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| 1-22-C-C-5............GRAND CENTRAL AIRPORT CO. PLAQUE.......... In 1934 Major Corliss Moseley of WWI and Western Air Express (Western Airlines) fame leased the entire Glendale Municipal Airport from Curtiss Wright and formed Aircraft Industries, Inc. later in 1944 to be named Grand Central Airport Company when the airport was purchased outright by Moseley(and some years later yet Grand Central Aircraft Co.)........this was one of the meccas of general aviation with aircraft repair, engine overhaul, and dealer of several new aircraft.....plaque is an exact replica of the original in aluminum measuring 3.5" by 2" in new condition.....was one of these plates installed in your plane when sold or repaired at the Glendale Airport back in the '40's??.......'wow' the ever sophisticated Oshkosh crowd with one of these new cond. exact replicas in your plane...........$22 |
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2-34-C-C-5.......... LOCKHEED STAR MAY 1944 ..... 'Official Publication of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation' of Burbank Calif, dated May 5, 1944.........numerous pro-Lockheed articles and news tidbits, including my favorite un-politically correct caption 'Waiting To Clip The Nips' showing some Lockheed PV-1's sitting on a coral fringed island waiting to attack the enemy.......8 pages printed on magazine quality paper, measures 8.5" by 11" in very good condition.........$19 |
| 3-26-B-C-C-5....WACO AIRCRAFT COMPANY REPORT 1945....Condensed financial report for stockholders in Waco Aircraft for fiscal year 1945...message from president C.J. Bruckner regarding the end of the military glider program and the resumption of Waco building private aircraft (didnt happen)....company financial status and profit and loss figures for 1945....five pages...4x8" folded....good cond...$11. SOLD |
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6-22-C-C-5.......TRENCH ART PE-2............ Wonderful solid cast aluminum model of whats looks to be the Russian Petlyakov twin engine bomber.....made of a single casting, the wingspan is 10"......porous casting shows remarkable detail, with lines cut for control surfaces, windshield, etc... weighs about 1/2 pound......looks to have been hand filed to finish .......possibly a Russian ID model similar to US black plastic models.......very good condition........$110 |
| 9-44-C-C-5...........CHURCH PROGRAM 1944.........SOLD |  |
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10-22-C-C-5.........'PURSUIT' FRUIT LABEL......... Circa early 1940's, this original fruit box label measures about 4" by 13" in new old stock condition.......marked 'Grown and Packed by Exeter Fruit Association, Exeter Calif'......shows stylized Curtiss looking fighter 'whizzing' through the air..........ironically, Exeter Calif. was very near Tex Rankin's WWII training field where none other than top American Ace Richard Bong learned to fly!! .......suitable for framing.....SOLD |
Curtiss and Jon Aldrich
Pine Mountain Lake Airport
P.O. Box 9
Big Oak Flat, CA 95305
ph/fax 209-962-6121