Southwest Airways, wow, this is mega rare great thunderbird logo early regional
$ 73.58
Description
Southwest Airways. a 1946 - 1958 era w a thunderbird logo in center, awesome logo. this is mega rare. only seen one other. It is approx 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 inches long. a small elegant and very powerful pin. approx 2.15 grams marked lgb = l g balfour mfr, Hinged swing pin with whale tail clasp. solid. what a history for this company. hollywood royalty helped found the firm. per wikipedia: After the war, Connelly and Hayward raised $2,000,000 from investors including James Stewart and Darryl Zanuck to expand Southwest into the airline business, pending government approval. [2] They were awarded a three-year experimental charter from the Civil Aeronautics Board on May 22, 1946, for their feeder service. [6] Scheduled flights began on December 2, 1946, with war-surplus C-47s , The airline became Pacific Air Lines on March 6, 1958 Pacific Air Lines joining forces with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines in a three-way merger into Air West in 1968. Air West became Hughes Airwest after its acquisition by Howard Hughes in 1970 and merged into Republic Airlines in 1980. Republic was acquired by Northwest Airlines in 1987, and Northwest merged into Delta Air Lines in 2008. Condition as shown in the photos. sorry i am not great at photography, best i could do. this is a vintage item for collectors. I only ship to address provided by ebay, sorry no exceptions. United States sales and shipment only, I appreciate your understanding. in the 197 0's inflation soared and stock and bond prices collapsed. however during that same decade quality collectibles soared in value. are we about to see a repeat of that decade? Here is your chance to diversify into something tangible. regardless what happens in the financial markets at least with items like in this auction you have something fun to own that also has historical significance. i am loading over the next 10 or so days, some rare aircraft, air line, airline and airlines pins, wings, badges, pilot hats, caps, etc. about 50 or so items in diff auctions. keep watching my other auctions for early pan am, Paa, grace / panagra, mohawk, western air lines, delta, chicago and southern, delta c & s, boeing, pennsylvania central airline, pca, northeast airlines, twa, united, southern airlines, hawaiian, american airlines, eastern airlines, southwest airways!!! mega tough item, and many more.
