Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage. The instrument is by Telephonics. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/8" in diameter (main body); cord: about 23" in length (unstretched). CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage. The instrument reads WINGS TRIM TAB DEG on its face and is labeled an "Indicator, Position Aileron Trim Tab" on its reverse. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage by Pioneer Instrument. Initially named Pioneer Instrument Company in 191, nine years later the company became a division of Bendix Aviation and then became Eclipse-Pioneer in 194The...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage by Weston. The instrument reads A. C. AMPERES on its face. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" square and 2-1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Glass, steel,...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage by the U.S. Gauge Company of New York. The instrument reads FUEL PRESSURE on its face. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" square and 2-3/4" in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage. It has north-south east-west indicators on its front. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/2" in height and 2-5/8" in width and 3-3/4" in depth. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified aircraft instrument of unknown vintage. It is by Triplett Electrical Instrument Company of Bluffton, Ohio. Around since 1904 as Triplett Meter Company, the outfit was renamed Triplett Electrical Instrument Company in...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-World War I lapel wing in sterling silver for an unidentified aero club in New York. The pin is by Dieges and Clust, and is diamond-shaped in blue and red enameling and a winged H at its center. VINTAGE: Circa pre-World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing in nicely enameled sterling silver. The wing reads ALUS at its center and the letters may stand for the Aero League of the United States. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height and 1-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing in sterling silver that reads FPA at the wing's center. FPA could possibly stand for the Federal Pilots' Association. The pin comes on its original card and was made by Metal Arts Company of Rochester, New...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing in sterling silver that reads NPA at the wing's center. NPA could possibly stand for the National Pilots' Association. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-1950s(?). SIZE: Approximately 1/4" in height and 1" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing in sterling silver that reads WIP AC on a shield at the wing's center. WIP was an early Philadelphia radio station, so the pin could be for a WIP Aviation Club or the like. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...