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Pillar of the Community
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I probably should have started this thread years ago. But today I got this stock for North American Aviation, so I thought, why not now? North American eventually merged with Rockwell, but before then they had quite an impressive history. The company built P-51 Mustang fighters and B-25 bombers in WWII, then the X-15 rocket plane, and later the Apollo command and service module, and the second stage of the Saturn V rocket for NASA. One interesting factoid: Neil Armstrong was among the many test pilots who flew the X-15, so he was well known to North American by the time they helped send him to the moon.   Edited by GregAlex
11/22/2021 11:39 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Outstanding example!  This will be a good topic.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Edited by GregAlex
11/23/2021 6:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And one more airline...   |
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United States
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Great looking set! Pan Am and TWA seem like distant memories to me. I had to look it up... Pan Am went bankrupt in 1991, with remaining assets going to Delta. TWA was acquired by American in 2001. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by GregAlex
11/25/2021 6:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@GregAlex, Fascinating topic! I enjoy learning about collecting interests outside my typical wheelhouse. Thank you for posting this!
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Then there were the companies who built the planes and aviation equipment. Excellent! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You know, I should include Sperry on this thread. They didn't work exclusively in aviation, but did produce a lot of instrumentation for aircraft. And this stock has a very cool vignette that includes an impressive biplane.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I find it fascinating that they continued to use the allegorical figures well into the 1970s. Nothing modern it seems with the vignettes.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed the trip! My favorite vignette is the one on the Pan American World Airways, Inc. certificate - I'm always drawn to bald eagles! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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You know, I should include Sperry on this thread. They didn't work exclusively in aviation, but did produce a lot of instrumentation for aircraft. And this stock has a very cool vignette that includes an impressive biplane. Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At the beginning of this thread I posted a certificate from North American Aviation. Here is an earlier variety that I just got today. I like the vignette on this one because it includes an actual airplane.   |
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Excellent! |
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't recall whether I posted this one elsewhere, but it certainly belongs here. A specimen of the modern stock certificate for Boeing.   |
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Very nice! I could add some bad jokes here, but they have been though enough lately.  |
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