Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great old brass belt buckle for Pan Am Airways showing the company's winged globe logo. Some of the airways' destinations are listed: WEST INDIES MEXICO CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ALASKA HAWAII PHILIPPINES CHINA. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a great vinyl flight bag from Pan American's Hawaii Holiday Clipper. The bag is in blue and white vinyl with a drawstring closure and shows the PAA winged globe logo on one side and a clipper airplane on the other. The Clipper was a hip...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare and extremely cool circa early to mid-1960s cigarette lighter factory-engraved for Pan Am Saigon. During the Vietnam War, Pan Am airlifted cargo for the military as well as flew many GIs to various spots in Asia for their...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1943 Gruen "VeriThin" wristwatch made for members of Pan American's flight crew. The watch is in stainless steel with a black leather band. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: Size 18L: approximately 1-3/8" in width and 9-3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) passport, card, permit to enter China and leather passport wallet of Supply Chief G.W. (George Wilson) Van Cleve. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by aviation pioneer Gilbert "Gib" Bynum Blackmore. Blackmore, piloting with Pan Am for three decades, flew the Dixie Clipper carrying the first-ever passengers in a transatlantic flight in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939 vintage Pan American Airways travel poster by P. G. Lawler for Ecuador. The poster shows a PAA plane flying over a fabulous scene of some natives hiking against a backdrop of the Andes. VINTAGE: Circa 1939...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II Pan Am "PAA Ferries Inc" hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-5/16" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s wing for Northeast Airlines in gold bullion. The wing has a star at top and reads NEA against a red background. VINTAGE: Circa early 1970s. SIZE: 11/16" height and 2-13/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cloth-wrapped...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare first issue agent wing for Northeast Airlines. It shows a caped pilgrim brandishing a musket straddling a Boeing DC-3 which was the airline's logo immediately following its name change from Boston-Maine Airways. To the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Boston-Maine Airways agent wing that was purchased at the estate sale of Basil Dixwell of Auburn, Maine. Dixwell worked for Boston-Maine Airways as an agent until the airline changed its name to NEA, and then flew as a pilot for...

ARTIFACT: This is a flight attendant badge 2nd issue for Northeast Airlines, formerly Boston-Maine Airways. The wing shows the head of a male Pilgrim in red and blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" height and 1-15/16" width...