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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

    OK, guys. I know I should get an Aero or order something from Thurston, but I just don't have the resources. I'm leaning strongly toward Pops Leather in Turkey. I know it won't be an authentic G-1, but hell, I'm not an authentic Naval aviator. What do you guys think of Pops?
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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

    Very good tips, Edward. Funny about the suggestion to show my wife how much money I saved buying a Silverman. When I travel for work, I take an appropriate amount of cash, based on the per diem. I live on the cheap - I mean, really on the cheap - and always have cash left over at the end of...
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    Which is your favorite G-1?

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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

    Whoa. Thurston is just too rich for my blood. I'm a poor farmer. A couple of weeks ago I corresponded with G&B about their civilian version of the G-1. They told me that they were made at the G&B factory in Mexico. I got the idea that all their jackets are made now in Mexico, but I could be...
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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

    Great idea, guys, and thanks. Let me see if I can find an ANJ3. Alternately, Gibson Barnes has an F-82, that appears to be a hybrid between the A-2 and G-1. I really don't like, though, that they used the external wind flap of the A-2, rather than the, in my mind, more functional internal...
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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

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    So Here's What You've Done To Me

    I had an LL Bean Flying Tigers jacket for years. In fact, I've bought three of them over the years, and both sons received them after I outgrew them. I was perfectly happy with the jackets. Loved them, in fact. Well. The last one I bought I got as an impulse purchase at an LL Bean outlet...
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    Excelled Deal on G-1

    Thanks, Deacon. I thought I had read about everything about Excelled, but it's good to know the quality may have slipped. I don't really care if they have the current contract, but if they had a previous contract at least I know they know what they're doing. By the way, who has the current...
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    Excelled Deal on G-1

    Excelled has cut the price for a G-1 to $310, which seems to me a better than good price. From reading this board for months, I know how much you all seem to like the Excelled. Any tips before I pull the ripcord on this? I would be particularly interested in Thor's opinion. I would expect to...
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    G-1 Removable Collars

    I went to the Schott's site to look at the Wings of Gold jacket, and Schott's has more photos than USWings has. Saw something interesting, though. The normal issue-type G-1 always seems to have the wind flap on the right side (as you're wearing it) of the jacket, affixed behind the slider of...
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    G-1 Removable Collars

    Thanks, Thor, for the suggestion. I looked at the Schotts, which I believe also produce for USWings, and thought, "Wow, that's a beautiful jacket." Then I noticed it is lambskin. Now, I've never owned lambskin, but I am a sheep farmer and would like the idea of a lambskin jacket. I have...
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    G-1 Removable Collars

    I know you all are going to jump on me, because I'm more a function over form guy. I had an LL Bean bomber jacket (sic) that I loved for many years, but after it shrank in the closet I passed it to my thinner son. I love the look of the G-1, but I also love the look of the A-2. Even though...
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