Momona737 From New Zealand, joined Aug 2004, 17 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1951 times:
My first ever airline travel was with my Mum in the 1970's from NZ to USA and Europe, at the age of eight (three months off school - bliss!). In those days, there were plenty of stopovers and airline changes, eg. Auckland to Honolulu to LAX, LAX to JFK with an early morning fuel stop at St Louis, JFK to Schiphol. Return journey: Schiphol, Brussels,Tehran, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland.
Airlines: NAC (NZ domestic airline at the time), Air NZ, TWA, Pan Am, KLM, Sabena.
I still have many "souvenirs" I collected from this trip - ie. boarding passes, baggage labels, menu cards, toothpicks, Maori Tiki, travel tickets. Air NZ presented me with a "Junior Jet Club" badge and Flightlog book, and each subsequent year for several years following, I received a Birthday Card and regular newsletters from the club.
What I'll never forget about TWA was that tomato juice was the only non alcoholic drink on offer (previous forum topic). I hated tomato juice so my Mum drank the juice and I sucked on the three or four icecubes to quench my thirst!! However, they gave me an interesting book called "Flaps Ten" - an informative 32 page book about "TWA's Lockheed L-1011. The most advanced jetliner in the air."
All these items are safely stored in my travel scrapbook folder.
To this day, I have a grand collection of about 30 airline teaspoons, airline cups, flight safety cards, packets of playing cards, sugar/salt/pepper sachets. Thanks to a friend at aircraft engineering workshop, I have a pitot probe from an ATR72 which was struck by lightning, and a perspex B737 window (not sure what series). Am I mad or what???
Does anyone else have unusual souvenirs of interest???
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 1, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1901 times:
Close to 1,000 safety cards, and six big plastic bins full of various airline items, not to mention magazines, trays, blankets, pillows, and numerous binders that include other materials.
Some of my favorite items are:
-FA Manuals/Emergency Procedures
-Demo oxygen mask, seat belt, life vest
-TWA galley oven
-British Airways Concorde galley container
Momona737 From New Zealand, joined Aug 2004, 17 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1896 times:
Good for you, Safetydude - with your username, no wonder you like those Safety Cards. I have a few only, but one from a Royal NZ Air Force B727 you probably won't have in your collection.
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4536 posts, RR: 26 Reply 3, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1853 times:
I usually save at least one pack of peanuts and/or napkins from the snack service on each flight. I have Southwest peanuts that are like 10 years old.
[Edited 2004-09-05 04:50:03]
ALL views, opinions expressed are mine ONLY and are NOT representative of those shared by Southwest Airlines Co.
XJRamper From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2345 posts, RR: 52 Reply 5, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1834 times:
ditto to the above...and if i am lucky the lav door.
Infiniti757 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 92 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1788 times:
I have an inflatable life vest from a Delta 767 trip back in my drunken college days. Yes, yes, I know it was irresponsible but I was 19 and stupid at the time.
Give me the luxuries in life and I will gladly do without the necessities. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Av8rDAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 456 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1603 times:
I've just got some TWA napkins and a coffee cup with the old 70's logo. Also have a set of brass TWA wings- the official uniform type, not the kid-safe plastic kind.
Always wanted to take a couple safety cards and put them in the map pockets of the driver's and pax seat of my car. That way my backseat passengers will know I'm a certifiable airplane nerd.
Maintain thine airspeed, lest the Earth rise up and smite thee.
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 10, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1543 times:
Despite the fact that some people would like safety card takers put on trial for murder, you have nothing to worry about as long as you take only a few, and none from the exit row.
BENNETT123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6352 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1532 times:
Safetydude
I promise not to start a fight.
Do you take the engines as well!!.
Seriously, did'nt anyone notice the oven disappearing, (a bit hard to hide it under your coat!!)
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 12, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1530 times:
I promise not to start a fight.
Oh sorry, that was not meant for you; it was meant for those people that do not approve of safety card collecting.
Seriously, did'nt anyone notice the oven disappearing, (a bit hard to hide it under your coat!!)
The TWA Oven was acquired through a friend at a plane-scrap yard.
The galley container from Concorde was acquired via British Airways.
Fokker50 From Colombia, joined Jun 2004, 359 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1523 times:
I have some menus' an oxygen mask, a life best, two seat belts, 102 safety cards, thousands of in-flight magazines, also thousands of sickness bags, napkin boxes, mugs, Champaign glasses, some antiques, ant other items that are hard to remember.
Aviasian From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 1452 posts, RR: 16 Reply 14, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1472 times:
Among the more treasured stuff I have are:
- a pair of gold-coloured glass chopstick rests presented by Boeing to celebrate SIA's 50th Anniversary and the delivery of 9V-SQA (SIA's first B777)
- a pair of Airbus A340-300 champagne glasses presented by Airbus to SIA for the delivery of the first A340-300
- pewter name-card holder commemorating SIA's inaugural A340-500 LeaderShip nonstop flight from SIN-LAX (now that SIA has removed the "Leadership" name, it is even more treasured)
Levent From France, joined Sep 2004, 1718 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1417 times:
My KLM wings!!!
I got one of those Junior Pilot thingies on a DC-10 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, in 1984. You can get these anywhere, but in this case I got them from the captain, together with a plane model, while sitting in the cockpit. I was 7. Makes them special for me.
A340Spotter From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1973 posts, RR: 26 Reply 17, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1405 times:
I've got a gate sign from the old Northeastern Airlines days...big ole blue/grey round wooden sign.
Also have way too many manuals, stickers, safety cards, boarding passes, models, etc.
And my slides which are the most valuable...
Jeffrey
"Irregardless, it's a Cat III airplane, we don't need an alternate!"
OnlyWay2Fly From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 30 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1333 times:
Soap! From the 1970's when the lavs had dispensers that held small bars of soap wrapped with the airline logo. I have some bars from AA, Overseas National and Western.
Also lighters. My favorite is NWA Zippo with a red 707 tail and "Northwest Orient" on it.
Frugalqxnwa From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 565 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (8 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1322 times:
For a while in elementary school I had several wing sets on my backpack (NW, AA, and DL, I think).
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