HAPPY HOLIDAY and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
THE QATSPY® Quapaw Aviation Tactical Sportswear Performance Yukon Outfitter Company,An Authorized Dealer & Distributor for US WINGS®
By: Charles W. Boatright
Enjoying The Classics This Christmas Season– The Holidays provide us the opportunity to Remember Those Things that are Nostalgic in Our Life
It is easy to be Nostalgic during the Holidays by remembering the people and places that had a significant influence in our lives and the memorabilia that bring those recollections back to virtual life. This is what makes the Holidays unique, more than any other time of the year, what memories we cherish are remembered once again. Even if it is with a simple black/white photograph.
These sentimental treasures that we encounter in our life’s walk bring to life again around the Holidays those memories that allow us those few precious moments to enjoy and appreciate special people and events. These sentimental items can be as simple as a photograph, a jacket that has become a family heirloom, or a classic vehicle that gives life to those memories we so cherish.
I still have my uncle’s A-2 Leather Flight Jacket that he wore during the Wars that he served. Even though we no longer have his red 1969 Ford Bronco, I had a rare opportunity at our recent air/car show to actually see a red 1969 Ford Bronco, where those memories of us going on weekend adventures come to life, even if it is for just a moment in time. My uncle always wore his A-2 Leather Jacket on these adventures.
At our recent October airshow, we had the red 1969 classic Bronco brought into our hangar and positioned it in front of our P-51 Mustang. My uncle told stories of how these P-51 Mustangs were angels that provided close air support during their bombing missions in World War II.
The P-51 Mustang appeared in the recent TOP GUN: MAVERICK Movie, both at the opening and closing of the movie. At the end of the movie, Tom Cruise flew his P-51 while wearing his U.S. NAVY FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL G-1 TOP ACE Leather Flight Jacket that DOC is wearing while posing just behind the 1969 Ford Bronco.
Memories like these are what the Holidays are for, to cherish the good and tough parts of our life that make these sentimental items even more special to us in our life. While we might not be able to enjoy an aircraft like a P-51 Mustang or have a 1969 Ford Bronco, we can enjoy and have that same authentic leather jacket we supply to the U.S. Military, like the A-2 or the G-1 Leather Jacket. Tom Cruise wore the G-1 Leather Jacket during both TOP GUN movies. Visit our online store for more information:
Our Quapaw Aviation Tactical Sportswear and Performance Collection:
And Our TOP ACE U.S. NAVY FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL Collection:
Here is the Lady Gaga video soundtrack from the Movie TOP GUN: MAVERICK:
Pay attention to the nylon flight jacket that Lady Gaga is wearing in this video soundtrack, as this is the CWU-45P Nylon Flight Jacket like we carry in our online store.