Buzz Rickson's A-1 No. 31-800P Seal Brown Tie Clip Comfortable Slim Ribbed Crew Neck

Comfortable Slim Ribbed Crew Neck

W 32cm x H 11cm x D 6cm

issued to US Navy Flight Pilots in the 1950's

Made in Italy by Paraboot's trusted manufacturing partner

Yasaguri (traditional Japanese Arrowhead) pattern

Buzz Rickson's A-1 No. 31-800P Seal Brown Tie Clip Comfortable Slim Ribbed Crew NeckThe A 1 flight jacket revolutionised not only aviation clothing, but jacket design as a whole. This new style of lightweight windcheater, cut to the waist and incorporating knitted components, went on to influence not only its immediate successor, the A 2, but also countless sports jackets following its introduction in the 1920s. Most A 1 jackets were made from capeskin, a soft and lightweight sheepskin leather chosen for its windproof qualities and