Did Wrong Way Corrigan wear an Indy Jacket?

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Did Wrong Way Corrigan wear an Indy Jacket?

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Did "Wrong Way Corrigan" wear an Indy Jacket?

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Wrong Way passed away in 1995 at age 87. He still wore this jacket at public appearances!

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay ... n/EX16.htm

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It has button cuffs on the sleeves.
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no he didnt.

its just a Indy style jacket. there are many of those jackets...

you see them everywhere..


look, there is no stormflap or collarstand.nor is there straps, pockets are all wrong and it looks not to have pleats.
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Buttons visible here:

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Cuffs, gusset, and better collar detail here:

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Good photo here with details of the jacket bottom:

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Given the date, perhaps the question should have been: "Did Indy wear an Wrong Way Corrigan jacket?"
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Raider S wrote:It has button cuffs on the sleeves.
S, bet he just wanted more tapered sleeves like you..... :roll: :lol:
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how long did he wear this jacket?

was it lambskin. looks like it..
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Hatch wrote: S, bet he just wanted more tapered sleeves like you..... :roll: :lol:
Not sure what you're getting at, but here's a few photos to show you how wonderful my sleeves were before I paid to have them altered - in case you think I was making it up or something. No, that's not a five year old wearing daddy's jacket, either. Any sleeves in any of the movies look like these?

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Wow, those are some sleeves you've got there.

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looks like your wearing daddys jacket. :lol:

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What I'm still puzzling over is who they thought would fit into sleeves like that? Who's the comic book guy who's made out of rock?

At least they look good now but I should have saved the leather that was removed and made myself pants or something...
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no, you could have sold the leather scraps. ;)
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Or boiled them to see if they taste like steak.
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S, I was just observing he wanted tapered sleeves and couldn't find as good a tailor as you.........man, those sleeves did need some work.....you sure you didn't get a jacket meant for _ ? :lol:
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Holy smoke, Raider, those are some sleeves you had there. I think you DID have pants - trouser legs for sleeves.

I love the rumpled look Corrigan had ... clearly a well-worn old friend of a jacket.
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These were from an OTR LC and it was the same on two different jackets. I tried to keep it on the DL but wonder if they are all like this as I rarely see photos of OTR LC's on here. :-k
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