Cool Hangin’ in the Hangar

[WMcNabb]

Original P51 WW2 valve from a Merlin engine

Sweet! Would love to know all the sorties that valve has flown, and how many enemy aircraft it has chased.

 

[Blazing Wings]

Sweet! Would love to know all the sorties that valve has flown, and how many enemy aircraft it has chased.

Yeah me too. A friend's father flew the P51 in WW2. Should ask him if he has more info on this piece.

 

[49dimes]

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Parents got this for me for Christmas way back when I was maybe 8-9 years old and just starting to show interest in aviation. I remember staring at it wondering what it would be like to fly each one of those planes.

All cool items! Thanks for sharing.
Laughing about the comment “wife allowed to be on display”!
Only one item is visible in our house, which I’ll post on this thread later today.
All the other stuff is either in storage or in the shop.

I have the same "Airplane Stamps" picture my sister got for me on my 40th birthday. She is a retired postal worker. I will now have to go dig it up out of the box wherever it may be. Problem is my 40th birth day was just over 20 years ago and cant exactly put my mind on where I got it stored. Will post a pic once I find it .

 

[BalsaDust]

I have the same "Airplane Stamps" picture my sister got for me on my 40th birthday. She is a retired postal worker. I will now have to go dig it up out of the box wherever it may be. Problem is my 40th birth day was just over 20 years ago and cant exactly put my mind on where I got it stored. Will post a pic once I find it .

About 20 years ago sounds about right for when I got mine.

 

[dhal22]

My dad and uncle were engineers and worked for Boeing, Rockwell, etc. They both worked on the Saturn 5 project. This is a real reduced sketch of one of his drawings.

He gave it to my son, we need to get it framed.

 

[WMcNabb]

My dad and uncle were engineers and worked for Boeing, Rockwell, etc. They both worked on the Saturn 5 project. This is a real reduced sketch of one of his drawings.

He gave it to my son, we need to get it framed. View attachment 107213

Now that is beyond cool!!

 

[WMcNabb]

As promised earlier today, the only aviation related item “allowed” in the house.
A painting of my great uncle’s Staggerwing hanging in the hallway, completed sometime in the late 30’s.

 

[Pistolera]

Some really nice stuff guys. Guess I'll add a bit to the collection.

These photos of the late great Bevo Howard were signed by him to my Dad back in the day. I remember seeing Bevo when I was a kid.

These hang on my shop wall now.

 

[WMcNabb]

Some really nice stuff guys. Guess I'll add a bit to the collection.

These photos of the late great Bevo Howard were signed by him to my Dad back in the day. I remember seeing Bevo when I was a kid.

These hang on my shop wall now.
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Those are awesome! Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[WMcNabb]

In the spirit of a Stearman theme from another thread, a friend sent me this photo which I need to have framed and hang in the shop.