Thanks Charles, just found this thread with some pics original B-16 and B-17 jackets:
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/252808-wasp-b-16-and-flight-nurse-b-15/
Thank you, everything is fine....as usual - I am here and there :) , hope you are OK.
Yes, I also heard about the low quality of different jackets from QMI. I mentioned them only in the sense that they are the second after Eastman who made this jacket (maybe they made "copy" this from...
Hi,
It was always interesting to learn more about this B-17 jacket, once time I wanted to buy it to my daughter.
The Eastman site has a photo of the original in comparison with the Eastman repro.
Also this B-17 jacket makes this guy from Belgium...
Thanks, Buzz jacket is really great. Nylon quality, lining and so on are not worse than my original early MA-1. This B-15C is exact high quality copy of rare Monarch B-15C contract (with only one difference - the Monarch name on the label is replaced with Buzz).
Thank you for this look inside Japan. I always thought that the relatively high quality of Japanese repro jackets or other products is part of they culture or may be philosophy accuracy and meticulousness very different from others. This is another planet ... I saw Japanese colleagues piloting...
Incredibly atypical for mid-October here windy but warm weather made it possible to wear my Eastman again. Usually this days we have first snow but not this year.
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