Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a large 1950's Southern Airways flight school jacket patch. Southern was responsible for training United States Army helicopter pilots during Vietnam. The patch is black and gold felt and shows a white plane flying in just under the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's baseball cap badge on natural twill for Colonial Airlines. Originally christened in 1928 as Canadian Colonial Airways, Colonial was renamed May 1, 1942 and operated through the 1950s, when it merged with Eastern. The patch is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Weaver Airline Personnel School lapel pin. The pin is a petite and very vertical wing with a golden star against a field of red at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 7/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous, huge Flying Tiger Line flight suit back patch from the early 1950s. Flying Tiger Line began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and later became military charter outfit until 198The patch is edged and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for four years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 4 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for three years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 3 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's gold-filled lapel wing for two years of service with Ozark Airlines, which operated from 1950 through 198The pin is petite wing with a star bearing the number 2 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver lapel pin for California Eastern Airways Inc., a company that acted as behind-the-scenes aviation and logistics support for the Department of Defense. In 1962 the company became Dynalectron, performing extensively in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940's uniform patch for Northwest Airlines. Northwest had begun in 1926 as Northwest Airways but changed its name in 1933 to be allowed to carry air mail on a government-generated technicality. The patch is in a red, white and blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s sterling silver lapel pin in the shape of a Constellation aircraft. The "Connie", as the Lockheed product was nicknamed, was produced from 1943 through 195Largely billed as a civilian aircraft, the Constellation also...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s lapel pin for Allstate Airways. The pin is a wing with a blue enamel center bearing an H. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: 3/8" height and 1-3/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass and enamel...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s lapel pin in sterling silver for Pacific Northern Airlines. The pin shows a blue flag with a constellation on it flying above a rather Art Deco-ish silver wing. The airlines was started as Woodley Airways in 1933, but used...