Airborn T-shirts; not model related but aviation...

I remember a long time ago when I was in the Air Cadets in 1984 when several of my fellow cadets from 583 Coronation Squadron, a few cadets from several other squadrons and I went down to Spokane for the Fairchild AFB open house. I would have to say it was quite the highlight of my life. A fellow cadet, Paul Cameron, from my squadron and I were quartered with a Civil Air Patrol Master Sergeant named Jeff House.

During the course of the open house, I managed to see a lot of US military aircraft and also managed to pick up a "Blackbird Aviation t-shirt" of the F-15 Eagle. Needless to say, this company has metamorphosed into "Airborn Flightwear" and my old t-shirt from 1984 has seen the ravages of time.


Front side; F-15 tee.


Back; F-15 tee.

Needless to say, I was hooked on the Blackbird Aviation tees and I wanted to buy them, but didn't have the money until I grew up to get them. I had switched allegiances from the F-15 Eagle to the F-14 Tomcat due to a certain movie that came out in 1986. I'm sure you all know which one that was.





I bought this t-shirt in the 1990s in New Westminster, BC at a t-shirt shop that was located in the New Westminster Quay shopping center. Both of my now Airborn Flightwear t-shirts are an integral part of my history and I'm still happy to say that I still wear them...though I am seriously thinking of retiring my F-15 shirt. And frankly, I think it's about time for replacements.