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Now I see them. The top one is the skinny flight bag with the longer straps. I've never found a style number or official style name for this, but it is exactly like the skinny flight bag 9706 except for the longer handles and no removable long strap. Made in the 1980s. The second bag is a pre-creed flight bag, from either the late 60s or early 70s. The name came from Debi of Sacs Magnifiques, who may have heard it from the Coach archivist. I have no catalog to verify.
And please note that the larger (original?) flight bag, introduced during the pre-creed metal tag era and produced through the late 1970s (with creed + ###-#### serial number) was, like the skinny flight bag, superceded by a version where the adjustable straps were replaced with longer fixed length straps (albeit both versions retain the shackles on the ends for a non-inclyded removable shoulder strap). And I too have yet to uncover a style number or "official" name for either rendition of the larger style.
I just bought this one which is similar to the one in the ad but without measurements, it's hard to tell. Mine is 11.75 x 8.75 x 3.5.
If that's the one that was on shopgoodwill.com, I was bidding on that one too. I'm glad it went to another tPFer! Such a beautiful bag.
Yes, it was on shopgoodwill. For some reason I thought I had to have it.
