TCARTPILOT wrote:......Wested ships their jackets in a flimsy plastic shipping bag

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Why on earth would they ship them that way? Doesn't make any sort of sense? Why don't they just charge an extra $5 if it means that much and ship it in a box?

Hi Guit, I have 2 A2's - a HH and a goat. What I have are 2 entirely different jackets. The HH is at least twice (?maybe 3x) heavier than the goat. I use it for winter conditions and it is large enough that I can layer underneath it - but it stands up by itself in a way that it doesn't look too big ...

As I found out the hard way with Indy jackets and so called bargains - Something too good to be true, was (too good to be true). Caviet emptor

I measure my chest at 38 inches, but I wear a 40 short sport coat and that is what I should have gone by...but, those double gussets under the arm of the raiders, they are just too ugly. Any flight jackets withought epaulets and no gussets under the arms? Maybe there is not flight type jacket for m...

guitone wrote:I ordered both to try them...they are both boxed up and going back today.

Where have I heard this before? Guit, what's your chest measurement?

OK....I placed my order on November 11th and my jacket finally showed up on my doorstep today(monday May 9th). 6 months. A long time to wait especially scince its really too warm to wear it now that spring is here in full. [/img] No doubt about it. Wested sure knows how to make a jacket. Panel matc...

The Flightsuits Expedition is a 1st quality jacket. Super light and it fits you like a glove.

lowmileage, I knew a guy who also owned a jacket from Fox Creek Leather, although it was the Classic I. ...hmm, your real first name isn’t Milo is it? :-k :D No Milo here! and my jacket is only a year old and still looks almost brand new - I guess I have to ride faster :) My wife wanted a femamnien...

Not wanting to get too off topic, if you are looking for very good and functional MC jacket, look at Fox Creek Leather. While not Indy, it is what a MC jacket should be and it weighs 9 lbs. I have one, it is their Classic II. Ride safe.

Glad you finally came to your senses

Wore my A2 Goat this morning

What! You say made-to-measure is no longer available? Oh, yeah, I do recall them telling me that. Have I ever mentioned my futile attempts at trying to purchase another jacket in my ALREADY made-to-measure pattern that I had paid extra for just a short period prior to them deciding that they would ...

I know the wt. of the FS. How does the Wested compare?

I'm looking for help from US Wings Indy owners vis-a-vis what size I should order for my height/build. I am 6'2", 200 lbs, 36" waist, long arms and torso. By their reckoning, I should order XL, which will probably be adequate for the arms, but which I fear will probably be too large for m...

lowmileage, I think I saw your jacket back on the clearance page on Flightsuits. It is advertised as a 40R torso and 40S sleeves. So it appears that they realized their mistake. Axel Axel, They had a jacket on their clearance page last week. A 40 R body with 40T sleeves. I figured this would be goo...

lowmileage, What was the general condition of the leather? You mentioned that G&B called it slightly blemished. What was your impression of the lambskin? Axel Axle, While I haven't seen other lambskins to compare it to, it is very nice. On one shoulder, there is a light section which is no big ...

lowmileage, Sorry to hear about your bad experience with G&B. My jacket tag reads 40 Made-to-measure due to the shorter sleeves. Does yours say 40R? Wested lists the sleeve (shoulder to cuff) length of their 40R as 24.25" which is much longer than what you measured on your Expo. Hopefully,...

Jacket is being sent back. It is a 40R but with (unadvertised) short sleeves. Too bad, otherwise it is a nice jacket and would have been a good deal at the Clearance price of $249.

lowmileage, I measured my jacket from the outer shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve. It measures 22.5". It sounds like your jacket has 40 short sleeves. Hopefully, G&B will confirm this. Axel Axel, Quite the contrary - they said it wasn't a short and that it wasn't altered and that it w...

The sleeves on my Wested come to the first knuckle of my thumb and when sitting in the driving position they come to about 1.5" above my wrist. I think that you may not like how far those sleeves are going to be riding up your forearms in a seated position if they're only to your wrist standin...

Marc, I bought a dark brown goat Expo back in June of this year. My jacket was a clearance item so I had it in a week. It was a made-to-measure 40R torso with 40 short sleeves. The fit and quality were perfect. I don't have any experience with older Expos, but I did have a Cooper (U.S. Wings) cowhi...

Feraud wrote:My wife is amused as I measure and re-measure myself. She cannot wait for me to finally place my order!

Ditto here on that one

I've been holding off sending for my Wested TOD jacket because I want to get my weight to 165-170 which means loosing another 10-15 lbs over the 10 I've already lost. I've already got a too big #44 A2 from the Sarge. Well I saw that Flightsuits had a clearance in a #40 Expedition Lamb for about $180...

I own a U.S. Wings VIP cowhide. You're probably asking why I didn't return it. Well my Mom payed for about half of it for a present and she thougt I was happy, (which in some ways I am- I wear the jacket) and secondly the first time I put it on the darn U.S. Wings tag on the sleave broke off! The h...

Boy, you guys answer quick! Shoulder seam, should have thought of that and I'll go with my back length measurement. Thanks, Fred

Getting real close to putting the order for the Temple of Doom jacket that I should have done a month ago. How do I do the shoulder measurement? For a 40 R on the chart it says 6.65" That obviously isn't from one shoulder to another - at least not mine :) And for the back length - it appears th...

If you want an inferior copy, with a bunch of hassles if you have a problem, with a price tag of about 30 percent more than an real Wested, and god forbid if you take the tag off the jacket, and you can no longer return it for an exchange or refund, and you like a one size fits many jacket, then by...

It's about a baseball player in the (?) '30's and the jacket that Redford wore plus his hat reminded me of Indy. Anyone else?

I'm new on this forum but I think it is way cool 8) . I have a US Wings Horsehide that I just bought in May and can't wait till the fall when I can start wearing it. It turned out to be slightly too big cause since I got it, I've lost some weight. I bought a #44 and it probably should be at least a ...

Please do! Regards. Michaelson After sending a second request fax and e-mail this morning, both were answered that a credit was issued to my account on July 8th (the date of my first request) and that it may take up to 10 days for the credit card company to post it to my account. Just too bad they ...

Also, if you sent the package back thru your local post office, go to them and ask them to get the information about when and who, signed for your package when it got back to Wings. Flathead[/quote] Hi Flathead, I'm wondering if they sign everythink "Hack?" I sent it back via UPS and it wa...

It's a beauty. But my work is cut out for me. I have only 2 months to do research so I can order my Wested before the summer ends.

Actually, the car Weaver drove in Duel was a Plymouth Valiant...BUT the Dart was figured prominently in the Chachapoyan Temple at the beginning fo Raiders...the poison tipped kind!! Our own Michaelson has a VERY nice 40's Plymouth that looks very Indy-ish, tho. Duel, one of the great movie classics...

After reading a bunch of horror stories about US Wings cutomer service I thought that I would post this. I purchased a US Wings Goat Indy jacket back in the end of October. I recieved it on Halloween, and while very nice it didn't fit quite right, a bit too small. I decided to return it and from wh...