Take the stress out of your custom leather jacket order with the Thurston fit jacket process! For USA deliveries, we take care of everything! Our stock and custom jacket pricing already includes US customs tax (16%), brokerage fees (2%), currency conversion fees (2%) and international shipping from the mfr. An easy fit jacket process and no-surprises pricing!
Aero RAF Flying Jacket Original Pre-War Model
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Aero Leather Clothing

Aero RAF Flying Jacket Original Pre-War Model

$ 1,774.99

Comparison to direct Aero pricing  (use Google exchange rate converter for today's rate of Great British Pounds to US Dollars)

1,050 GBP--RAF, Pre-War Model
50 GBP--Shipping to the United States
176 GBP--Customs and Import Fees from Scotland (16%)
22 GBP--Brokerage fee (2%)
22 GBP--International currency fee (2%)
1,320.00 GBP--Cost for Jacket

Every Thurston Bros custom jacket order includes the use of a fit jacket and a professional fit consultation.  Fit consultation includes chest circumference evaluation as well as shoulder width and waist circumference recommendations.  Additionally, the fit jacket is used to determine custom body and sleeve lengths.  All fit recommendations are based on using the fit jacket as a measuring tool for the custom build.  Please keep in mind that three customers with the same body measurements will choose three different sizes in the same style (one chooses a tight fit, another prefers a regular fit and the third wants a roomier fit).  The fit jacket consultation makes it easy for each customer to get the fit and lengths they desire!

 

Aero's reproduction of the World famous RAF Sheepskin Flying Jacket attends to every detail of the original! The buckles are die cast from originals, perfect repro Air Ministry zippers, and it has the large back panels with no horizontal seaming.

In 1919 an American named Leslie Irvin made the first ever free fall parachute descent using a home made Parachute constructed on a borrowed sewing machine. The new invention was an instant success and became known as the Irvin parachute.

By the early 1930s the Irvin parachute was in service with some 40 air forces around the world. Irvin opened production facilities in the UK in 1926 as the Irvin Parachute Co., in Letchworth, Herts, where the famous RAF Sheepskin Flying Jacket was to be "born."

The first of these jackets, popularly known as "The Irvin," went into production in 1931. The early pre-war jackets were almost exclusively manufactured without horizontal seaming. The RAF only issued one sheepskin flying jacket during WWII and not all were made by The Irvin Parachute Co.--most were outsourced to several contractors as the Irvin factory concentrated on making parachutes.

To find out what we currently have in stock in the Aero RAF Flying Jacket Original Pre-War Model, contact us at sales@thurston-bros.com. You can also contact us for professional sizing for this style. Click HERE for more information on ordering a custom Aero jacket!

This product page is for the payment to start the custom order process for a custom Pre-War RAF.  The payment is for the base price of the Pre-War RAF plus the shipping for the fit jacket.  You can read more about the fit jacket process our Custom Aero page!  The costs for extra items are listed on the Custom Aero page.

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