The aviator kit bag was first adopted in July 1928 for carrying your parachute. It quickly took on its iconic role as a general purpose bag for lugging gear around the base. During WWII, the kit bag was standard issue to airmen with each parachute. Large enough to fit your parachute and plenty of other flight gear.
Kit bags are often copied, but rarely replicated. Nearly every other cheap repro (and even some pricey ones) uses coarse weave canvas, fantasy leather pulls, sleazy webbing, or polyester zippers or some other nonsense. Our authentic reproductions feature every detail carefully copied. The kit bag starts with our custom dyed aeronautical canvas - medium weight and tightly woven. Over a year in development, the zippers are 100% cotton, 4-panel HBT weave, extra wide WWII pattern tape, with smooth action nickel plated teeth. The zipper pull also features a custom Talon slider in the iconic bell style. All raw edges are trimmed with custom woven smooth weave HBT tape, and the center flap securely snaps with Genuine USA Scovill fasteners. The 5 interior pockets have the upper selvage edge. Each pocket is double stitched and squared off, without rounding the corners. The zipper is sealed with an internal zipper flap, just like the originals. Original shuttle loomed name tape on the exterior and custom woven handles.
Kit bags are often copied, but rarely replicated. Nearly every other cheap repro (and even some pricey ones) uses coarse weave canvas, fantasy leather pulls, sleazy webbing, or polyester zippers or some other nonsense. Our authentic reproductions feature every detail carefully copied. The kit bag starts with our custom dyed aeronautical canvas - medium weight and tightly woven. Over a year in development, the zippers are 100% cotton, 4-panel HBT weave, extra wide WWII pattern tape, with smooth action nickel plated teeth. The zipper pull also features a custom Talon slider in the iconic bell style. All raw edges are trimmed with custom woven smooth weave HBT tape, and the center flap securely snaps with Genuine USA Scovill fasteners. The 5 interior pockets have the upper selvage edge. Each pocket is double stitched and squared off, without rounding the corners. The zipper is sealed with an internal zipper flap, just like the originals. Original shuttle loomed name tape on the exterior and custom woven handles.
- MADE IN USA
- Custom dyed aeronautical fabric
- Custom woven zippers
- Custom Talon sliders
- Custom selvage edge pockets
- Correct internal zipper flap
- Original exterior name tapes
As seen in "Masters of the Air"
