Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1960s through early 1970s pilot hat badge for Northeast Airlines. The badge is a wreathed compass with a red star indicating the northeastern point. VINTAGE: Circa late 1960s through early 1970s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s pilot hat badge from Northeast Airlines, first known as Boston-Maine Airways. The badge has a red and blue enameled Pilgrim's head at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s Ð early 1950s senior pilot wing for Northeast Airlines, formerly Boston-Maine Airways. The wing shows the head of a male Pilgrim in red and blue enamel beneath a golden star. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s Ð early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s pilot wing for Capitol Airlines. The wing has a very three-dimensional convex globe at its center topped by a star. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in height and 3-1/8" in width and 3/8" in...