What's the coolest piece of aviation-related junk you've got hanging around?

[TIGV]

( Shudders with horror, the image forever seared into my frontal lobes )

 

[ATRCAPT]

I've got the gear handle from an old chunk of $hit Fairchild F-27 I used to fly.

 

[DX Rick]

the windshield of a P-47 my father used to own.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Thank gawd he didn't say they were Martha King's!!

He'd better not, she's my girl!

 

[TrafficInSight]

Propeller blade from a 182 that met an unfortunate end on a taxiway light.

P-51 oxygen regulator

O-290 Exhaust valve

A box of old instruments including a Sperry attitude gyro, an altimeter that says "Overhauled Aug 2 1951" on the side and a radio compass

B707 inner window and a DC-3 window.

hmmm.... an oriental fan that Pan Am gave out for free when it inaugurated 747 service to Japan. Spotted it in a thrift store and paid $.50 for it.

an assorted collection of post cards from various airlines and various time periods.

A Pratt & Whitney belt buckle made from the real P&W logo off of an R-2800

A 30mm shell from an A-10... it's either a dummy or it's been deactivated. Still looks impressive as hell though.

 

[9GClub]

-I have several old magazine ads from the "Saturday Evening Post" of vadious items:
-advertisement for the "Super DC-3"
-advertisement for the "Boeing Stratocruiser"
-advertisement for United Airlines "Main Line Airway" It's the "Diary of a passenger on United's famed coast-to-coast mainliner...the Continental." from 1919.

Same here, I've got a few:

-"Watch September Skies for Delta's DC-8 Jets"
-Champion spark plugs.... really cool, with profiles of about 20 light planes
-Pratt & Whitney blowers (with the big eagle emblem)

All from the 40s-50s

 

[cptsesso]

-A 2 foot piece of a ground up prop blade from a C310 I put in on its nose after the nosegear linkage broke and failed to extend.

-An autographed poster from when the Ukrainian Airforce toured the US with several Mig 29's back in 1992 along with several aerial pictures of F16's escorting the Mig's taken by the Mig pilots.

My friend's father was a cousin to one of the Colonels. I got to hang out and drink with the Colonel, a couple of Majors and others. Man those boys can drink.

 

[Gearmunky]

In my evergrowing future war museum:

-An original in the box never used A-14 oxygen mask
-A war ration booklet
-Signed photos of: Bockscar's Co-pilot, Enola Gay's Navigator (helluva nice guy), George Scott (Flying Tiger) Tom Hanks and Matt Damon on a clip from Saving Private Ryan.
-In my Log Book: signatures from three Tuskeegee Airmen and a Luftwaffe Ace.
-Signed and numbered by the artist and the pilot, a print of Giora Eppstein the worlds highest scoring jet ace (Israel)- four MiGs in one afternoon.
-Medicine Jar from the RAF in WWII
-A box of M&M's from Air Force One
-Advertisement from the Republic Aircraft company for the F-84
-DG from the 1930's
-Canteen cover and helmet liner from WWII
-Nazi Iron Plate
-Original cotton 48 star American Flag
-Various black and white pictures of Navy Planes of WWII
-Bomber Mittens from the Cold war
-Champion Spark plugs to an F-86

In the ordnance department:

-Ak-47 Bayonet from Baghdad
-string of 23mm anti-aircraft shells from Iraq
-.50cal cartridge
-shell casing from large artillery gun
-a 100lb. inert Navy practice bomb
-M1 Garand coming soon!!!

 

[Ace-of-the-Base]

My Wife.

Ace

 

[Flechas]

Thank gawd he didn't say they were Martha King's!!

I had my business card signed by both John and Martha over a year ago in a Cessna convention, I was very drunk and they wer every friendly!
I was tired of them because I used to work in a Cessna training center and all we used was King School videos, but I still keep the card, it even says "stay out of the trees" haha

 

[FlyFlyFly]

I met Richard Bach once and he signed a first edition copy of Illusions for me as well as a picture of his biplane in Skyward: Why Flyers Fly. I also have a picture of me shovelling brass in an AC130.

 

[Axel]

Cyclic stick taken from a H-34 found abandoned and rotting in the desert near TUS.

 

[NuGuy]

Not really full scale related, but a SuperTigre X-40 .40 RC racing engine from the early 80's. They were apparently the shiznit for RC Formula 1 racing back in the day. Mine is new in the box...apparently they are somewhat rare, as most of the rest have either been modded to death or met an untimely demise.

One autographed book from Rod Machado. Met him in person. He's an OK guy, and what he does for the recreational crowd is pretty decent.


Nu

 

[aeronautic1]

I collect Continental Airlines memorabilia like die cast models, old time tables, posters. My father flew for them for 34 years starting right after WWII.

 

[aeronautic1]

John and Martha

I had my business card signed by both John and Martha over a year ago in a Cessna convention, I was very drunk and they wer every friendly!
I was tired of them because I used to work in a Cessna training center and all we used was King School videos, but I still keep the card, it even says "stay out of the trees" haha

Yeah, I used to stop by their studio in San Diego for a meet and greet. Told John that after all those years that I had watch all of the vids (PPL-COM-MULTI-ATP-FE) that I thought I knew them so well. John's reply was, "that's too bad!!" As comical their videos are, they have a wonderful personal sense of humor and have never forgetten where they attainded their wealth. If you ever get the chance to meet them, please do. They are a hoot!!

 

[barnyard]

-Before they demolished terminal A at Logan intl., I drove around and ganked some signs that were still hanging up. One was from the side of the building saying 'contact ground control before pushback' and the other I found behind some cabinets in the CO bag room that says 'dont speed on the ramp' in really 60's-esque letters.

-WWII basic airmanship/gunnery pamphlets

-Piper Cub Sales poster (40's-50's?)

 

[cforst513]

-M1 Garand coming soon!!!

mind if I ask how one would go about getting an M1? it's been high on my "to buy" list, but i can't find one that fires, just non-firing replicas. is yours a new gun or a vintage one? where'd you find it?

 

[HMR]

I have a real UFO that crashed in my backyard about a month ago. The little guy that was flying it is fun to have around. I got him a job driving a cab at San Diego airport.

 

[Rolling-Thunder]

I have a bunch of Glenn H. Curtiss memorabilia in my home.
Pictures, plane parts, books, etc.

I am building a full-scale flying replica of a 1910 Curtiss bi-plane called the "Hudson Flier".

In 2010, I will be flying it south over the Hudson River, on the 100th anniversary of the first city to city flight ever made by an airplane ( in the U.S.)

The aircraft is being assembled at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, in Hammondsport, NY. Hope to be airworthy in 2008.

 

[walkoshame]

Some dirtied up underpants from flying the dojet! Really!!!