockets. Otherwise same design as the nylon and nomex versions. Pop's in Turkey does one...
  20. Ralph_Phillips

    The Cockpit USA Type M-69D Air Transport Coat

    My 8th grade math teacher was in "The Fighting Lady"... if I remember correctly, he said it was filmed on the Yorktown. He was a Navy pilot from roughly 1940 to around 1970, retired with the rank of Rear Admiral, then became a math teacher. I forgot what point it is in the film, but he's clearly...
  21. Ralph_Phillips

    Recommendation for Outdoors Hat

    No need to read, just buy an Akubra.
  22. Ralph_Phillips

    Help find G1 or A2

    At that price, it must have been made out of martyred St. Laurent's actual skin.
  23. Ralph_Phillips

    Recommendation for Outdoors Hat

    Inclement conditions... any felt Akubra. My preferred ones are the Coober Pedy and the Territory. The Coober Pedy would probably be more suited to the UK though as the Territory is a serious hot weather hat.

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