MA-1 Flight Jacket (MA-1 Bomber Jacket / MA-1 Flight Jacket) is a type of bomber jacket developed by the US military in the 1950s. The predecessor of MA-1 was B-15. During this period, the popularity of jets required more durable, safer and more comfortable driving clothes. MA-1 came into being.
Jet aircraft can fly in higher airspace, resulting in a greater range of pilot activity temperature changes. When pilots are operating outside the aircraft on a rainy day and at high altitudes, the original leather surface of the flight suit will cause ice inside and outside of the suit. Therefore, MA-1 uses the 66 flying nylon developed by DuPont, which improves the windproof and waterproof performance of the jacket, and improves the strength and ductility of the fabric, while saving costs.
The thermal padding of the flight jacket uses 58% wool + 42% cotton. In the original version, there is no padded space under the armpits for heat dissipation. Later, the U.S. military used man-made fibers as fillers to reduce the weight of the jacket.
The production of this jacket is very difficult, and the details of the jacket are very complicated. In order to reproduce every detail perfectly, we need to customize every material, and we spent several months. This MA-1 jacket is not a cotton jacket. The inner jacket is made of wool + polyester fiber, which has better thermal performance than cotton jackets. The material cost of the thermal interlayer is 6 times that of the conventional polyester fiber interlayer. The jacket uses heavy threads to ensure the windproof performance and strength of the jacket. The hardware accessories are made in Japan. The outer fabric uses customized thick nylon fabric. The nylon material ensures the waterproof and windproof performance of the jacket. Its strength is consistent with the strength of the original MA-1.
Fabric: 100% nylon
Filling: 40% wool 60% polyester fiber
Lining: 100% polyester fiber
Zipper hardware: imported TALON+YKK (all are high-line series of major brands)
High-quality wool liner details
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