Haha. Sorry mate...I blame you Gav, spoke to Rob at ELC about one of their G-1s. Won't be for a few months but I'll be suprised if I don't get one having seen yours
Haha. Sorry mate...
That's a beautiful jacket Gav!
I think the mouton collar isn't as universally appealing to everyone as the leather, especially these days.
But I think the theater had a lot to do with the love of the A-2. The Pacific theater was warm. And while you do see pics of crews wearing their G-1 for flying or out on the carrier deck, I just don't think it was the second skin that the A-2 was. I also think that is why G-1s are generally less adorned (personal opinion).
With the weather in Europe, I think pilots wore their A-2s all the time. Additionally, because of the large number of bomber crews, there was something more of that "team uniform" thing going on. As a result, the public saw hundreds of pics of AF crews in their beautiful painted jackets and the A-2 became a legend.
I think by far the greater draw in the G-1s popularity came from the Viet Nam era where Navy jackets became encrusted with cruise patches. These were the face of the salty carrier pilot and sprinkled a bit of nostalgia onto the G-1 when the AF went all nylon and paradoxically became more and more standardized in their flight gear.
Just my two cents as I've wondered about it myself.
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All the theaters Ive been to have air conditioning?
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Superb patina. Nice jacket Gav.
My only leather jacket! Gets plenty of wear. I would like to add an A-2 though.
Good decision!Damn have been on the fence about keeping or selling mine, have now decided to keep it after Gav’s latest pics
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Thuggee,Damn have been on the fence about keeping or selling mine, have now decided to keep it after Gav’s latest pics
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