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Old 12th May 2010, 18:25
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Originally Posted by 5 Forward 6 Back
It's this one, according to the email sent round about it today, so just the generic Aircrew Jacket, not the crazy variety of other ones they sell.
Oh no it isn't!!
Taken from the Aviation Leathercraft website About Us page:
In terms of working with the RAF, I guess the biggest feather in our cap and one of the many highlights we’ve enjoyed was being asked to design and create a flight jacket for them: not for a Squadron, but for the RAF itself!

Working with the RAF we designed a flight jacket that suited their needs and met their appropriately high standards. This jacket, the MoD Approved Pattern RAF Aircrew Leather Jacket, is the only leather jacket included in the official dress code and it’s only available to serving aircrew. So, while you can’t have one, it’s perhaps nice to know that what has gone into the RAF jacket, the Squadron jackets and the inimitable Irvin - all of that skill and history, excellent materials and unrivalled British craftsmanship, has gone into your jacket too.
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