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Originally posted by Cajun76:
That's awesome Bear. Details? Custom? Price?

Nope.. not custom.. made by Avirex.. I am gong to get another one though.. I have some 332nd patches that I want to have sown onto it.. It was @ $350 if my memory serves me correctly.

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Originally posted by Cajun76:
I don't dive, I picked it up in Hawaii. On the back of the shirt is an underwater scene, with a larger than life moray eel resembling an underwater cave, with two divers exploring the mouth. If it had a P-40, it would be that much cooler.

Actually, I'd like to dive, I think, but I can't really swim, and my medical condition may prevent me as well. Greatly reduced lung function, so would depend on how strenuous diving is, and how much internal reserves one needs to reach the surface in an emergency. :/

I thought for sure it was this one, which is my personal favorite and a bit the worse for wear...



You're absolutely 100% out for diving. Even if you can find someone willing to certify you, don't ever try it unless you want it to be the last thing you ever do. At 33 feet each breath fills your lungs with twice the volume you inhale at the surface. At 66 feet its 3x and so on. At 130 feet (the suggested limit for recreational diving) the partial pressure of oxygen in your lungs is equivalent to breathing pure oxygen at the surface. The amount of nitrogen is similarly increased and all the while that excess nitrogen is dissolving into your blood, organs, and bones. As your depth decreases your lungs must be able to "off gas" that excess nitrogen efficiently or it will cause decompression sickness (the bends). In your case that might not be a problem though b/c oxygen toxicity might get you first.

On a positive note there is plenty of awesome snorkeling around the world and some of my best photos were taken while snorkeling.

--Outlaw.

If you go to the AOShirts.com and click on

Classics with Left Chest A/O logo

Mine is "I"

I don't know if the details matter, (because I would like to dive if I ever had the opportunity), I have a blocked artery in my left lung, no blood circulation in ~90% of it. I reckon I have about ~60% lung capacity, since air I bring into the left one does almost nothing, but luckily it's the smaller of the two. I get winded easily, and stay fatigued. So my condition is not like enphysema, where I can't draw breath. I have a reduced ability to import oxygen and export CO2. Would pure O2 help offset this in a diving situation?

@Bearcat

Very cool, I bought both of my jackets because they resemble pilot/bomber jackets. The second one I picked up at Sam's Club for $60 because the one I posted earlier in a bit worn around the cuff area. The only thing I really don't like about the Sam's one is that the arms aren't pleated in back like my other one, making it difficult to drive while wearing.



Left is the older, right one is Sam's. I hope to have the funds to get a more authentic jacket one of these days.

I've been wearing this jacket almost every day since '93. It's just a standard black leather biker jacket that I sewed patches on.





It has taken quite a beating over the years

DAIUUMMM... are you sure you didn't get that jacket out of that P-40 two posts up?

Prior to Stew getting it, I think it had a role in The Road Warrior...