Naval Aviation · Black Cats · Z21X007
Cockpit USA Black Eagle
USN Flight Jacket · Nose Art Edition
₩1,385,000
A tribute to the PBY Catalina Black Cats — the squadrons that flew low, dark, and dangerous night missions across the South Pacific, per Cockpit. Screen-printed Black Eagle nose art, CBI and Black Cats patches, hand-treated goatskin. Made in the USA.
Fit — See Size Guide
Numeric sizes 36–52. Full measurements in the Size Guide chart.
Naval Aviation · Black Cats
Cockpit USA Black Eagle
₩1,385,000
The night squadrons.
Honors the PBY Catalina Black Cats — low, dark, dangerous night missions across the Pacific, per Cockpit.
Nose art on your back.
The Black Eagle screen-printed across the back, with bomb markings — wartime art, reproduced.
Made in America.
No side pockets — the field-modified Pacific spec, disclosed. Sizes 36–52.
Hand-treated vintage goatskin, CBI and Black Cats patches
Treated to remember.
Hand-treated vintage goatskin — no two identical — carrying faithfully reproduced CBI and Black Cats patches.
The Workshop · Since 1975
Art from the flight line.
Nose art belonged to the aircraft; crews carried it onto their jackets. The Black Eagle and its bomb markings are reproduced across the back.
The embroidered Black Cats lining
Fit
Numeric sizes, 36–52.
Full measurements in the Size Guide chart.
Decorated Jackets
Pick your squadron.
Black Eagle
The Black Cats tribute
₩1,385,000
You’re looking at it
Before you fly.
Who were the Black Cats?
PBY Catalina squadrons that flew low-altitude night missions across the South Pacific — painted black for stealth, per Cockpit's tribute.
Why no side pockets?
By design — it replicates the field-modified jackets of Pacific crews, and Cockpit discloses it plainly.
What's on the back?
The Black Eagle nose art with bomb markings, screen-printed — plus an embroidered Black Cats lining inside.
How does the sizing run?
Numeric sizes 36–52 — see the Size Guide chart.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
More decorated jackets.
Naval Aviation · The Night Flyers
They painted the planes black
and flew when others slept.
The PBY Catalina Black Cats earned their name the direct way — black-painted flying boats running low-altitude night missions across the South Pacific, per Cockpit's tribute. The Black Eagle honors them in hand-treated vintage goatskin: screen-printed Black Eagle nose art with bomb markings across the back, faithfully reproduced CBI and Black Cats patches, an embroidered Black Cats lining, and a snap-down leather collar. One period detail is an absence: no side pockets, replicating the field-modified jackets of Pacific crews — disclosed, not hidden. Made in the USA.
CBI and Black Cats patches on treated goatskin
The Material
No two eagles alike.
Hand-treated vintage goatskin — the treatment lands differently on every hide, so every jacket carries its own version of the story.
The decoration is the documentation: reproduced CBI and Black Cats patches outside, the embroidered Black Cats lining inside.
Construction
The Pacific configuration.
Screen-printed nose art
The Black Eagle with bomb markings, across the back.
CBI + Black Cats patches
Faithfully reproduced, per Cockpit.
Snap-down leather collar
The furless warm-weather configuration.
No side pockets
The field-modified Pacific spec — disclosed.
Bi-swing back + gussets
Full reach, vented underarms.
Perforated USN wind flap
Full zip; tapered sleeves with flared knits.
“Low, dark, and dangerous — the night missions of the Pacific theater.”
The PBY Catalina Black Cats · per Cockpit USA
The Workshop · Since 1975
Tribute is
a production standard.
Reproducing nose art and squadron patches faithfully takes the same discipline as reproducing a spec — Cockpit treats the Black Cats' story with both.
Cut, sewn, and printed in the USA by Cockpit USA.
The embroidered Black Cats lining
The Black Eagle, across the back
The Details
The eagle and the cats.
Nose art and bomb markings, screen-printed
Black Cats embroidery, inside
Fit
Numeric sizes.
36 through 52.
Full garment measurements are in the Size Guide chart, taken flat. Tapered sleeves; hand-treated hides vary slightly.
Fit — See Size Guide
Open the Size Guide for the full measurement chart before ordering.
Measurements taken with the garment laying flat.
Decorated Jackets
Three squadrons, three tributes.
What Customers Say
Questions
Before you fly.
Who were the Black Cats?
PBY Catalina squadrons that flew low, dark night missions across the South Pacific — their aircraft painted black for stealth, per Cockpit's tribute. The jacket honors them with reproduced patches and lining embroidery.
Why doesn't it have side pockets?
It replicates the field-modified jackets of Pacific crews — Cockpit states the omission plainly. It's a period detail, not an oversight.
Is the back art painted or printed?
Screen-printed — the Black Eagle nose art with bomb markings, reproduced from wartime style.
Black Eagle or Flying Tigers?
Two theaters, two tributes: the Black Eagle honors the Navy's Pacific night flyers in goatskin; the Flying Tigers honors the AVG in horsehide with the blood chit. Both carry CBI lineage patches.
How does the sizing run?
Numeric sizes 36–52 — see the Size Guide chart for flat measurements.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
