Naval Aviation · Type 440 · Z2111M
Cockpit USA USN Carrier Jacket
Type 440 Goatskin Flight Jacket
$29,731.00
A recreation of one of the US Navy's earliest flight jacket designs — the 1930s Type 440, engineered for pilots flying open-cockpit biplanes off carrier decks, per Cockpit. Semi-aniline goatskin, diamond elbow patches, straight leather bottom. Slim fit. Made in the USA.
Fit — Slim
Slim fit, numeric sizes 38–52. Between sizes? Take the larger.
Naval Aviation · Type 440
Cockpit USA USN Carrier Jacket
$29,731.00
Before the G-1.
The Type 440 is one of the Navy's earliest flight jacket designs — the open-cockpit biplane era, per Cockpit.
The diamond tells.
USN-specified diamond-shaped reinforced elbow patches — the detail that separates it from a G-1.
Made in America.
Semi-aniline goatskin, straight leather bottom, slim fit. Sizes 38–52.
Semi-aniline goatskin, buttoned flap pockets
The pre-war grain.
Semi-aniline goatskin keeps the hide's natural character visible — the finish of the era, on the pattern of the era.
The Workshop · Since 1975
The biplane jacket.
Engineered in the 1930s for open cockpits and carrier decks — no knit waistband, just a straight leather bottom, per the Type 440 pattern.
The Type 440, from the back
Fit
Slim fit, 38–52.
Between sizes? Take the larger. Full measurements in the Size Guide.
The 1930s
Jackets of the biplane era.
USN Carrier Type 440
The pre-G-1 original
$29,731.00
You’re looking at it
Before you fly.
What is the Type 440?
One of the US Navy's earliest flight jacket designs — engineered in the 1930s for pilots flying open-cockpit biplanes off carrier decks, per Cockpit.
How is it different from a G-1?
The diamond-shaped reinforced elbow patches, the straight leather bottom instead of a knit waistband, and button cuffs with zip closures.
Where are the pockets?
Two buttoned flap pockets with hidden side-entry handwarmers behind them, plus an interior chest pocket.
How does the slim fit run?
Slim, numeric sizes 38–52. Between sizes? Take the larger.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
More naval heritage.
Naval Aviation · The Original
Before the G-1 had a name,
the Navy flew in this.
The Type 440 is where the Navy's leather flight jacket lineage begins — engineered in the 1930s for pilots flying open-cockpit biplanes off carrier decks, per Cockpit. Its construction reads like a period document: USN-specified diamond-shaped reinforced elbow patches, a straight leather bottom where the G-1 would later put knit, buttoned flap pockets hiding side-entry handwarmers, and adjustable button cuffs with zipper sleeve closures. Semi-aniline goatskin over a military-spec nylon twill lining. Slim fit. Made in the USA.
Semi-aniline goatskin — the hide's character kept visible
The Material
Finished lightly,
on purpose.
Semi-aniline goatskin takes only a light protective finish, keeping the natural grain visible — appropriate to a pattern from the era before heavy corrections.
The diamond elbow patches are the Type 440's signature: USN-specified reinforcement where a cockpit rail wears a jacket first.
Construction
1930s engineering, kept intact.
Diamond elbow patches
USN-specified reinforcement — the Type 440 signature.
Straight leather bottom
No knit waistband — the pre-G-1 configuration.
Buttoned flap pockets
With hidden side-entry handwarmers behind.
Button cuffs + zip closures
Adjustable, sealed at the wrist.
Interior chest pocket
One inside pocket for what matters.
Nylon twill lining
Military-spec, full body.
“One of the US Navy's earliest flight jacket designs — for open-cockpit biplanes off carrier decks.”
The Type 440 · per Cockpit USA
The Workshop · Since 1975
The ancestor,
still in production.
Most makers reproduce the famous jackets. Cockpit also keeps the ancestors alive — the Type 440 is the design the G-1 descended from, built to its original configuration.
Cut and sewn in the USA by Cockpit USA.
Nylon twill lining and label
The Type 440 — clean panel back
The Details
Buttons where zips would come later.
Buttoned flaps, hidden handwarmers
Inside the Type 440
Fit
Slim fit.
38 through 52.
Cut slim to the period pattern. Between sizes or layering? Take the larger. Full garment measurements in the Size Guide chart, taken flat.
Fit — Slim
Slim through the body. Size up if between sizes.
Measurements taken with the garment laying flat.
The 1930s
Three jackets from the biplane decade.
What Customers Say
Questions
Before you fly.
What is the Type 440?
One of the US Navy's earliest flight jacket designs, per Cockpit — engineered in the 1930s for pilots flying open-cockpit biplanes off carrier decks. The G-1 lineage starts here.
Type 440 or G-1?
The Type 440 is the ancestor: diamond elbow patches, straight leather bottom, button cuffs. The G-1 is the wartime successor with the mouton collar and knit waist. Origins versus icon.
What are the diamond patches for?
USN-specified elbow reinforcement — the wear point for a pilot braced in an open cockpit.
Why no knit waistband?
The straight leather bottom is period-correct to the Type 440 — knit waists came later in the lineage.
How does the sizing run?
Slim fit, numeric sizes 38–52 — between sizes, take the larger. See the Size Guide chart.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
