Vortex Leather :: B3 Sheepskin Flying Jacket

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B3 Sheepskin Flying Jacket - Cream

Retail Price: $ 407.42

Our Price: $ 244.42

You Save: $ 163.00 (40.01 %)

Genuine sheepskin jacket manufactured at the utmost quality possible. The fur is very soft, dense and thick and is lined throughout the jacket. We’ve utilised quality YKK zippers that provide smooth operation and have greater durability.

VorteXLeather.com has maintained the classic B3 bomber design features, such as leather welted seams for extra durability. High wrap around collar with belts to wrap around your face for extreme weather conditions. Waist buckles so adjustments can be made for a snug fit. Two pockets on the front, wool lined inside, keeps your hands warm. Fur trimmed around the edges of the jackets and cuffs. The arms are foldable allowing you to adjust the length.

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Flying Jacket History

In the First World War most airplanes did not even have an enclosed cockpit. While serving in France and Belgium, the Royal Flying Corps pilots had already begun wearing long leather B3 bomber jackets in 1915, and the trend caught on. The US Army established the Aviation Clothing Board in September 1917 and began distributing heavy duty leather flight B3 bomber jackets; with high wrap around collars, zipper closures with wind flaps, snug cuffs and waits, and some fringed and lined with fur. Thus, the American flight B3 bomber jacket was born.

During WWII, sheepskins were originally designed to keep bomber pilots warm in unpressurized cabins at altitudes over 30,000 feet. With a loss of 3°F for every thousand feet of altitude, the W.W.II pilots and bombardiers flying at 30,000 feet in the middle of winter needed a seriously warm coat, the B3 Bomber Jacket.