STEWART COPELAND

i’ve been trying to find a flightsuit that is of the same kind worn by El Stingo circa 1979-80.
there are tonnes on ebay – but most of them have a rounded collar, not the ‘shirt’ style collar
that sting’s had. The talented young man from the Police Experience has one too.

Also, note that it appears to be a sage or light grey coloured flightsuit, not khaki, olive or desert.

I am presuming it’s a british RAF issue garment, unless Paul Mulligan (who gave it to sting in ’79)
bought it in the US (!).

Can anyone help me narrow down my search? ie any proper search terms I should be using
to find this kind of flightsuit? Any online stores I should try out?

Dietmar..?

Police Experience guys?

I heard that the one Sting actually used to wear walked off on its own one day. Maybe you can track down that one.

don't think i won't try!
stewart copeland recently said that sting wore it so often that it was probably able to play "csly" by itself"...! seriously though, there will be a few out there, i just need to use the right search terms.... i'm sure dietmar knows a few things about it! or, are there any brits out there who are military gear afficionados..?

I wonder if Stewart's socks paired with his shirt from the MSG finale could work as a divining rod to track down the flightsuit? And if you pair a pair of something such as socks with another item, is it still considered a pair?

I wasn't very sure what a "flightsuit" was - so I googled it.

Is it that what you are looking for?

ha ha! yes, yes…. funny….
(I do want help with this though…. bueller? anyone?)

policefan wrote:I wasn't very sure what a "flightsuit" was - so I googled it.

Is it that what you are looking for?

Oh no, those are what Danny Q dubbed the Flying Underpants, lol!

I'm guessing that Dietmar or Craig Betts has the original flightsuit

just to clarify, I'm after help finding the right search terms for the right type of suit, not the actual physical suit that sting wore. that would be silly. although if dietmar does have it, he could check the type of military issue it
is!

I don't have it

Sting used this grey flight suit for the first time on May 31, 1977. It was given to him by Stewart's and Henry's friend Paul Mulligan, who also watched that Railway Hotel gig. He had bought it at an Aviation surplus store at Biggin Hill Airport.

which doesn't really help you finding a similar item

Dietmar

thanks d, it does help because now i am certain that it's a british issue garment. that means i can limit my search to UK ebay postings

i should just look for a military gear forum. there will be one out there somewhere.

wassoo you, wassoo mah-yeah!

this looks very like that bad boy... although something odd is happening to the knees.


http://www.premiersurplus.co.uk/more/on/details/0622

(erm, its out of stock though...>)


and another one here; although onbly in olive or sand.....and its out of stock at the moment too.

http://www.the-outdoor.co.uk/shopscr258.html

I'd pick the second one. It look more like Sting's one and it has "normal" knees, but thery're both out of stock. : |

Sting used this grey flight suit for the first time on May 31, 1977. It was given to him by Stewart's and Henry's friend Paul Mulligan, who also watched that Railway Hotel gig. He had bought it at an Aviation surplus store at Biggin Hill Airport.

You know, at this point I'm starting to think Dietmar needs his *own* fan website.

Or is this it??

(thinks Dietmar is the best)

Our very own 'Sting-ish' in The Police Experience has the suit....

If I remember it's actually a French flight something or other.... I tuned out as soon as he said it was French

You can contact him thru our website- www.policeexperience.com

I know it took him a while to find it, but they're out there.


-m-

[quote="falloutmike"]Our very own 'Sting-ish' in The Police Experience has the suit....

If I remember it's actually a French flight something or other.... I tuned out as soon as he said it was French

You can contact him thru our website- http://www.policeexperience.com

I know it took him a while to find it, but they're out there.


-m-[/quote]

thanks mike, i'll do that...