Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a historically important circa 1931 Sikorsky Manufacturing Company lapel wing, originally belonging to Pan American Airways (PAA) pioneer pilot R. O. D. (Robert Oliver Daniel) Sullivan. Sullivan piloted a 1931 inaugural foreign air mail...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1990's - 2000's Pacific Air Cargo First Officer Wing.Pacific Air Cargo provides exclusive Boeing 747 express air cargo service between Los Angeles and Honolulu, with onward service to Pago Pago in American Samoa. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful, slightly curved hat badge (or possibly a wing) for an unidentified entity, probably an airline. The center is enameled in blue with white lettering and was made by Green Company of Kansas City. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1950s...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified 1920's-1930's GCA (GAC?) Aviation related lapel pin. VINTAGE: Circa 20's-30's-40's? SIZE: Approximately 7/8" x 2/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post with disc backing. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified gold-filled aviation lapel wing, possibly for a flight engineer or a civilian aircraft mechanic. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a large unidentified wing reading OCA at its center. The wing is somewhat Deco in style and is in mustard yellow and copper tones. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful1960s PAC Southwest Stewardess Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 15/16" x1-1/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel and seed pearls. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with drop-in swivel locking catch...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified circa 1910's - 1920's winged "D" lapel pin. The center of the pin features a red enameled letter "D" inside an oval with nicely detailed wings on either side. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's - 1920's SIZE: Approximately 5/8" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960 Delta Air Lines promotional poster. The poster shows a Douglas Super DC-8 jetliner in flight, and came out only a couple of years after the craft's 1958 debut. The poster is signed Toigo. VINTAGE: Circa 1960...

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...