Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great period (1928) Promotional Book for the movie "Hell's Angels" produced by Howard Hughes and featuring Jean Harlow. The book features a gilt and black cover and reads: "HELL'S ANGELS" along the bottom. This digest size, hardcover booklet...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s lapel pin for thirty years of membership with the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. A member's longevity...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s member lapel pin for the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. The union includes members working in the railway...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel pin for the Air Lines Pilot Association, which formed in 1931 to represent the interests of both Canadian and American airlines. The pin is a petite wing with a globe at its center reading ALPA. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940's...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful pair of circa 1920s or 1930s gauntlet gloves for a motorcyclist or an aviator. These substantial leather gloves are in a long length and are made by Walrath of (where else?) Gloversville, New York. There is a buckled strap...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, but unidentified 10K gold aviation lapel pin 1950's or later made by Balfour. The pin is a red, white, and blue target with the silhouette of plane flying through the center and is maker marked on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s Pioneer Parachute Company promotional parasail parachute pin. The pin shows a parachutist with parachute deployed. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's. SIZE: About 1" in height x 11/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a stick pin from the early 1980s shaped like a Gulfstream III. Introduced in 1980, the jet was the replacement for Grumman's Jetstream II. The pin is very three dimensional. VINTAGE: Circa early 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Airplanes of the World 1490-1962". The book deals with almost five centuries of aircraft from around the world, beginning with a glider fashioned by Da Vinci. The book has several illustrations and was...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s Federal Aviation Administration safety award pin. The pin is by Josten's, and is shaped like the Spirit of St. Louis, the airplane Charles Lindbergh piloted in his historic transatlantic flight in May 1927. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s lapel pin in the shape of a Boeing 707 jet, an aircraft produced from 1958 through 1979. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" x 7/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post with disc...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1965 graduation wing from the Grace Downs Air Career School, a former school for aspiring stewardesses on Long Island, New York. The wing is engraved to Mildred Mathe on its reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1965. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" x...