O.P. wrote:
On the Warbird thing, everything said here is right, except, there is no way I would wear "Vintage" junk, on a warbird flight. It's junk. I know it's been said already, but let me say it again, it is junk. The other part of that is, you go ahead and sit or stand around the plane on the ramp in that stuff in freakin Salinas, just to be "Authentic". I'll give you 5 minutes until you wish you were crawling through a river of molten lava just to cool off a little. I'll leave that kind of fortitude to the reenactors.
I actually am interested in finding an affordable helmet now, and I do sometimes wear one of those green Air Force suits that I picked up locally, but it's still fun to work with the plane in the gear. Oh, and the gear really isn't that bad all things considered. I've worn it to at least 5 airshows here in South Texas (for 4-8 hours) and would still do it again. Wool is not as bad as it sounds.
Here are a couple of pics:
Ryan
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