The Pilot Visto Hi-Viz Jacket is a near clone of the Pilot Direct Air jacket we reviewed in June 2014, but with one significant difference: the visibility factor. Instead of the strategically placed ...

Since the early days of aviation, the leather jacket has been fashion de rigueur for pilots. Because leather is windproof, these jackets were a favorite of pilots in open cockpits. By the 1930s the ...

The article recounts the individual stories of three significant jackets—two belonging to WWII veterans (William H. Macy Sr.'s flight jacket and Mike Nussbaum's A-1 jacket) and one to the author—each ...

The Pilot Direct Air jacket is good-looking, nicely made and comes in a variety of color combinations. It’s a hybrid mesh/textile jacket, with large sections of “Pilotex” mesh for ventilation with ...