Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980 ground crew shirt breast patch for US Air, which has its roots in All American Aviation (circa 1937). All American became Allegheny Airlines in 1953, and US Air was later born in 197In 1996 the airline changed its name to...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970's Northwest Airlines U.S. Air Mail five years of service pin by Jostens. Northwest had begun in 1926 as Northwest Airways but changed its name in 1933 to be allowed to carry air mail. The pin has a red, white and blue bull's-eye...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960's Southern Airways baseball cap patch. Southern was responsible for training United States Army helicopter pilots during Vietnam. The patch is black and gold and shows a white plane flying in just under the large cursive S at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1960's ground crew shirt breast patch for Allegheny Airlines, which operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1962 until 1979, when it changed its name to US Air. The patch is a blue oval embroidered in red and blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early to mid-1960s 3rd Issue, Type 1 Logo pilot tie bar pin for the Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 198The logo is a wheel...

ARTIFACT: This is a large 1950's Southern Airways flight school jacket patch. Southern was responsible for training United States Army helicopter pilots during Vietnam. The patch is black and gold felt and shows a white plane flying in just under the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's baseball cap badge on natural twill for Colonial Airlines. Originally christened in 1928 as Canadian Colonial Airways, Colonial was renamed May 1, 1942 and operated through the 1950s, when it merged with Eastern. The patch is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Weaver Airline Personnel School lapel pin. The pin is a petite and very vertical wing with a golden star against a field of red at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 7/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous, huge Flying Tiger Line flight suit back patch from the early 1950s. Flying Tiger Line began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and later became military charter outfit until 198The patch is edged and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for four years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 4 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for three years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 3 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for two years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 2 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...