Vintage
Non-Paper Aviation Items
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[CS1218] 1-1/8" x 1-3/8" Curtiss pin. Vertical
pinback. Has a 3/16" white border with red center and the
script word 'Curtiss' plus the front view of a high wing 1930's
aircraft. Has the number '17' vibro etched in small brass field.
Makers name unreadable but has initials COLO. Extremely rare.
Circa 1930. VG. $150.00
[CS1320] Approximately 2-1/2" diameter cloth patch
"Wright Aircraft Engines". Circa 1940. VG+. $30.00
[CS1489a,b,c,d,e] 7/8" pin. Jet aircraft facing towards left.
"Pan American" inscribed along fuselage. Straight 'pin'
is present on back of jet, but missing piece it went into. See
also next item. (5) pins available. VG. Each $5.00
[CS1490a,b,c,d,e] 7/8" pin. Jet aircraft facing towards right.
"Pan American" inscribed along fuselage. Straight 'pin'
is present on back of jet, but missing piece it went into. See
also previous item. (5) pins available. VG. Each $5.00
[CS3525] 2" diameter "Fairchild Engines"
medallion. There are (3) 1/2" long cast spikes on rear of
emblem. Circa 1938. VG. $75.00
[CS6075] 7/8" diameter pin-back button commemorating
the dedication of the Corinth Airport. Button shows a picture of
Roscoe Turner and reads: "Corinth Airport Dedication - Col.
Roscoe Turner". Unknown date, probably mid-1930"s. VG.
$25.00
[CS6160] 1-3/16" wide screw back pin "Crawford
Airplane Co., Venice, Calif". Crawford existed for only a
few years circa 1929. VG. $45.00
[CS6161] 2" diameter metal badge from the "Glenn
L. Martin Company, Baltimore". This is an inspectors badge
(65-663 - Inspection). Circa 1939. VG. $45.00
[CS6178] Label and ribbon for officials of the
"Springfield Aerial Pageant - 1928". Blue ribbon with
gold print and pin-backed label with word 'OFFICIAL'. Approx.
4-3/8" long. VG. $40.00
[CS6245] 6-1/2" x 10" 65 piece cardboard puzzle
made in 1932 by the R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, NJ for the
'Cocomalt' Chocolate Food Drink. Puzzle is of Col. George R.
Hutchinson and his Flying Family imposed on a western U. S. map
background. The puzzle was provided free with every can. The
four-member Hutchinson family became famous by flying, with their
pet lion cub, to every state in the union promoting peace. In
September, 1932 while attempting a flight to Europe in a Sikorsky
S-38 he and his family, plus navigator and photographer crashed
en route to Angmagsallik, Greenland. They survived until being
rescued by burning film strips to keep warm. Puzzle plus original
envelope are framed (17-1/8" x 14-1/8"). $75.00
[CS7549] Two (2) printer's blocks. Both show 3/4 overhead
views of flying boats. a) Boeing 314 - Single tail version.
Approximately 2" x 1-1/8" x 7/8" deep. b) Douglas
Dolphin. Approximately 1-1/8" x 3/4" x 7/8" deep.
Unique and seldom found. $25.00
[CS7574] 34-1/4” x 23” Poster of the Boeing 314
Flying Boat on takeoff taxi. Entitled 'Making History Every Day'.
Poster commemorates the 75th (1916-1991) anniversary of the
company. Metal framed. Issued in 1991 along with a series of
other anniversary posters, this is probably the last flying boat
poster ever issued by this manufacturer. $75.00
[CS8029] 3-1/2" x 4" (2) glass educational slides
by the NY State Ed. Dept., Visual Instruction Div. a) Shows an
S-42 being fueled with British Guyana natives looking on from a
dugout, b) Shows an S-43 of Inter-Island Airways loading
passengers. Small crack to bottom corner of slide 'b', else VG.
$35.00
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