RAF-Sheepskin Flying Jacket
(2010-12-20)
Great jacket for a fraction of the cost. Looks and feels like the real thing, including the color. I ordered a size up from my usual size 44R for a better fit. WPG has one hell of a deliverly system--considering it came from a warehouse in the Middle East, it came faster than items ordered locally from other companies.
UK RAF Sheepskin Flying Jacket
(2010-12-19)
Whilst growing up in the UK/Eire and Australia, my family knew quite a few pilots of fighters and bomber aircraft and I was practically raised on the dareing do tales of the RAF.
I had always wanted one of original Irvin jackets like my earliest heros wore.
Fast forward another 35 years or so and after my own military adventures I end up in Texas of all places with my American wife. Nostalgia creeps in and I remember my desire for an Irvin, but it's hard justifying purchasing a Jacket one can only wear for about 2 months of the year here in Texas.
Imagine my surprise when I discover that WPG has this excellent reproduction for a fraction of the cost. So, I took the plunge and ordered one after reading the reviews.
The jacket exceeded my expectations and it's arrival coincided with a nice little cold snap here in the Lone Star State.
My only complaint is DHL, whilst the jacket made it from Dubai to the DFW area in just three days(very cool tracking it on line - I can honestly say that my RAF Jacket was in the air over Germany!). Unfortunatly to get it just 20 miles from the DHL terminal to my house took an additional 50 hours of waiting. It was on the delivery truck for two days before the courier "had time between his pickups" to drop it off.
I will echo everyone else's suggesstion, buy a size larger than what you normally take. I take between a 42 to 44 depending on the cut so I ordered a 46 and it hangs the way it should on my 6ft, 185 lb broad shouldered frame.
I had always wanted one of original Irvin jackets like my earliest heros wore.
Fast forward another 35 years or so and after my own military adventures I end up in Texas of all places with my American wife. Nostalgia creeps in and I remember my desire for an Irvin, but it's hard justifying purchasing a Jacket one can only wear for about 2 months of the year here in Texas.
Imagine my surprise when I discover that WPG has this excellent reproduction for a fraction of the cost. So, I took the plunge and ordered one after reading the reviews.
The jacket exceeded my expectations and it's arrival coincided with a nice little cold snap here in the Lone Star State.
My only complaint is DHL, whilst the jacket made it from Dubai to the DFW area in just three days(very cool tracking it on line - I can honestly say that my RAF Jacket was in the air over Germany!). Unfortunatly to get it just 20 miles from the DHL terminal to my house took an additional 50 hours of waiting. It was on the delivery truck for two days before the courier "had time between his pickups" to drop it off.
I will echo everyone else's suggesstion, buy a size larger than what you normally take. I take between a 42 to 44 depending on the cut so I ordered a 46 and it hangs the way it should on my 6ft, 185 lb broad shouldered frame.
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