Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the 1919 "Aircraft Year Book" issued by the Manufacturers' Aircraft Association Inc. with some great photogrpahy and a lot of information on aircraft manufacturers and other topics. The book is signed inside by its...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1920s member lapel wing for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. The wing's center is enameled in blue and bears the letters FWAC. VINTAGE: Circa late 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in width and 3/8" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member lapel pin for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. The pin is by Balfour, and shows a very Deco wing jutting up from the blue enameled letters FWAC. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: Approximately 1/4" in width and 9/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member lapel pin for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 9/32" in width by 5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated brass with enamel detail. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1939 Work Projects Administration worker badge for the crew at North Beach Airport in New York. The crew undertook the modernization of the small airport, Christened as the Glenn H. Curtiss Airport, the North Beach Airport...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful souvenir plaque for the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin around-the-world flight (weltflug) in August 192The trip was urged on by tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and the airship carried Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, a Hearst correspondent,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s-World War II large silver-plated DC-3 pin. The pin is shaped like a DC-3 in diagonal flight and shows small details, such as windows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II. SIZE: 2" height and 2-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s celluloid pilot badge for Rhode Island State Airport. Built in 1931 in Warwick, the airport was the first in the nations to be first state-owned and operated. The badge shows an operating number of 6. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare souvenir pin from 1st Stratospheric Balloon flight in 1934. VINTAGE: Circa 1934. SIZE: About 1/2" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one-piece safety-type pin with "C" catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s French aviation cigarette case. One cover shows France in relation to its neighboring countries, and the other side shows France on her own with all of her largest communities labeled. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a Junior Aviation Club wing by Johnson for the New York Evening Graphic, which was published from 1924 to 193The Evening Graphic was a tabloid that helped send the likes of Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell to their famous fates. The wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Art Deco seaplane desk model, and could possibly be related to the Schneider Trophy. The modeal appears to be a Supermarine, the predecessor to the Spitfire. The very sleek plane sits on a handsome black marble base and its...