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    Flight Jackets for dummies...please skool me...

    Addison, Though by now I'm supposing you've made a purchase, I'll share my experience as a fellow beginner: I'd wanted an A-2 because I'd admired the style, and for me as well it would be my first leather purchase. I was in the same kind of price range you are! Eventually I tried US Wings...but...
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    Here we go again; and can you help identify this jacket?

    I was here a couple of summers ago, looking at buying my first bomber jacket, doing some research. After a lot of help here, I ordered and returned several, and determined that my body shape just wasn't a good fit for an off-the-rack A-2. I was overweight, and unfortunately I carry that weight...
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    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    Come on, now Euclidding.
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    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    *trying to think of an isosceles joke* *failing*
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    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    Usually I'm pretty obtuse.
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    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    As far as squaws and hides are concerned, it's tradition in my tribe that when a squaw is with child, it is good luck for the tribe if she sleeps on the skin of a hippopotamus, as that is sure to ensure that she births twins, which will increase our numbers. One year we had three squaws with...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I saw those as well! I don't know my size either, frankly. "XXL" doesn't cut it. I'll use their guidelines to taking the measurements, and see what I find out. Thanks!
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    Very true of many things, and increasingly so: in an age of information, where forums like this one exist and create a sort of crowd-sourced repository of information on very specific things (such as flight jacket reproductions). Thus more people are exposed to this information, and are inspired...
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    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    As a long-time user of Apple computers and products, I'm used to that label. But please continue on as I learn from this thread as well.
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    OK, I've got to say...my experience on forums where aficionados gather that are expert on things about which I need specific information has not been historically good. I ask a lot of questions, I obsess over the details of research, down to a level of detail where the effort isn't worth the...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    Gah! OK, things were so hopeful. I received the replacement jacket tonight. One size larger than before, non-antiqued. It fits better around my midriff, but is now too big on my shoulders. Frustrating! I can see that the antiqued one was more supple, but I assume that's something I can...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I got in the LL Bean Flying Tiger, and it was no contest: the US Wings, though too small (I delayed returning it so I could compare to the LL Bean), was much more comfortable, with softer cuffs and more supple leather. A little lighter, but less stiff. The LL Bean collar was uncomfortable, as...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    Hey, all, Received the first jacket, this one from US Wings. My first A-2! Really, come to think of it, my first personally-chosen leather jacket since...high school? Earlier? Many years, let's leave it at that. Unfortunately, it's too small. It feels good up top, not as restricting as I...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I actually feel pretty good about my ability to stick to one jacket. For one I don't really have the budget to do this very often, this is a treat for me (it occurred to me today that I first remember thinking, "I really like those bomber-style jackets, I want to look into getting one of those"...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    LOL I don't lead a very active lifestyle, and I'm already really really old, like, over 30, man. Not enough time! But, hey, that's a good subject. What activities do or don't contribute to wear? I mean, 99% of the time I'll be wearing it in the car, at the office, out on the town...I...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I'm not sure on that. A little Hollywood, perhaps? I like the "worn" look, but my own lifestyle isn't such that it would likely ever look that way on its own any time soon. But I've ordered it, I'll see it in person. Pondering the psychology: if I order the (more expensive) distressed one and I...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    Anyone have any insight into the "antiquing" process? When I look closer at the US Wings photos, the "Antique" goatskin A-2 looks considerably different (better, in my view) than the A-2 2000, but as I examine closer it may just be that it's a higher-contrast photo, and that the only wear...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I can think of more harmful things to collect than nice leather jackets, lol. At the moment I will be interested in how these two feel. [At the moment] I consider authenticity to be a cherry on top of a sundae, but I do have an addictive personality, and authenticity in other areas gets me...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    I've been pondering this some more and I think Doctor Strange hits on something: "inspired by" vs. accuracy. I'm not sure what I want isn't the "inspired by." I've admired bomber jackets for the look but not the fit, per se. I saw another thread here from a gentleman who, like me, had been...
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    A2, G1 terminology?

    Thanks, TXFlyGuy, for the added info. I THINK I am going to go with US Wings, USW Antique Goatskin A-2. They informed me it was exactly the same as the Goatskin A-2 2000, which was the jacket I was looking at, but hand-weathered. It's either that or the LL Bean (uninsulated) Flying Tiger. I'm...

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