No epaulettes Pitts (thank God - how naff does that look getting out of a PA28! - see that other thread...).
I may just about pass for a 'pretentious wannabe' Whirls

(with my youthful looks etc etc) but my colleague is well into his 50s! Reckon they were just jealous that we didn't have to bolt the wings on our carriage before we went flying!