The flight jacket, bomber jacket, or bombardier jackett refers to a garment originally created for pilots. They eventually became part of popular culture and apparel.
Read more about Flight Jacket: Flight Jackets in The United States, Civilian Uses
Famous quotes containing the words flight and/or jacket:
“Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people’s comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant.”
—Patricia Ireland (b. 1935)
“Old age begins in the nursery, and before the young American is put into jacket and trowsers, he says, “I want something which I never saw before” and “I wish I was not I.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)