08-01-2011, 02:53 AM
vvadim_ Wrote:This is not flyer's leather coat. They all had reglan sleeves.
Just ask yourself for how long those external buttons going to last when you have to wear parachute like this? Please take a close look how side pockets looks like.
Perhaps not SUPPOSED to be a flyers coat (regulations are as you state) but by now I think we are all comfortable with the fact that there are regulations, there are common usage variations...and then there is everyone else. It makes the most sense to have raglan sleeves (slanted seam from armpit to collar rather than at the edge of the shoulder). It also makes sense to have the buttons covered but that just wasn't always the case depending upon uniform availability. By the way, the lower buttons are barely hanging on and at least one looks like it was sewn back on.
I've marked circles on a some of the button rows and non-raglan shoulder seams below...unless you are saying these aren't flyers either.
