Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Cool 1943 What's That Plane: How to Identify American and Jap Airplanes by Walter Pitkin, Jr., a Penguin Book printed for the Infantry Journal. The soft cover of the Second Edition printing shows a group of Republic "Thunderbolts"...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition hardcover copy of the "Aircraft of the World: Recognition Book". The book was published in London in the 1930s by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. It is a "pocket" size, but far too thick to fit in...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII aviation book You, Too, Can Learn to Fly by Howard F. Dutton and printed The Pyne-Davidson Co. in Hartford, Connecticut. The 57 page book includes flying tips, techniques, and a few photographs from the author and winner of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1941 edition of Jane's "All the World's Aircraft", published in 1942 by the MacMillan Company. Fred T. Jane started "Jane's" in 1909 and it was subsequently published in the United States and Canada. This volume is a wonderful...

ARTIFACT: This is a softcover copy of "United States Women in Aviation 1919-1929", Number 5 in the Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space series. It was written by Kathleen Brooks-Pazmany and published in 198The book is full of great period photographs and...

ARTIFACT: Great 1929 'The Golden Age of Aviation' book Aviation Stories by Jay Earle. The 1st Edition, 250 page hardcover contains over 25 illustrated chapters of stories and was published by Longmans, Green & Co. The front of the book shows an...

ARTIFACT: This is an early air transport industry celluloid badge. It is in red, white and blue, shows a propeller at center and reads 1726 IAM AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY LODGE. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4” in diameter...

SUBJECT: This is a World War II Role Flying Service Pilot Training patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on wool felt. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s donation pin for the Australian Air League (AAL). The AAL was started in 1934 by war veteran George Robey when he discovered there was no Australian organization for youths interested in aviation. The pin shows a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 donation pin for the Australian Air League (AAL). The AAL was started in 1934 by war veteran George Robey when he discovered there was no Australian organization for youths interested in aviation. The pin shows a bi-plane...