{"title":"March-2024-Meta-Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/TESTIMON-6.jpg?v=1771516126\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"luftwaffe-me-262-jet-fighter-relic-display-8-x-10-ron-cole","title":"Luftwaffe Me 262 Jet Fighter Relic Display 8 x 10","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"1220\" height=\"104\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"EBdescription\"\u003eGerman WW2 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter authentic aircraft aluminum fragment, paired with original artwork by Ron Cole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eThis 8 x 10 inch handsome display includes a beautifully stirring image of a pair of Me 262 fighters in combat - paired with an incredibly rare authentic piece of aircraft duraluminum skin from an Me 262 lost in combat.  \u003c\/span\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMe 262 metal is extremely rare.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and numbered. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"8 x 10 Framed Display","offer_id":940670921,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/Me262-1.jpg?v=1461841951"},{"product_id":"d-day-invasion-lead-aircraft-douglas-c-47-thats-all-brother-relic-display","title":"D-Day Invasion Lead Aircraft: Douglas C-47 'That's All Brother' Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"76rjk-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"76rjk-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOwn, display, and preserve an authentic aluminum skin section from one of the most famous and important participants in the D-Day invasion of France. Ron Cole has combined his original artwork of this aircraft, C-47 s\/n 42-92847 'That's All Brother' (originally commissioned by the Commemorative Air Force in support of the restoration of this aircraft), with a section of skin left over from the rebuild. Complete with the history of this aircraft, signed \u0026amp; numbered, in an 8.5x11-inch ready-to-hang brushed black frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"76rjk-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"76rjk-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDouglas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"76rjk-1-0\"\u003e C-47 'That's All Brother' led the formation of 800 other C-47s from which approximately 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944 - the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"c9le0-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"c9le0-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"5qarm-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"5qarm-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"5qarm-0-0\"\u003eThe C-47's name, painted on its nose, was chosen by Air Force Lt. Col. John M. Donalson, commander of the 87th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, who flew the plane during the operation, as a \"message to Adolf Hitler\" that Nazi Germany's days were numbered. It was successfully flown again in 2018, and has been exhibited at air shows. After further refitting it has been flown across the Atlantic with other historic aircraft that took part in the invasion, to commemorate its 75th anniversary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"3br63-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3br63-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"frp33-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"frp33-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"frp33-0-0\"\u003eWhen the war began, John Donalson, who normally flew with the Alabama-based 106th Observation Squadron, which was assigned to the Pacific theater during the war, was transferred to Europe. Normally, he flew a Douglas C-47 Skytrain that he had named Belle of Birmingham, in honor of his home state's largest city. But for Operation Overlord, the 1944 invasion of Normandy which opened the western front, it was necessary to cut holes in the plane's fuselage for extra equipment. Donalson, by then commanding the 438th Troop Carrier Group of the 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, part of IX Troop Carrier Command, refused, and so he was issued another C-47 to lead the formation of those aircraft which dropped paratroopers onto the shores of France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"do1im-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"do1im-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"5nhms-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"5nhms-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"5nhms-0-0\"\u003eThe C-47 issued to Donalson had been built three months earlier at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Oklahoma City. It was delivered the day after completion to what was then the United States Army Air Forces at Love Field in Dallas; from there it was flown to Baer Army Air Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Five weeks later it was flown to England by the Air Transport Command. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"avlid-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"avlid-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003eOn the morning of June 6, 'That's All Brother' led 800 planes that dropped over 13,000 American paratroopers onto the French coast. It was chosen for the job because it had been equipped with radar that could find the beacons dropped as \"pathfinders\" to mark drop zones by an earlier group of paratroopers. Allied troops held their beachhead despite heavy initial losses, and slowly began liberating France. The C-47 was used in other operations in Western Europe later that year, including Market Garden, and Repulse (part of the resupplying of Bastogne), and in 1945's Operation Varsity, part of the invasion of Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/IG9C9690-640x427_480x480.jpg?v=1602780531\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003eAfter the war, this aircraft returned to the United States where it began a new life in civilian aviation, and its important history was mostly lost. In 2006, she was 'rediscovered', purchased by the CAF, and completely rebuilt as she was equipped for the D-Day invasion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003eThese parts were left over from that rebuild, as some panels were replaced due to superficial damage and light corrosion. The parts included with these displays are original to the aircraft in 1944 and flew over the invasion beaches of France on that historic day!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003eEach piece of aluminum skin from this aircraft measured a bit more than 1x1.5-inches. As the outside of the material was refinished since the war, and the original wartime-applied zinc chromate green is well preserved - we have displayed the interior side up. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003eVery limited! Each display signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/2880px-That_s_All_Brother_May_2019_480x480.jpg?v=1602780557\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed 8.5 x 11 Display","offer_id":4988575172,"sku":"","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/8.5x11-BROTHER-1-virt2.jpg?v=1760714613"},{"product_id":"p51d-mustang-me-262-combat-loss-relic-display","title":"P-51D Mustang, Me 262 Combat Loss Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eP-51D ‘Little Doc’ (s\/n 44-14379) participated in one of the few aerial combats between Luftwaffe Me 262 jet fighters and Allied fighters during World War II, on April 5, 1945. P-51s of the 20th FS intercepted Me 262s of JG 7 that were attempting to attack a B-17 Flying Fortress formation on its way to Berlin. Possibly damaged by an R4M rocket, Lt. John Cowley was forced to bail out of ‘Little Doc’, and while he sustained minor injuries, he was back in action the following week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remains of his aircraft were partially excavated by retired Belgian Air Force Colonel Christiaan Vanhee in 2004. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady-to-hang framed display measures 13x19-inches overall - artwork size 11x17. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11 x 17","offer_id":6046960964,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/P51-LITTLEDOC-1.jpg?v=1757264487"},{"product_id":"boeing-b-17e-flying-fortress-41-2595-desert-rat-relic-display","title":"Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress (41-2595) 'Desert Rat' Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eAuthentic aluminum fragment from B-17E (Serial Number 41-2595) 'Desert Rat', combined in a 9x19 inch frame with Ron Cole's original painting of this aircraft and its full history. The 1.5x1.5 inch piece of aluminum skin retains either original gray camouflage paint or manufacturer's stampings, and was cut from this aircraft's lower left wing tip. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis piece comes in a 9x19 inch frame as pictured - ready to hang!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach display is unique!  Signed and numbered - one of only 100. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e(Below: Typical example of aluminum fragment)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/IMG_8594_grande.jpg?v=1493386581\" alt=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e(Below: Detail of artwork)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/2017-B17E-LR_large.jpg?v=1494945793\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"475\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":39315112580,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/B-17-1-D.jpg?v=1496590963"},{"product_id":"special-boeing-b-17e-naughty-but-nice-s-n-41-2430-pearl-harbor-veteran-relic-display","title":"SPECIAL Boeing B-17E 'Naughty But Nice' s\/n 41-2430 Pearl Harbor Veteran Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eSPECIAL 18 x 24 Boeing B-17E ‘Naughty But Nice’ Limited Edition Relic Display\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes hand-written details of the Battle of the Bismark Sea action involving this aircraft, written by this aircraft's bombardier, to the parents of the pilot, who was killed in that battle. Also, a piece of aluminum skin from this aircraft, recovered in the 1980s, by another crew member, which is very well preserved with original exterior camouflage paint.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranscript of letter:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 17, 1943 Somewhere in New Guinea Dear Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs. Easter,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter I am about to write may seem to you to have been postponed a long time and it has for [that] reason that following Jim’s death I could think of nothing that I might say that would console you or give to you peace of mind at such a time. Now I feel I am better qualified to say the things I feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was with Jim at the time he met his death, serving as his bombardier. He was a great flier and a real friend. I felt I owed him a lot for he had helped me in so many ways. I know Jim was a good boy. He read his Bible very often. He never [drank] or gambled and was liked by all the men in the squadron. We were in lots of tight places together; I would have trusted him any place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI know he is at his home in Heaven, looking down on us, and wanting us to carry on for him. I honestly believe Jim Easter was one of the best men I ever knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day the Zeros hit us we were leading a bombing formation over a Jap[anese] convoy. We were on the bombing run and had not released our bombs. The Zero came in from the left-front and raked our whole plane. Jim was hit hard and never knew what hit him. He lived until after we landed, but was never conscious. I held him in my arms all the way home; he fought so hard to live but God was calling him home and very soon after we landed he answered the call. Jim was not afraid of death for he led a good, clean life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing over here one realizes more than ever that our country is worth fighting for and even dying for. I had many talks with Jim and I know that he felt that way about it. His was the greatest price anyone can be called on to pay. I was closer to Jim than anyone else who has been called on to pay the price, and his death made me more determined than ever to do my best to defeat our enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome day when the war is over, and if I live through it, I would like to visit you and tell you all the things I am unable to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy wife is expecting a baby and if it’s a boy we are naming it after my friend Jim and I hope he grows up to be as good a man as Jim Easter. If we will trust God I know that He will lead us to ultimate victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour son’s friend,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack K. Wisener\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAircraft History:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn December 6th, 1941, this Boeing B-17E (s\/n 41-2430) Flying Fortress left San Francisco, California, bound for the Philippines. On the morning of Dec. 7th, she arrived over Pearl Harbor to find the facilities under attack by the Japanese. Over the days that followed, and expecting Oahu to be invaded, orders were given to press ‘430’ into the Hawaiian Air Force. This aircraft was hurriedly painted in a wild camouflage scheme designed to hide it from another air attack, and the B-17 was used in the vain attempt to find and destroy the enemy Navy’s strike force. After invasion fears abated, 430 was sent to the South Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn March 3rd, 1943, 430, now nicknamed ‘Naughty But Nice’, took part in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (depicted here). The B-17 was attacked from the front by two Japanese Army Air Force Ki-43 ‘Oscars’ of the 11th Sentai. The fighters ‘raked the bomber from nose to tail’. Five crew aboard 430 were wounded, the pilot, 1st Lt. James Easter, severely. ‘Naughty But Nice’ made an emergency landing, but was repaired and returned to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis aircraft’s last mission was flown on the night of June 26th, 1943, against the Japanese bastion of Rabaul. After making a successful bomb run, 430 was approached from beneath by a Japanese Navy J1N ‘Irving’ night fighter flown by Shigetoshi Kudo. Three passes were made by Kudo, who utilized his aircraft’s oblique-firing 20mm cannon to set the B-17 on fire. No one aboard ‘Naughty But Nice’ ever saw Kudo’s aircraft, and thought that they’d been hit by anti-aircraft ground fire. Only the B-17’s navigator, Jose Holguin, escaped by parachute. He was captured by the Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, Holguin returned to the crash site with members of an Australian research and excavation team, and several parts of 430 were recovered, including the part included in this display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and numbered. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18 x 24 inches, framed and ready to hang.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead all about this history of this aircraft, and the recovery \u0026amp; preservation of its remains: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/colesaircraft.blogspot.com\/2019\/04\/naughty-but-nice-famous-fortresss.html\"\u003ehttps:\/\/colesaircraft.blogspot.com\/2019\/04\/naughty-but-nice-famous-fortresss.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"18 x 24","offer_id":21103693267003,"sku":"","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/B17E-5.jpg?v=1563723389"},{"product_id":"lockheed-sr-71-blackbird-black-painted-exterior-titanium-relic-display-11-x-17","title":"SR-71 Blackbird 'Super Skater' Mission-Flown Titanium Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eOwn and display an authentic piece of flown titanium from SR-71 Blackbird 'Super Skater' (s\/n 61-7970) - paired in this wall-hanging display (9 x 12-inches) with original artwork of this aircraft by aviation artist Ron Cole, signed \u0026amp; numbered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PQaYsFDfB4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese pieces of flown titanium (each roughly 2.5 x 1.5-inches) are not just plain cut rectangles or ovals of this rare material. Each of these limited-edition displays is adorned with a selected piece of metal that includes rivets, layered panels, or other distinctive elements from when this Blackbird was built in the legendary Lockheed Skunkworks factory in Palmdale, California. Some of these parts are even etched with the Skunkworks special Advanced Development Project (ADP) mark (see photos)! Many pieces show heat discoloration from having been flown at over Mach 3. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe SR-71 Blackbird entered service with the United States Air Force in 1964 and began development in 1958. It remains the fastest aircraft ever built. Over 90% of the SR-71 was made of titanium, a rare material at that time. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was tasked to obtain titanium from the world’s most plentiful source - the Soviet Union, the country which the SR-71 was being built to spy on. Through shell companies, the CIA purchased material through Third World countries and shipped the raw ore to the United States for processing and SR-71 production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis aircraft was lost on 17 June 1970 following a re-fueling collision with a KC-135Q (59-1474) tanker. Lt. Col. Buddy L. Brown and his RSO Maj. Mortimer J. Jarvis both ejected and survived the crash. The KC-135 made it back to Beale AFB, California with a damaged refueling boom and aft fuselage. Super Skater crashed into the desert. These pieces were recovered from the crash site in June 2013 by Zane Harwell, from whom these parts were directly obtained. The vast majority of the aircraft was removed from the site by the government in 1970, but these few pieces of wreckage remained. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"9x12-inches","offer_id":21107985514555,"sku":"","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/SR71-8A_4c0b0f5e-c7ef-4333-9144-ab5670e63929.jpg?v=1752597604"},{"product_id":"100-years-of-american-air-power-breguet-14-to-sr-71-blackbird-relics-display","title":"100 Years of American Air Power - Breguet 14 to SR-71 Blackbird Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eWithin a single century, American airmen traded the sky’s gentlest materials for its most unforgiving metals. During the grueling campaigns of World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces took to the air in aircraft like the Breguet 14. Though pioneering for its use of duralumin framing, the aircraft’s soul was still tethered to the earth—its wings were wrapped in fragile, doped linen fabric that tore under fire and shuddered in the wind. Flying was an intimate, tactile battle against the elements, where survival depended on wood, wire, and cloth stretched tight over a skeleton that clawed its way to a mere 120 miles per hour.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eFast forward a few fleeting decades to the Cold War, and the very nature of flight had been violently reimagined. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird tore through the stratosphere at over Mach 3, an aircraft so fast it outran the missiles meant to destroy it. To survive the brutal friction of traveling at 2,200 miles per hour, where surface temperatures could reach 600 degrees Fahrenheit, linen and wood were replaced by an exotic skin of advanced titanium alloys. In a single human lifetime, aviation had evolved from fragile fabric kites braving the trench-scarred skies of France to an invincible, titanium spearhead touching the edge of space.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis display reveals the incredible advancement of American aviation technology in a mere 100 years - from t\u003c\/span\u003ehe World War I Breguet 14 to the Mach 3+ SR-71 Blackbird - from doped linen skin to titanium alloy skin.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis handmade creation, by artist Ron Cole, combines an authenticated swatch of original doped linen cut from the wing of an American (AEF) Breguet 14, and a cut fragment of titanium alloy skin from the fuselage of a USAF SR-71 Blackbird, with Ron's original artwork of both aircraft in flight. All are presented in a polished black frame (13x19-inches), under glass, ready to hang. \u003cspan\u003eEach display signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe square of Blackbird titanium is from the outer skin of SR-71A serial number 61-7970, nicknamed 'Super Skater', which crashed after an accident on June 17th, 1970 (no fatalities). \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe matched square of AEF fabric was cut from the lower underside wing of a Breguet 14 B2 that crashed at Clermont Ferrand, France c. 1918. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17","offer_id":21112310235195,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/100years-virt-2.jpg?v=1781707898"},{"product_id":"grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-uss-saratoga-vf-12-relic-display","title":"Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat USS Saratoga VF-12 Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5Fp_Kb2H7g\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOwn an authentic piece of this historic F6F-3 Hellcat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBuilt in mid-1943, this Grumman F6F-3 (08974) was among the very first of the type to be sent to war, being assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) on August 2nd, 1943. While conducting flight operations off of New Caledonia on August 26th, this aircraft crashed and was written off. Its remains were recovered from Espiritu Santo in 1980, and returned to the United States in 2019.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis aluminum fragment retains most of its well-preserved upper-surface Navy blue paint, and was part of the portside wing. It's combined with Ron Cole's original painting of this aircraft in flight, with her carrier, the Saratoga, in the distance. All are nicely presented in a black 11 x 17 inch frame - ready to hang. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSigned and numbered. Very limited. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":30260229963835,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/Hellcat-11.jpg?v=1569679347"},{"product_id":"airship-hindenburg-lz129-lakehurst-crash-duraluminum-girder-8-5x11-relic-display","title":"Airship Hindenburg LZ129 Lakehurst Crash Duraluminum Girder 8.5x11 Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eHindenburg LZ129 Lakehurst crash duralumin structure with rare blue\/green anti-corrosive coating (unique to this airship) paired in this 8.5x11-inch wall-hanging display with Ron Cole's original artwork of LZ 129 at Lakehurst N.A.S. - signed \u0026amp; numbered 1 of 200. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT\u003cspan\u003ehe wreckage of the Hindenburg was mostly melted for scrap. Over 150,000 pounds of frame metal went to the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, whose contract forbade the use of the metal for \"ash trays, book ends or any similar articles.\" Thus, authentic material, especially metal, will forever remain extremely rare and difficult to find. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese duraluminum Hindenburg parts were recovered from the scene of the crash by Valentine Pasvolsky, who was the township engineer of nearby Lakewood, New Jersey. A Russian immigrant and veteran of both World Wars, he personally drove crash victims to the hospital, making several trips. His grandson, from whom these parts were acquired, remembers his grandfather retelling the story, and bringing these parts out of a box to show him. Valentine passed away in 1980. His grandson rediscovered the parts only in 2020, and provided a letter of provenance, as well as several newspaper articles about his grandfather, with this collection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll are 100% guaranteed to have been recovered from the Lakehurst crash site of the airship and originate from LZ 129. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA copy of the provenance (second image) will be included with each display. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have endeavored to price these pieces very reasonably, in keeping with the Cole's Aircraft goal of making history like this available to most everyone. A girder section from the Hindenburg was auctioned through Bonhams for $24,000.00, and tiny fragments of this airship often sell for over $1000.00. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuraluminum relic size: Roughly 1x1-inches. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRICTLY NO DISCOUNT CODES, PLEASE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34557730554019,"sku":"","price":380.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/HINDENBURG-8x11-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1768587133"},{"product_id":"the-cumberland-gap-1863-american-civil-war-excavated-minie-ball-relic-display","title":"The Cumberland Gap, 1863 - American Civil War Excavated Minie Ball Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy first adventure into the realm of the American Civil War, and a subject that I intend to visit more often moving forward. I've depicted The Cumberland Gap in this first piece, since I recently acquired a box of Minie balls \u0026amp; buttons that were excavated from that area. I wrestled with the composition. Part of me wanted to depict Union soldiers, but the story of how a hundred Confederates, who refused to surrender to Ohio's Major General Burnside, slipped through Union lines and escaped, really caught my attention. I've painted them, here, overlooking the rugged country of the Gap at dawn, after a long night's march. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"dct79-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"dct79-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"dct79-1-0\"\u003e September 7–9, 1863 fall of the Cumberland Gap was a victory for Union forces under the command of Ambrose Burnside during his campaign for Knoxville. The bloodless engagement cost the Confederates 2,300 men and control of the Cumberland Gap.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"3uk5b-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3uk5b-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3uk5b-0-0\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"b4kmc-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"b4kmc-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"b4kmc-0-0\"\u003eMajor General Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Department and Army of the Ohio, began to advance against Knoxville, Tennessee. Burnside left Cincinnati, Ohio in mid-August 1863. The direct route ran through the Confederate-held Cumberland Gap. Burnside had been delayed in earlier attempts to move out against Knoxville and thus chose not to spend the time to force a passage of the gap. Instead he detached one brigade under Colonel John F. DeCourcy to pose a threat to Brigadier General John W. Frazer's 2,300 man garrison, while the rest of the army bypassed to the south over 40 miles in rugged mountainous terrain. DeCourcy had previously led a brigade in the 1862 operations against the Cumberland Gap under George W. Morgan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"4948e-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"4948e-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"4948e-0-0\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"8h5gq-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"8h5gq-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"8h5gq-0-0\"\u003eDespite this, Burnside made a rapid advance on Knoxville. Many of the Confederates in eastern Tennessee had been withdrawn for the upcoming Battle of Chickamauga, leaving only two brigades under General Sam Jones (including Frazer's). Having successfully occupied Knoxville on September 2, Burnside could now return his attention to the Cumberland Gap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"6gpub-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"6gpub-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"6gpub-0-0\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"6bs63-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"6bs63-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"6bs63-0-0\"\u003eFrazer and his 2,300-man garrison had little combat experience, yet they had the benefit of a strong natural defense. Frazer's men supplemented this by digging their own trenches. General Simon B. Buckner had given Frazer orders to hold the gap at all cost, yet when Buckner and all his troops were redeployed, no contingency had been formulated for retreat and therefore Frazer continued following his orders from Buckner to hold the gap. DeCourcy's brigade threatened the Confederates from the north, but his brigade alone was not enough to force Frazer out of the gap. Burnside dispatched a second brigade under Brigadier General James M. Shackelford. Shackelford approached from the south and, on September 7, asked for Frazer's surrender. There were still not enough Union troops to convince Frazer to surrender. An ineffectual exchange of artillery followed but that evening Union soldier captured Gap Springs, the Confederate water supply. On September 8 Burnside personally left Knoxville with a brigade under Colonel Samuel A. Gilbert and marched 60 miles in just over a day. Meanwhile, both DeCourcy and Shackelford sent messages demanding surrender. Attempting to buy time, Frazer met with the two Union commanders separately, but rejected surrender demands from both.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"74kmj-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"74kmj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"74kmj-0-0\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"74pq5\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003eAround 10:00 a.m. on September 9, Burnside sent a message to Frazer stating he now had a large enough force to carry the gap by storm. The large Union force, little combat experience and low morale (after news of Vicksburg and Gettysburg) all factored into Frazer's decision to surrender. Around 3:00 p.m. Frazer agreed to an unconditional surrender of all the Confederates guarding the Cumberland Gap. Between 100-300 men managed to escape through DeCourcy's lines after the surrender had taken place, but the rest of the soldiers, arms, 14 pieces of artillery and the strategic location were now in Union control. This was the last major operation against the Cumberland Gap and it would remain in Union hands for the rest of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003eThe Display:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003eEach of my prints are signed \u0026amp; numbered - one of fifty - and 11 x 17-inches, in a black frame (13 x 19-inches, total size). Each is affixed with a genuine Minie ball, excavated from the area. Each display is ready to hang. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003eHistory you can touch!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-offset-key=\"3e2nj-0-0\"\u003e- R. Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11 x 17","offer_id":37897540436168,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/CIVILWAR-1.jpg?v=1611175146"},{"product_id":"v-2-first-object-into-space-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"V-2 First Object Into Space Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe V-2 rocket was the first man-made object ever to enter outer space, on June 20th, 1944 (over 550,000 feet altitude - as opposed to Virgin Galactic's 2021 maximum altitude of 262,000 feet). While originally designed by Germany during World War II as a weapon, the V-2 was mankind's first venture beyond planet Earth. Examples of production V-2s were exported to the United States after the war, where they served as the technological foundation for NASA and its rockets to follow. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1949, the 'Bumper-WAC' became the next human-made object to enter space as it climbed to an altitude of 244 miles. The rocket consisted of a JPL WAC Corporal missile sitting atop a German-made V-2 rocket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230313_172712_480x480.jpg?v=1678748670\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces of V-2 were taken from a rocket body being scrapped at Aberdeen Proving Grounds by Col. George Burling Jarrett (1901 - 1974) in 1949. The exterior of this steel is painted dark camouflage green, and the interior is coated with a metal fiber infused coating intended to help dissipate heat (almost looks metallic).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece is 2x1.2-inches and affixed to the outside of the glass frame. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.  8.5x11 framed and ready to hang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41205267595464,"sku":"","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/V2-1-virt.jpg?v=1678747600"},{"product_id":"air-force-one-jfk-presidential-matchbook-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"John F. Kennedy Air Force One VC-137 Matchbook Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn F. Kennedy’s VC-137C ‘SAM 26000’ - known by its call sign ‘Air Force One’ - was the first official presidential aircraft in U.S. history, and its now iconic livery was designed by JFK and French designer Raymond Loewy. Kennedy saw Air Force One as an important part of his administration’s brand, and attended to many details, including the exclusive ‘Aboard the Presidential Aircraft’ matchbooks (LEFT) that were only available on his aircraft. These matchbooks were aboard during his flight to Dallas, Texas on November 22nd, 1963. Several original boxes were obtained by the National Museum of the United States Air Force in 2019 and were acquired by Ron Cole in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese matchbooks were of the highest quality, true to the Kennedy tradition, with gold high relief text and the presidential seal on the reverse. Each is attached to the display so as to be removable, and not damage the matchbook itself.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered by the artist. 13 x 19-inches framed and ready to hang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qzr7-DiKGwo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42224709271801,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/AF-1-fb.jpg?v=1645710695"},{"product_id":"a-10-thunderbolt-ii-warthog-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"A-10 Thunderbolt II 'Warthog' Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOwn an authenticated piece of A-10 Warthog skin combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this epic ground attack aircraft.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThese large 1x4-inch pieces of green-camouflaged composite aircraft skin have been cut from an original, actually flown, leading edge wing panel from an A-10A Thunderbolt II. The panel is stamped with part numbers that verify its identification as well as the date of March 1982. This area of the aircraft sustained damage from what appears to be a rock strike and was replaced. It retains all of its original paint and unique markings. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/s-l1600_15_480x480.jpg?v=1657325766\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/s-l1600_15_480x480.jpg?v=1657325766\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/s-l1600_12_480x480.jpg?v=1657325790\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRon Cole has paired these pieces with his brand-new original artwork of the A-10 as it appeared during the date of this wing panel, dramatically launching flares and firing its amazing 30mm GAU-8\/A Avenger autocannon. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach display is signed and numbered, framed in a 11x17-inch Made-in-USA black frame, ready to hang. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA very requested display series that will not last long!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"13x19","offer_id":42996565672185,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/A-10-1.jpg?v=1657325350"},{"product_id":"d-day-cg-4-assault-glider-original-trim-wheel-relic-display","title":"D-Day CG-4 Assault Glider Original Trim Wheel Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAuthentic and extremely rare Waco CG-4 Assault Glider 'flown' trim wheel paired with Ron Cole's original composition of this aircraft in action on D-Day, June 6th, 1944, in an 11x17-inch wall-hanging framed display - each signed \u0026amp; numbered.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eImagine landing a powerless aircraft made mostly of wood and fabric behind enemy lines at night on a patch of field while under hostile fire. Such was the experience of many brave men on the night of June 5th and 6th in Normandy, France. Pilots were not deterred by witnessing other machines crack up in front of their eyes as they careened forward on ground previously known only from thousands of feet above. It was a one-way mission - in American style. And they won. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThese trim wheels were an important part of this aircraft's unique control system, located prominently above the pilot and co-pilot. Each of these controls included in each of these displays were actually flown and not 'new old stock' that survived the war in a warehouse. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/CG4A-cockpit_480x480.jpg?v=1662907950\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20220829_135425_480x480.jpg?v=1662907552\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20220829_135425_480x480.jpg?v=1662907552\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese rare pieces came to Cole's Aircraft from the Warbirds of Glory Museum of Brighton, Michigan in 2022. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach of these displays measures 13x19-inches (outside frame dimensions), and the artwork itself is 11x17-inches. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d3j9c-0-0\" data-editor=\"ca4r2\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered - very limited to 75 displays. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed 11 x 17 Display","offer_id":43255781589241,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/CG-4-1.jpg?v=1662907338"},{"product_id":"northrop-t-38-talon-skin-fragment-relic-6x8-inch-acrylic-desk-display","title":"Northrop T-38 Talon Skin Fragment Relic 6x8-inch Acrylic Desk Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAviation history you can touch with Ron Cole's free-standing two-sided acrylic relic displays. Perfect 6x8-inch size for desk or bookshelf. Handmade in the USA, right here in Zanesville, Ohio!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twin jet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first, and the most produced, supersonic trainer. The United States Air Force (USAF) operates the most T-38s. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland, is the principal US Navy operator (other T-38s were previously used as USN for dissimilar air combat training until replaced by the similar Northrop F-5 Tiger II). Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots. As of 2022, the T-38 has been in service for over 60 years with its original operator, the United States Air Force.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20221102_122321_480x480.jpg?v=1667407694\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEach display includes a 1.5x1.5-inch aluminum skin fragment from this aircraft - T-38 Talon s\/n 64349 - with original white exterior paint on the upper surface and gray\/green primer on the reverse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIncluded Certificate of Authenticity (COA). Signed \u0026amp; numbered. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"6x8-inches","offer_id":43467520573689,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/products\/T38-virt.jpg?v=1667407602"},{"product_id":"spirit-of-st-louis-flown-trans-atlantic-aircraft-linen-8-5x11-relic-display","title":"Spirit of St. Louis Flown Trans-Atlantic Aircraft Linen 8.5x11 Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAuthenticated with full provenance, history, and chain of custody from 1927:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal .5x.5-inch swatch of silver-doped linen from Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, that was on the aircraft during its May 20-21, 1927, non-stop flight from New York to Paris, France. This rare material is paired with the artwork of Lindbergh's arrival over Paris by artist Ron Cole, in these framed wall-hanging and ready-to-hang 8.5x11-inch displays. Signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHistory, as included with each display:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOn May 21st, 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3600 miles. When he arrived in Paris, he and his aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis, were mobbed by ecstatic well-wishers. Pieces of silver doped linen from the airplane were torn off as souvenirs, some of which were autographed by Lindbergh on the scene.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"174\" width=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Piece_of_signed_fabric_spirit_of_st_louis_240x240.jpg?v=1675120385\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Spirit of St. Louis underwent repairs in a hangar at Le Bourget over the next month, during which the original linen on the fuselage and tail plane was stripped and replaced with all new material. At least some of the original linen was cut up and made its way into lucky hands over the ensuing months and years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn the 1930s, Col. George Burling Jarrett was already an icon within the emerging world of historic aviation thanks to his collection of original Great War aircraft, their public display on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, and his tireless work on most Hollywood aviation films of the day. There was no important airplane that Jarrett did not own a piece of, from the 1903 Wright Flyer, Richthofen’s Fokker Dr. I, Emelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, and Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Jarrett often shared portions of his collection with his friends, and on March 21st, 1937, he sent some of his Lindbergh linen, along with a descriptive letter, to Richard Boehme.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe silver doped linen fragment, at right, was among a vast quantity of historic aviation material acquired by Ron Cole from the Boehme Estate in 2022, the majority of which originated with Col. Jarrett between 1936 and 1973. As detailed by Jarrett in writing, this linen was among the skinning removed from the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, France after Lindbergh's historic flight in 1927. It was on the aircraft during its trans-Atlantic flight.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"343\" width=\"543\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d2x_480x480.jpg?v=1675033610\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto above depicts the original Spirit of St. Louis on display in the National Air \u0026amp; Space Museum in Washington, D.C. This starboard horizontal stabilizer was recovered using French-made linen in a hangar at Le Bourget after the historic flight, but the shape and size reflects the flight-original material, a piece of which is included in each display.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg height=\"345\" width=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d2_480x480.jpg?v=1675033633\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"344\" width=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d_480x480.jpg?v=1675033658\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo above photos reveal The Spirit of St. Louis in a hangar at Le Bourget after Lindburgh's trans-Atlantic flight; the first showing damage to the aircraft's silver linen skin inflicted by ecstatic well-wishers who greeted Lindbergh on the night of May 21st, and the second shows the extent to which the flight-original linen (offered here) was removed and replaced. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAdditional History:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis flight-original Spirit of St. Louis linen made its first appearance in the United States in the personal collection of Hollywood film pioneering sound engineer Joseph E. Aiken (1900 - July 16, 1969) in 1927. Aiken was famously a key procurer of historic aircraft that were featured in early sound films and was internationally known for possessing one of the most significant collections of U.S. Civil War memorabilia (another interest he shared with Jarrett). In George Jarrett's package sent to Richard Boehme, dated March 21st, 1937 (pictured, below), Jarrett writes, in part:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"Enclosed is what I can part with from [The] Spirit of St Louis. If you want it send $7 with your next correspondance (sic). As mentioned Lindy had his fuselage and tail re-covered while in Paris. Came to me from J.E. Aiken, who guards it pretty closely.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230130_182925_480x480.jpg?v=1675122400\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe relevant Jarret letter to R. Boehme and Jarrett\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ecorrespondence w\/ his partner, J.E. Aiken, the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eoriginal owner of the linen, dated 10\/10\/37\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDetailed photos of flight-original silver-doped linen, typical of the .5x.5-inch swatches included in each display. Details include dope and silver paint (which appear to be two applications), rib ties (cut), rip tape, stitching, and other detail:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg height=\"459\" width=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230130_163037sd_480x480.jpg?v=1675122847\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt should go without saying that this is one of the most historically significant relic displays ever offered by Ron Cole \u0026amp; Cole's Aircraft. There is enough of this flight-original linen to produce 300 signed \u0026amp; numbered wall-hanging displays. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCopies of the aforementioned George Jarrett letter will be included on the reverse of each display, and the authenticity of every one of these pieces is absolutely guaranteed for life. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNO DISCOUNT CODES, PLEASE\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\" data-editor=\"71fnt\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":43841503330553,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Spirit-sm-2.jpg?v=1684336808"},{"product_id":"p-51-mustang-rb-51-red-baron-5-steve-hinton-speed-record-aircraft-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"P-51 Mustang RB-51 'Red Baron' #5 Steve Hinton Speed Record Aircraft Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Red Baron was a North American P-51D Mustang NX7715C, original serial number 44-84961. In February 1974, it was purchased by Ed Browning of Red Baron Flying Service in Idaho Falls, Idaho and renamed the Red Baron.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn August 14, 1979, pilot legend Steve Hinton set the piston-driven aircraft 3-kilometer world speed record at 499.018 mph at Tonopah, Nevada, making Hinton, age 27, the youngest person ever to capture the speed record. The record held for ten years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn September 16, 1979, Hinton was racing the RB-51 in the Reno Air Races when a capacitor in the magneto failed, causing the engine to run on half its spark plugs. A bearing in the supercharger failed. Hinton finished the race in second place and moved to make an emergency landing. The supercharger failure resulted in a shaft failure, which in turn controlled the propeller pitch. The propellers went flat, acting as a huge air brake. The RB-51 crashed short of the runway. The wings were sheared off as the plane came down between two piles of rock and the fuel erupted in a fireball. The cockpit was thrown end-over-end away from the fire, yet Hinton survived with a broken back, leg, and ankle. The Red Baron was destroyed in the crash.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRon Cole \u0026amp; Cole's Aircraft acquired a large fuselage section from the wreckage of Red Baron from a Florida collection in 2023. Recognizing that most of the panel, which includes hand-painted graphics regarding the aircraft's world speed record, should be preserved intact, only a small portion of the panel was cut for a limited number of relic displays. History like this should be shared, but not destroyed in the process. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230530_181556_480x480.jpg?v=1685546524\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230530_181610_480x480.jpg?v=1685546534\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach display is signed and numbered, framed in a 11x17-inch Made-in-USA black frame, ready to hang. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA very requested display series that will not last long!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"13x19","offer_id":43855483273465,"sku":"","price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/REDBARON-2.jpg?v=1685545900"},{"product_id":"copy-of-100-years-of-american-air-power-breguet-14-to-sr-71-blackbird-relics-display","title":"Honor Flight Special: 120 Years of American Aviation Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOwn \u0026amp; display Kittyhawk-flown linen from the original 1903 Wright Flyer, mission-flown aluminum skin from the famous B-17F 'Memphis Belle', and mission-flown titanium from SR-71 Blackbird 'Super Skater'.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePROCEEDS FROM THIS SPECIAL DISPLAY BENIFITS HONOR FLIGHT, COLUMBUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/image001_240x240.jpg?v=1689284659\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-screen-in-hide=\"done\" data-angle-style-location=\"style\" data-angle=\"0\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-ihkefr4l wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ihkefr4l\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font_3 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eWHAT IS HONOR FLIGHT COLUMBUS?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-screen-in-hide=\"done\" data-angle-style-location=\"style\" data-angle=\"0\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-k5fr3bn3 wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-k5fr3bn3\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"font_5 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eOUR MISSION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-screen-in-hide=\"done\" data-angle-style-location=\"style\" data-angle=\"0\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-ihkehoqr wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ihkehoqr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eTo honor America's senior veterans with a trip to Washington D.C. to visit the nation's memorials. To help them share their stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eTo celebrate and affirm their service and homecoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eHONOR      SHARE      CELEBRATE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eRon Cole is offering this very special 24 x 18-inch historic aviation relic display for this very special and timely cause. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThis large display celebrates 120 years of American aviation history \u0026amp; innovation by incorporating 1.5 x 1.5-inch sections of skinning from all three of these most important American-made machines of the air with the original artwork of each aircraft by aviation artist Ron Cole.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eHistory of this material from the 1903 Wright Flyer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe 1903 Flyer was the first manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft - the first airplane - to fly. Designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, it first flew from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17th, 1903. The flyer was in storage in Dayton in 1913 when a flood damaged the machine’s linen covering. Pending a tour of Europe, the Wrights recovered the flyer with all new material, but saved the original linen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn the 1930s, George B. Jarrett, owner and operator of the Steel Pier Amusement Company and The Jarrett Museum of World War History, obtained some of this original linen from Ivonette Wright Miller, who was the Wright family historian until her passing in 1995. In 1937, Jarrett shared some of this material with Robert (Bob) Boehme and mentioned that he'd obtained it from 'Ivonette Miller (Wright)'.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eOriginal letter from Col. George Jarrett describing Wright Flyer material. A copy of this letter will be included with each display. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAfter the passing of Robert Boehme in 2012, Ron Cole and Cole's Aircraft obtained most of the latter's aviation collection in 2022.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eEach framed display is 8.5x11-inches and is signed \u0026amp; numbered. Each piece of linen is slightly larger than .5x.5-inches and retains stains and rust spots from the Dayton 1913 flood.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory of this aluminum skin from the Memphis Belle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis aircraft needs no introduction; probably one of the most famous aircraft of World War II, and certainly the best-known of the war's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress'. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Memphis Belle' was one of the first heavy bombers, among tens of thousands, to complete 25 combat missions in the war. Her exploits, and the experiences of her crew (though the aircraft was flown in combat by more than a single crew), have been chronicled in many Hollywood films. The aircraft itself was saved from scrapping by the City of Memphis after the war. She was displayed out of doors for many years, during which these pieces of aluminum skin were acquired, by the Memphis Belle Memorial Foundation, which periodically repaired damage to the airframe. These pieces of skin were from the original aircraft, and not later, replacement, material. The B-17 was recently restored by the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, where she is beautifully preserved and on permanent display. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces of aluminum skin deserve some description. Roughly 1x1.5 inches in size, the metal has been stripped of its exterior paint in the past, though retains some original zinc chromate on the reverse side. Each piece has at least one rivet hole, and the remains of the raised rivet impression (somewhat unique among military aircraft of the time).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory of this titanium from SR-71 'Super Skater': \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe SR-71 Blackbird entered service with the United States Air Force in 1964 and began development in 1958. It remains the fastest aircraft ever built. Over 90% of the SR-71 was made of titanium, a rare material at that time. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was tasked to obtain titanium from the world’s most plentiful source - the Soviet Union, the country which the SR-71 was being built to spy on. Through shell companies, the CIA purchased material through Third World countries, and shipped the raw ore to the United States for processing and SR-71 production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis aircraft was lost on 17 June 1970 following a re-fueling collision with a KC-135Q (59-1474) tanker. Lt. Col. Buddy L. Brown and his RSO Maj. Mortimer J. Jarvis both ejected and survived the crash. The KC-135 made it back to Beale AFB, California with a damaged refueling boom and aft fuselage. Super Skater crashed into the desert. These pieces were recovered from the crash site in June 2013 by Zane Harwell, from whom these parts were directly obtained. The vast majority of the aircraft was removed from the site by the government in 1970, but these few pieces of wreckage remained. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis display is handmade on 24 x 18-inch matte canvas, mounted in a black open frame. Signed by the artist. Ready to hang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"24 x 18","offer_id":43911311524089,"sku":"","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Bills-Piece-1-virt.jpg?v=1689278906"},{"product_id":"chuck-yeagers-nf-104a-starfighter-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"Chuck Yeager's NF-104A 'Starfighter' Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn a rare and historically important flown piece of Chuck Yeager's Lockheed NF-104A, combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this aircraft during Yeager's attempt to break the world's altitude record in this aircraft! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLockheed NF-104A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas an American mixed power, high-performance, supersonic aerospace trainer that served as a low-cost astronaut training vehicle for the X-15 and projected X-20 Dyna-Soar programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third NF-104A (USAF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e56-0762\u003c\/i\u003e) was delivered to the USAF on 1 November 1963, and was destroyed in a crash while being piloted by Chuck Yeager on 10 December 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/download_7_600x600.jpg?v=1709421504\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs excerpted from Tom Wolfe’s\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Right Stuff:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo extraordinary pieces of equipment were being developed specifically for ARPS. One was a space mission simulator, a device more realistic and sophisticated than the Mercury project simulator NASA had on the boards. The other was the NF-104, which was an F-104 with a rocket engine mounted over the tailpipe. The rocket engine used hydrogen peroxide and JP4 fuel and would deliver 6.000 pounds of thrust. It was like a super-afterburner. The main engine plus the regular afterburner would take you to about 60,000 feet, and when you cut in the rocket, and that would take you somewhere between 120,000 and 140,000 feet. At least that was what the engineers confidently assumed. The plan was that the ARPS students would run profiles on the space mission simulator, then put on silver pressure suits, space-flight style, and take the NF-104 up to 120,000 feet or more in a tremendous arc, affording up to two minutes of weightlessness. During this interval they could master the use of reaction controls, which were hydrogen-peroxide thrusters of the sort used in all vehicles above 100,000 feet, whether the X-15, the Mercury capsule, or the X-20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only problem was that nobody had ever wrung out the NF-104. Just how it would handle in the weak molecular structure of the atmosphere above 100,000 feet, what the limits of its performance envelope would be, nobody knew. The F-104 had been built as a high-speed interceptor, and when you tried to do other things with it, it became very “unforgiving,” as the expression went. Pilots were already beginning to crunch the F-104 simply because the engine flamed out and they fell to the ground with about as much glide as a set of car keys. But Yeager loved the damned ship. It went like a bat. As the commandant of ARPS, he seized the opportunity to test the NF-104 as if it had his name on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.klpstudio.com\/chuckyeager_org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yeagerNF104.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eThe main reason he would be testing it would be for use in the school, but there was an extra dividend. Whoever was the first to push the NF-104 to optimum performance was certain to set a new world record for altitude achieved by a ship taking off under its own power. The Soviets had set the current record, 113,980 feet, in 1961 with the E-66A, a delta-winged fighter plane. The X-2 and the X-15 had flown higher, but they had to be hauled aloft by a larger ship before their rockets were ignited. The Mercury and Vostok space vehicles were lifted to altitude by automated booster rockets, which were then disengaged and jettisoned. Of course, all aircraft records were losing their dazzle now that space flight had begun. It was getting to be like setting some sort of new record for railroad trains. Yeager hadn’t tried to break a record in the skied over Edwards since December 1953, ten years ago, when he had set a new speed mark of Mach 2.4 in the X-1A and had come down in the far side of the arc in the most horrendous bout with high-speed instability any man had ever survived. Now Yeager was back on the flight line again to go for broke, out by the shimmering mirage surface of Rogers Lake, under that pale-blue desert sky, and the righteous energy was flowing again… and through that wild unbroken beast… a few volts of that righteous old-time religion… well, that would be all right, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeager had taken the NF-104 up for three checkout flights, edging it up gradually toward 100,000 feet, where the limits of the envelope, whatever they were, would begin to reveal themselves. And now he was out on the flight line for the second of two major preliminary flights. Tomorrow he would let it all out and go for the record. It was another of those absolutely clear brilliant afternoons on the dome of the world. In the morning flight everything had gone exactly according to plan. He had taken the ship up to 108,000 feet after cutting in the rocket engine at 60,000. The rocket had propelled the ship up at a 50-degree angle of attack. One of the disagreeable sides of the ship was her dislike of extreme angles. At any angle greater than 30 degrees, her nose would pitch up, which was the move she made just before going into spins. But at 108,000 feet it was no problem. The air was so thin at that altitude, so close to being pure “space,” that the reaction controls, the hydrogen peroxide thrusts, worked beautifully. Yeager had only to nudge the sidearm hand controller by his lap and a thruster on top of the nose of the plane pushed the nose right down again, and he was in perfect position to re-enter the dense atmosphere below. Now he was going up for one final exploration of that same region before going for broke tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 40,000 feet Yeager began his speed run. He cut in the afterburner and it slammed him back in his seat, and he was now riding an engine with nearly 16,000 pounds of thrust. As soon as the Machmeter hit 2.2, he pulled back on the stick and started the climb. The afterburner would carry him to 60,000 feet before exhausting its fuel. At precisely that moment he threw the switch for the rocket engine… terrific jolt… He’s slammed back in his seat again. The nose pitches up to 70 degrees. The g-forces start rising. The desert sky starts falling away. He’s going straight up into the indigo. At 78,000 feet a light on the console… as usual… the main engine overheating from the tremendous exertion of the climb. He throws the switch and shuts it down but the rocket is still accelerating. Who doesn’t know this feeling if he doesn’t! The bastards are fantastic! … One hundred thousand feet… He shuts down the rocket engine. He’s still climbing. The g-forces slide off… makes you feel like you’re pitching forward…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe’s weightless, coming over the top of the arc… 104.000 feet… It’s absolutely silent… Twenty miles up… The sky is almost black. He’s looking straight up into it, because the nose of the ship is pitched up. His angle of attack is still about 50 degrees. He’s over the top of the arc and coming down. He pushes the sidearm control to bring down the nose of the ship, but the nose isn’t budging. It’s still pitched up! He hits the thruster again… Shit!… She won’t go down!… Now he can see it, the whole diagram… This morning at 108,000 feet the air was so thin it offered no resistance, and you could easily push the nose down with the thrusters. At 104,000 feet the air remains just thick enough to exert aerodynamic pressure. The thrusters aren’t strong enough to overcome it… He keeps hitting the reaction controls… The hydrogen peroxide squirts out of the jet on the nose of the ship and doesn’t do a goddamned thing… He’s dropping and the nose is still pitched up… The outside of the envelope!… well, here it is, the sonofabitch… It doesn’t want to stretch… and here we go!…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ship snaps into a flat spin. It’s spinning right over its center of gravity, like a pinwheel on a stick. He pushes the sidearm control again. The hydrogen peroxide is finished. He has 600 pounds of fuel left in the main engine but there’s no way to start it up. To relight the engine you have to put the ship nose down into a dive and force air through the intake duct to and start the engine windmilling to build up the rpms. Without rpms there’s no hydraulic pressure and without hydraulic pressure you can’t move the stabilizer wings on the tail and without the stabilizer wings you can’t control this bastard at the lower altitudes… He’s in a steady-state flat spin and dropping… He’s whirling around at a terrific rate… He makes himself keep his eyes pinned on the instruments… A little sightseeing at this point and it’s vertigo and you’re finished… He;s down to 80,000 feet and the rpms are dead zero… He’s falling 150 feet a second… 9,000 feet a minute… And what do I do next?… here in the jaws of the Gulp… I’ve tried A! – I’ve tried B! – The damned beast isn’t making a sound… just spinning around like a length of pipe in the sky… he has one last shot… the speed brakes, a parachute rig in the tail for slowing the ship down after a high-speed landing…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe altimeter keeps winding down… Twenty-five thousand feet… but the altimeter is based on sea level… He’s only 21,000 feet above the high desert… The slack’s running out… He pops the speed brake… Bango! – the chute catches with a jolt… it pulls the tail up… He pitches down… The spin stops. The nose is pointed down. Now he only has to jettison the chute and let her dive and pick up the rpms. He jettisons the chute… and the beast heaves up again! The nose goes back up in the air!… It’s the rear stabilizer wing… The leading edge is locked, frozen into the position of the climb to altitude. With no rpms and no hydraulic controls, he can’t move the tail… The nose is pitched way above 30 degrees… Here she goes again… He has no rpms, no power, no more speed chute and only 180 knots airspeed… He’s down to 12,000 feet… 8,000 feet above the farm… There’s not a goddamned thing left in the manual or the bag of tricks or the righteousness of twenty years of military flying… Chosen or damned!… It blows at any seam! Yeager hasn’t bailed out an airplane since the day he was shot down over Germany when he was twenty… I’ve tried A! – I’ve tried B! – I’ve tried C!… 11,000 feet, 7,000 feet from the farm… He hunches himself into a ball, just as it says in the manual, and reaches under the seat for the cinch ring and pulls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe’s exploded out of the cockpit with such force it’s like a concussion… He can’t see… Wham… a jolt in the back… It’s the seat separating from him and the parachute rig… His head begins to clear… He’s in midair, in his pressure suit, looking out through the visor of his helmet… Every second seems enormously elongated… infinite… such slow motion… He’s suspended in midair… weightless… The ship had been falling about 100 miles an hour and the ejection rocket had propelled him up at 90 miles an hour. For one thick adrenal moment he’s weightless in midair, 7,000 feet above the desert… The seat floats nearby, as if the two of them are parked in the atmosphere… The butt of the seat, the underside, is facing him… a red hole… the socket where the ejection mechanism had been attached… it’s dribbling a charcoal red… lava… the remains of the rocket propellant… It’s glowing… it’s oozing out of the socket… In the next moment they’re both falling, he and he seat. His parachute has a quarter bag over it and on the bag is a drogue chute that pulls the bag off so the parachute will stream out gradually and not break the chute or the pilot’s back when the canopy pops open during a high-speed ejection. It’s designed for an ejection at 400 or 500 miles an hour, but he’s only going 175.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this infinitely expanded few seconds the lines stream out and Yeager and the rocket seat and the glowing red socket sail through the air together… and now the seat is drifting above him… into the chute lines!… The seat is nestled in the chute lines… dribbling lava out of the socket… eating through the lines… An infinite second… He’s jerked up by the shoulders… it’s the chute opening and the canopy filling… in that very instant the lava – it smashes into the visor of his helmet… Something slices through his left eye… He’s knocked silly… He can’t see a goddamned thing… The burning snaps him to… His left eye is gushing blood… It’s pouring down inside the lid and down his face and his face is on fire… Jesus Christ!… the seat rig… The jerk of the parachute had suddenly slowed his speed, but the seat kept falling… It had fallen out of the chute lines and the butt end crashed into his visor… 180 pounds of metal… a double layer visor.. the goddamned thing has smashed through both layers… He’s burning!… There’s rocket lava inside the helmet… The seat has fallen away… He can’t see… blood pouring out of his left eye and there’s smoke inside the helmet… Rubber!…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the seal between the helmet and the pressure suit… It’s burning up… The propellant won’t quit… A tremendous whoosh… He can feel the rush… he can even hear it… The whole left side of his helmet is full of flames… A sheet of flame goes up his neck and the side of his face… The oxygen!… The propellant has burned through the rubber seal, setting off the pressure suit’s automatic oxygen system… The integrity of the circuit has been violated and it rushes oxygen to the helmet, to the pilot’s face… A hundred percent oxygen! Christ!… It turns the lava into an inferno… Everything that can burn is on fire… everything else is melting… Even with the hole smashed in the visor the helmet is full of smoke… He’s choking… blinded… The left side of his head is on fire… He’s suffocating… He brings up his left hand… He has on pressure-suit gloves locked and taped to the sleeve… He jams his in through the hole in the visor and tries to create and air scoop with it to bring air to his mouth… The flames… They’re all over it… They go to work on his glove where it touches his face… They devour it!… His index finger is burning up… His goddamned finger is burning!… But he doesn’t move it… Get some air!… Nothing else matters… He’s gulping smoke… He has to get the visor open… It’s twisted… He’s encased in a little broken globe dying in a cloud of his own fried flesh… The stench of it!… rubber and human hide… He has to get the visor open… It’s that or nothing, no two ways about it… It’s smashed all to hell… He jams both hands underneath… It’s a tremendous effort… It lifts… Salvation!…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a sea the air carries it all away, the smoke, the flames… The fire is out. He can breathe. He can see out of his right eye. The desert, the mesquite, the motherless Joshua trees are rising slowly toward him… He can’t open his left eye… Now he can feel the pain… Half his head is broiled… That isn’t the worst of it… The damned finger!… Jesus!… He can make out the terrain, he’s been over it a million times… Over there’s the highway, 466, and there’s route 6 crossing it… His left glove is practically burned off… The glove and his left index finger… he can’t tell them apart… they look as if they exploded in an over… He’s not far from base… Whatever is with the finger, it’s very bad… Nearly down… He gets ready… Right out of the manual… A terrific wallop… He’s down on the mesquite, looking across the desert, one-eyed… He stands up… Hell! He’s in one piece!… He can hardly use his left hand. The goddamned finger is killing him. The whole side of his head… he starts taking off the parachute harness… It’s all in the manual! Regulation issue!… He starts rolling up the parachute, just like it says… Some of the cords are almost melted through, from the lava… His head feels like it’s still on fire… The pain comes from way down deep… But he’s got to get the helmet off… It’s a hell of an operation… He doesn’t dare touch his head… It feels enormous… Somebody’s running toward him… It’s a kid, a guy in his twenties… He’s come from the highway… He comes up close and his mouth falls open and he gives Yeager a look of stone horror…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Are you all right!”\u003cbr\u003eThe look on the kid’s face! Christalmighty!”\u003cbr\u003e“I was in my car! I saw you coming down!\u003cbr\u003e“Listen,” says Yeager. The pain in his finger is terrific. “Listen… you got a knife?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kid digs into his pocket and pulls out a penknife. Yeager starts cutting the glove off his left hand. He can’t bear it anymore. The kid stands there hypnotized and horrified. From the look on the kid’s face, Yeager can begin to see himself. His neck, the whole left side of his head, his ear, his cheek, his eye must be burned up. His eye socket is slashed, swollen, caked shut, and covered with a crust of burned blood, and half his hair is burned away. The whole mess and the rest of his face and nostrils and his lips are smeared with the sludge of the burning rubber. And he’s standing there in the middle of the desert in a pressure suit with his head cocked, squinting out of one eye, working on his glove with a penknife… The knife cuts through the glove and it cuts the meat of his finger… You can’t tell any longer… It’s all run together… The goddamned finger looks like it’s melted… He’s got to get the glove off. That’s all there is to it. It hurts too goddamned much. He pulls off the glove and a big hunk of melted meat from the finger comes off with it… it’s like fried suet…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Arrggghhh…” It’s the kid. He’s retching. It’s too much for him, the poor bastard. He looks up at Yeager. His eyes open and his mouth opens. All the glue has come undone. He can’t hold it in any longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“God,” he says, “you… look awful!” The Good Samaritan, A.A.D.! Also, a doctor! And he just gave his diagnosis! That’s all a man needs… to be forty years old and to fall one hundred goddamned thousand feet in a flat spin and punch out and make a million-dollar hole in the ground and get half his head and his hand burned up and have his eye practically ripped out of his skull… and have the Good Samaritan, A.A.D., arrive as if sent by the spirit of Pancho Barnes herself to render a midnight verdict among the motherless Joshua trees while the screen doors bang and the pictures of a hundred dead pilots rattle in their frames: “My God!… you look awful.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few minutes later the rescue helicopter arrived. The medics found Yeager standing out in the mesquite, him and some kid who had been passing by. Yeager was standing erect with his parachute rolled up and his helmet in the crook of his arm, right out of the manual, and staring at them quite levelly out of what is left of his face, as if they had an appointment and he was on time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the hospital they discovered one stroke of good luck. The blood over Yeager’s left eye had been baked into a crust-like shield. Otherwise, he might have lost it. He had suffered third – and second-degree burns on his head and neck. The burns required a month of treatment in the hospital, but he was able to heal without disfigurement. He even regained the use of his left index finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one even broke the Russian mark with the NF-104 or even tried to. Up above 100,000 feet the plane’s envelope was too goddamned full of holes. And Yeager never again sought to set a world record in the sky over the high desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall-hanging display:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach display is signed and numbered (1 to 75) by the artist. Dimensions of the frame are 13x19-inches, and the artwork itself is 11x17-inches. Each display is complete and ready to hang. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA very requested display series that will not last long!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"13x19","offer_id":44475240513785,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/NF-104-1-virt.jpg?v=1709420915"},{"product_id":"boeing-b-17f-42-30681-aleutian-islands-combat-loss-relic-display","title":"Boeing B-17F 42-30681 Aleutian Islands Combat Loss Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eOwn a piece of this very rare Flying Fortress that was lost in action against Japanese forces in the Aleutian Islands in 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in Boeing’s Seattle plant as Construction Number 5795, this Fortress was assigned to the 11th Air Force operating in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Operating in one of the most inhospitable theaters of World War II, this aircraft was in constant action against both the Japanese and the area’s hostile weather. On April 27, 1943, B-17F 42-30681 was on a bombing run against Japanese positions when the aircraft was damaged by ground fire. On its return flight the crew were ultimately forced to take to their parachutes, while the B-17F crashed into the ground. In 1986, and again in 2001, the wreck site was salvaged for parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis section of aluminum from 42-30681 was obtained from the B-17E ‘Desert Rat’ restoration team in 2024.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20240621_173750_1.jpg?v=1719239985\" width=\"539\" height=\"404\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces of aluminum skin are remarkably well preserved due to the cold climate in which they were recovered. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach wall-hanging display is 13x19-inches (including the black frame). Signed and numbered by the artist. Ready to hang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 100 displays. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17 Display","offer_id":45239069704441,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B-17F-ALASKA-2.jpg?v=1719239482"},{"product_id":"american-aerospace-1903-wright-flyer-p-51d-mustang-space-shuttle-endeavor-flown-relics-display","title":"American Aerospace: 1903 Wright Flyer, P-51D Mustang, Space Shuttle Endeavor, Flown Relics Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eRon Cole presents American Aerospace throughout the 20th Century: Flown and authenticated relics from the original 1903 Wright Flyer (Pride of the West muslin), World War 2 P-51D Mustang with combat history (aluminum skin), and Space Shuttle Endeavor (space-flown high-temperature insulator) - all combined in one 13x19-inch wall-hanging framed display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull provenance, including period letters from the original sources of these materials, history, photos, and important part numbers and inspection stamps, included with each display. Signed \u0026amp; numbered COA by the artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach square-cut piece of material measures .75 x .75-inches. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to only 250.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo discount codes, please. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17 Display","offer_id":45330138366201,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/NEW-PIECE-2.jpg?v=1721671891"},{"product_id":"space-shuttle-endeavor-space-flown-heat-shield-relic-display","title":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Space-Flown Heat Shield Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace-flown Space Shuttle Endeavour high-temp heat shielding relic display, combining a 1x1.3-inch piece of this unique material with original artwork of Endeavor in this 13x19-inch wall-hanging framed display - signed and numbered by the artist, with provenance, history, and COA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 75 displays! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17 Display","offer_id":45335919591673,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/ENDEAVOR-1_bdd6c0c6-f1e0-46ac-a2c2-9d9c943b00da.jpg?v=1728667878"},{"product_id":"consolidated-pby-5a-catalina-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Consolidated PBY Catalina was one of the most widely used seaplanes used in the USA and air forces from around the world. It had an extremely long range and was used for reconnaissance, submarine patrol and air sea rescue. There were many notable missions and engagements of the PBY; One PBY searched and found the Japanese fleet of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, setting the stage for the Battle of Midway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Flying for the RAF, a Catalina I spotted the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBismark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which led to its being sunk by the Royal Navy. Another PBY rescued 56 sailors in high seas from the heavy cruiser \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSS Indianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e after it was sunk during World War II. When there was no more room inside the aircraft, the crew tied sailors to the wings.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHistory of this aircraft: PBY-5A s\/n 1759:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp data-selectable-paragraph=\"\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph mq mr gu ms b mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn gn bk\" id=\"9098\"\u003eDuring 1960, Mr. Thomas Kendall, a retired businessman, with his luxury converted Catalina PBY, registration N5593V, landed on the sandy coast of Ras Al-Sheik Hameed (Saudi Arabia), with his wife and children. On the following day, after anchoring the aircraft, they were ambushed by Bedouins of the Saudi Arabian army, who mistakenly believed it to be a military attack. The firing lasted for about 30–40 minutes, during which Mr. Thomas and his family were able to swim back to the aircraft, but with him being wounded, managed to move it just 800 meters away from the firefight. After being captured by the Bedouins, Mr. Thomas and his family were eventually taken to Jeddah, interrogated, and set free with the help of the American ambassador, Mr. Donald R. Heath. The remains of the PBY have not been moved since, and it is slowly succumbing to the environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg height=\"342\" width=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20241005_123205_f3ae77e5-7a1e-4890-8470-070444be32a1.jpg?v=1728257692\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe aluminum skin parts from this PBY have been sourced from a larger panel taken from this aircraft's resting place c. 1980s and was part of a retired Boeing executive's collection of U.S. Navy aircraft memorabilia. While Mr. Thomas Kendall repainted this aircraft in 1957, the Saudi Arabian desert has slowly stripped his civil colors away and these parts reveal only the World War II-era dark Navy-blue colors.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSigned and numbered. Very limited to 75 11x17 (not including frame) wall-hanging displays. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":45575316111609,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/PBY-1.jpg?v=1728256948"},{"product_id":"sr-71-blackbird-flown-titanium-2-sided-acrylic-6x8-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"SR-71 Blackbird Flown Titanium 2-Sided Acrylic 6x8 Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial 2024 Holiday limited edition release!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverybody wants to own an authentic piece of one of the greatest aircraft that has ever flown, and one of the most amazing engineering marvels of all time. Artist and designer Ron Cole has combined flown titanium pieces of skin from this specific Blackbird (s\/n 59-1474) with his original artwork and full description of this aircraft's history in these 6x8-inch two-sided gem-like acrylic displays. Each is signed and numbered.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory of this SR-71 (s\/n 59-1474):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis aircraft was lost on 17 June 1970 following a re-fueling collision with a KC-135Q (59-1474) tanker. Lt. Col. Buddy L. Brown and his RSO Maj. Mortimer J. Jarvis both ejected and survived the crash. The KC-135 made it back to Beale AFB, California with a damaged refueling boom and aft fuselage. Super Skater crashed into the desert. These pieces were recovered from the crash site in June 2013 by Zane Harwell, from whom these parts were directly obtained. The vast majority of the aircraft was removed from the site by the government in 1970, but these few pieces of wreckage remained. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PQaYsFDfB4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Cole handmakes each of these displays in his Zanesville, Ohio studio. Each piece of SR-71 titanium is cut and finished by hand (see video), careful to preserve original finish, rivets, stamps, or other unique characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe process does take some time, so get your order in as soon as possible for guaranteed Holiday delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 100 pieces (22 remain as of 12\/4\/24)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"6 x 8","offer_id":45777668866297,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/SR71-virte.jpg?v=1733329620"},{"product_id":"lockheed-yf-12a-world-speed-record-titanium-skin-relic-display","title":"Lockheed YF-12A World Speed Record Titanium Skin Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis aircraft, serial number 60-6936, reached the world record speed at the world record altitude of 80,257.86 feet on May 1, 1965. The YF-12 was designed as an interceptor based upon the then-secret A-12 reconnaissance aircraft. On July 24, 1971, this YF-12A was involved in an accident near Edwards Air Force Base. This piece of original titanium from 60-6936 was among small parts salvaged from the site. The rear portion of this aircraft was rebuilt into the world’s only SR-71C, which remains on display at Hill Aerospace Museum in Utah. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20250311_120600_1.jpg?v=1741712607\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lockheed YF-12 is an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe interceptor was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor for the United States Air Force. The YF-12 was a twin-seat version of the then-secret single-seat Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft operated by the CIA. Unlike the A-12, it was be armed with air-to-air missiles. Its maiden flight was on 7 August 1963. Its existence was publicly revealed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 24 February 1964. This move was to provide plausible deniability for the CIA-operated A-12 fleet, which closely resembled the prototype YF-12.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of these wall-hanging displays are signed \u0026amp; numbered (1 - 75, though this series is unlikely to exceed 60+\/-). 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This component was flown on OV-102, the Space Shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-87 that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on November 19, 1997. The shuttle spent 15 days in space conducting a variety of experiments and returned to Earth on December 5. STS-87 was the 24th flight of Columbia. 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While it's certainly not a rare machine, millions of people around the world can claim a connection with this bird, and here is a rare opportunity to obtain a piece of a C-130 combined with the typically stunning artwork of Ron Cole. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe will only be able to offer about 50 of these in wall-hanging 11x17-inch displays (size of the artwork, 13x19 overall). Every piece will include its original camouflage green and its stenciled aircraft number (0033).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey won't last long!      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46393174982905,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/C130-disp-virt-2.jpg?v=1744050091"},{"product_id":"usaaf-p-38j-lightning-luftwaffe-he-177-greif-d-day-combat-relic-display","title":"USAAF P-38J Lightning \u0026 Luftwaffe He 177 Greif D-Day Combat Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn July of 1944 an unequal aerial combat took place in the skies over Bourges, France between the United States Army Air Corps and the Luftwaffe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany's Heinkel He 177 might have been a formidable strategic heavy bomber for the Luftwaffe if its development had been given time and resources like the American B-29. But German industry and weapons procurement were under extreme duress, not to mention bombardment, and He 177s were thrown into both production and combat as they were.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe American P-38 Lightning was a tried and proven aircraft by 1944, but that did not mean it was any less difficult a machine than the He 177 could be. Pilots literally froze within underheated cockpits, and when engaged by Luftwaffe fighters the P-38 pilots then had to begin a complicated and time-consuming process of switching from cruise to combat modes or risk destroying the engines in the fight. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo reliability issues impacted the short and unequal battle that took place on July 9, 1944, however, between a sky filled with P-38J Lightnings from the 20th Fighter Group and one of the last operational He 177s of KG 40:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Briefed to take off at 0600hrs with one of the few remaining serviceable He 177A-5s, the presence of enemy aircraft meant this [flight] was delayed until 0900hrs. For this flight, Neuenfeldt’s crew had been joined by two groundcrew.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" id=\"article_mid_banner_29\" data-google-query-id=\"CJ3Sosyf2IwDFdCUywEdrgsT8A\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/3915430\/key_aero_article_mid_banner_2__container__\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBriefed to fly at just over 1,000ft, an unknown aircraft was spotted ahead and to the right about an hour after taking off. With another 15 aircraft appearing, they turned out to be P-38 Lightnings from the 20th FG. Neuenfeldt immediately pulled up into cloud, but on emerging the P-38s pounced on them . . .  Kappestein tried to jettison the escape hatch, but it failed to unlock – only when two more of the crew jumped on it did it drop away. Neuenfeldt, Comans and Kappestein managed to bail out with severe burns to their hands and faces. Gunner Ogefr Wegener was wounded by gunfire, while the observer Ogefr Pöschko and one of the passengers, Uffz Hans Jacobsen, were slightly injured. While the unnamed tail gunner got out without a scratch, the body of the other passenger, Uffz Franz Weinreis, was found near the wreckage of the bomber, which came down east of Bourges in central France.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Cole has captured the moment of this encounter in this original artwork, which has been combined with pieces from each of these aircraft. The aluminum skin from the KG 40 He 177 bears some original paint and markings along with obvious fire damage - discoloration and paint blistering, all inflicted upon the material in this combat. The He 177 material was excavated in the 1980s from the known crash site and was positively identified by several '177' prefix part numbers (included in the artwork). The aluminum skin from the P-38J was found in an outbuilding in Normandy, France in the early 1980s, and was identified by its remains and markings. The first several displays will be made with P-38 parts that include the remains of this aircraft's white painted unit markings.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited to only 75. Signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: artwork is 11x17-inches, with frame roughly 13x19-inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo rare aircraft parts in one display with stumming artwork of both portrayed in a well-documented moment in history! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17","offer_id":46409735307513,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/P38-He177-VIRT-2_1b37a441-b391-4fd8-8ad0-5dfb1e7cd732.jpg?v=1744665127"},{"product_id":"hindenburg-airship-authentic-silver-linen-envelope-relic-6x8-inch-acrylic-display","title":"Hindenburg Airship Authentic Silver Linen Envelope Relic 6x8-inch Acrylic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"685\" height=\"1218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jX50ZfOzCbA\" title=\"Airship Hindenburg Silver Doped Linen Flown Relic Acrylic Display\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHindenburg LZ129 Lakehurst Crash Silver Doped Linen 6x8-inch Acrylic Relic Display, by Ron Cole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT\u003cspan\u003ehe wreckage of the Hindenburg was mostly melted for scrap. Over 150,000 pounds of frame metal went to the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, whose contract forbade the use of the metal for \"ash trays, book ends or any similar articles.\" Thus, authentic material, especially metal, will forever remain extremely rare and difficult to find. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach of these displays includes a carefully cut .75x.75-inch section of this silver doped linen material held freely within a matching cutout between the panes of optical acrylic. This design allows for the material to be removed for examination and keeps the original linen free of any adhesives.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/HINDENBURG-ACRYLIC-3.jpg?v=1746902284\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"697\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese Hindenburg parts - duraluminum and silver doped linen - were recovered from the scene of the crash by Valentine Pasvolsky, who was the township engineer of nearby Lakewood, New Jersey. A Russian immigrant and veteran of both World Wars, he personally drove crash victims to the hospital, making several trips. His grandson, from whom these parts were acquired, remembers his grandfather retelling the story, and bringing these parts out of a box to show him. Valentine passed away in 1980. His grandson rediscovered the parts only in 2020, and provided a letter of provenance, as well as several newspaper articles about his grandfather, with this collection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artwork itself, which is Giclée-printed on archival acid-free matte paper, is 6x8-inches in size, and is mounted within two panes of optically clear acrylic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe reverse of these two-sided displays includes provenance, and a COA signed and numbered by Ron Cole.    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eProceeds from the sale of these displays will go towards the renovation of Cole Center Zanesville (CCZ), a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, and the preservation and operation of the world's only flying and FAA registered exact replica of the Wright 1905 Flyer III.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"71fnt\" data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003eLimited to 200.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRICTLY NO DISCOUNT CODES, PLEASE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46472138719481,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/HINDENBURG-ACRYL-2.jpg?v=1746902143"},{"product_id":"raf-hawker-hurricane-mk-i-v6601-battle-of-britain-combat-loss-relic-display","title":"RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6601 Battle of Britain Combat Loss Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoyal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Battle of Britain combat loss relic display.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e257 Squadron, RAF, F\/O James Henderson, August 31, 1940 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis section of plywood was recovered from the crash site of Hawker Hurricane V6601 (DT-E), shot down on August 31, 1940, by Bf 110s in the area of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. Flown by F\/O J. Henderson, the Hurricane was hit in the ‘the petrol tank’ and caught fire. Henderson bailed out and landed in the sea, later being rescued and admitted with injuries to Brightlingsea Naval Hospital. The wreckage of his aircraft was excavated in July 1979 by the Essex Aviation Group. This piece of recovered plywood with original camouflage green paint is likely from the fuselage cockpit area.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/HURRICANE-3.jpg?v=1750434382\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited to only 75 - though there will likely be only about 40 before material from this aircraft will run out. Signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: artwork is 11x17-inches, with frame roughly 13x19-inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17","offer_id":46574128431353,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Hurricane-2-2.jpg?v=1750434357"},{"product_id":"midnight-hammer-b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber-flown-titanium-skin-relic-display","title":"Midnight Hammer B-2 Spirit 'Stealth Bomber' Flown Titanium Skin Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Northrop B-2 ‘Stealth Bomber’ participated in Operation Midnight Hammer on the night of June 20\/21, 2025 - the attack upon Iranian underground nuclear facilities utilizing the advanced GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) 30,000-pound bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis section of titanium has been cut from a larger panel from this aircraft’s upper engine exhaust shield. Titanium was used for its ability to hide the heat signature generated by the GE F118-GE-100 engines of the B-2. This particular titanium panel was replaced due to cracking in flight and was replaced by a slightly redesigned component.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Screenshot_20250626_183636_Messages.jpg?v=1751056167\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B2-DISPLAY-IMAGE.jpg?v=1751057707\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these handmade wall-hanging displays are 13x19-inches in overall size (artwork 11x17) and each is signed and numbered - 1 of 200. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in Zanesville, Ohio USA! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11 x 17","offer_id":46594551185657,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B2-DISPLAY-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1751055634"},{"product_id":"spirit-of-st-louis-flown-trans-atlantic-aircraft-linen-6x8-inch-acrylic-relic-display","title":"Spirit of St. Louis Flown Trans-Atlantic Aircraft Linen 6x8-inch Acrylic Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 100% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Flown Linen Spirit of St. Louis Acrylic Display from Ron Cole\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1099467388?badge=0\u0026amp;autopause=0\u0026amp;player_id=0\u0026amp;app_id=58479\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOn May 21st, 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3600 miles. When he arrived in Paris, he and his aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis, were mobbed by ecstatic well-wishers. Pieces of silver doped linen from the airplane were torn off as souvenirs, some of which were autographed by Lindbergh on the scene.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Piece_of_signed_fabric_spirit_of_st_louis_240x240.jpg?v=1675120385\" width=\"282\" height=\"174\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Spirit of St. Louis underwent repairs in a hangar at Le Bourget over the next month, during which the original linen on the fuselage and tail plane was stripped and replaced with all new material. At least some of the original linen was cut up and made its way into lucky hands over the ensuing months and years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn the 1930s, Col. George Burling Jarrett was already an icon within the emerging world of historic aviation thanks to his collection of original Great War aircraft, their public display on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, and his tireless work on most Hollywood aviation films of the day. There was no important airplane that Jarrett did not own a piece of, from the 1903 Wright Flyer, Richthofen’s Fokker Dr. I, Emelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, and Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Jarrett often shared portions of his collection with his friends, and on March 21st, 1937, he sent some of his Lindbergh linen, along with a descriptive letter, to Richard Boehme.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe silver doped linen fragment, at right, was among a vast quantity of historic aviation material acquired by Ron Cole from the Boehme Estate in 2022, the majority of which originated with Col. Jarrett between 1936 and 1973. As detailed by Jarrett in writing, this linen was among the skinning removed from the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, France after Lindbergh's historic flight in 1927. It was on the aircraft during its trans-Atlantic flight.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d2x_480x480.jpg?v=1675033610\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"343\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto above depicts the original Spirit of St. Louis on display in the National Air \u0026amp; Space Museum in Washington, D.C. This starboard horizontal stabilizer was recovered using French-made linen in a hangar at Le Bourget after the historic flight, but the shape and size reflects the flight-original material, a piece of which is included in each display.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d2_480x480.jpg?v=1675033633\" width=\"547\" height=\"345\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/455d_480x480.jpg?v=1675033658\" width=\"545\" height=\"344\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo above photos reveal The Spirit of St. Louis in a hangar at Le Bourget after Lindburgh's trans-Atlantic flight; the first showing damage to the aircraft's silver linen skin inflicted by ecstatic well-wishers who greeted Lindbergh on the night of May 21st, and the second shows the extent to which the flight-original linen (offered here) was removed and replaced. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAdditional History:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis flight-original Spirit of St. Louis linen made its first appearance in the United States in the personal collection of Hollywood film pioneering sound engineer Joseph E. Aiken (1900 - July 16, 1969) in 1927. Aiken was famously a key procurer of historic aircraft that were featured in early sound films and was internationally known for possessing one of the most significant collections of U.S. Civil War memorabilia (another interest he shared with Jarrett). In George Jarrett's package sent to Richard Boehme, dated March 21st, 1937 (pictured, below), Jarrett writes, in part:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"Enclosed is what I can part with from [The] Spirit of St Louis. If you want it send $7 with your next correspondance (sic). As mentioned Lindy had his fuselage and tail re-covered while in Paris. Came to me from J.E. Aiken, who guards it pretty closely.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230130_182925_480x480.jpg?v=1675122400\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e                                      \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artwork itself, which is Giclée-printed on archival acid-free matte paper, is 6x8-inches in size, and is mounted within two panes of optically clear acrylic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach display includes details of this material's history and provenance, and the authenticity of every one of these pieces is absolutely guaranteed for life. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEach is hand-signed \u0026amp; numbered (1 of 300) by the artist, Ron Cole. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNO DISCOUNT CODES, PLEASE\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"71fnt\" data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8isc5-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"6x8-inch Acrylic Display","offer_id":46624595247353,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/SPIRIT-virt-11.jpg?v=1751924176"},{"product_id":"blue-angels-f-a-18a-1-hornet-honeycomb-skin-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"Blue Angels F\/A-18A #1 Hornet Honeycomb Skin Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eOwn a piece of Blue Angels F\/A-18A 'Number One' (BuNo 161973) - arguably the most famous Team aircraft of all time - paired with Ron Cole's original artwork of this aircraft as it appeared c. 1992.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis aircraft enjoyed a long and illustrious career with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels from 1990 through 1993, including a now-famous European tour that included Moscow in September 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey aspects of the 1992 Blue Angels season:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternational Tour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Blue Angels embarked on a significant European tour from August to September 1992, performing in 16 shows across eight countries: England, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Italy, Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistoric Performances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tour made history by being the first time a U.S. military flight demonstration team performed in Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/961026-N-0000V-011.webp?v=1752084174\" alt=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDocumentary Film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1992 European tour's international significance led to the production of a documentary film titled \"Blue Angels: Around the World at the Speed of Sound,\" hosted by Dennis Quaid, to showcase the team and enhance Navy recruiting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1992, the Blue Angels squadron included Commanding Officer and Flight Leader, Cmdr. Greg Wooldridge (No. 1), with other pilots including Lt. Larry Packer (No. 2), Lt. Doug Thompson (No. 3), Lt. Cmdr. Pat Rainey (No. 4), Lt. John Foley (No. 5), and Capt. Ken Switzer (No. 6). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe fragment at right was salvaged from the remains of this aircraft in 2023.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/F18-BLUEANGELS-VIRT-4.jpg?v=1752083693\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach hand-built display measures 13x19-inches overall (artwork roughly 11x17) and is framed ready-to-hang. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist - limited to 100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey won't last long! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGo Navy!        \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46630320865529,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/F18-BLUEANGELS-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1752083637"},{"product_id":"b-26-flak-bait-combat-flown-linen-6x8-acrylic-relic-display","title":"B-26 'Flak Bait' Combat-Flown Linen 6x8 Acrylic Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eB-26 Marauder 'Flak Bait' combat-flown linen 6x8-inch free-standing acrylic relic display by Ron Cole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHISTORY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlak-Bait is a Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft that holds the record within the United States Army Air Forces for the number of bombing missions survived during World War II. Manufactured in Baltimore, Maryland as a B-26B-25-MA, by Martin, it was completed in April 1943, accepted by the United States Army Air Forces, and christened Flak-Bait by its first assigned pilot, James J. Farrell, who adapted the nickname of a family dog, \"Flea Bait\". Flak-Bait was assigned to the 449th Bombardment Squadron, 322d Bombardment Group stationed in eastern England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the course of its 202 (207 including its five decoy missions) bombing missions over Germany as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, Flak-Bait lived up to its name by being shot with over 1,000 holes, returned twice on one engine (once with the disabled engine on fire), lost its electrical system once and its hydraulic system twice. Despite the level of damage it received, none of Flak-Bait's crew were killed during the war and only one was injured. Over two years of operations Flak Bait accumulated 725 hours of combat time and participating in bombing missions in support of the Normandy Landings, the Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Crossbow against V-1 flying bomb sites.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA series of red-colored bombs are painted on the side of the aircraft, each representing an individual mission (202 bombs in total). White tails painted on the bombs represented every fifth mission. There is one black-colored bomb which represents a night mission. In addition to the bombs, there are also six red ducks painted on the aircraft representing decoy missions. There is also a detailed Nazi Swastika painted above a bomb to represent Flak-Bait's only confirmed kill against a German aircraft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn March 18, 1946, Major John Egan and Captain Norman Schloesser flew Flak-Bait for the last time, to an air depot at Oberpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. There, the famed bomber was disassembled, crated, and shipped in December 1946 to a Douglas Aircraft factory in Park Ridge, Illinois.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the National Air and Space Museum opened in Washington, D.C., in 1976, the nose section of Flak-Bait was placed on display there, with the remainder of the aircraft in storage at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland. In 2014, all parts of Flak-Bait were moved to the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. 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Only up to 50 will be released, based upon how many 1x1-inch pieces may be trimmed from this original swatch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"6x8 Acrylic","offer_id":46660091314425,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/b26-flak-4.jpg?v=1752946808"},{"product_id":"f-14-tomcat-early-1981-flown-aluminum-skin-relic-display-by-ron-cole-copy","title":"F-14 Tomcat (BuNo 161162) VF-32 'Swordsmen' Aluminum Skin Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last! I'm able to offer these in-demand F-14 Tomcat flown-relic displays from an identifiable Tomcat: BuNo 161162 of VF-32 'Swordsmen'!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis F-14A was built by Grumman at Calverton, New York in 1970 as Construction Number 389, BuNo 161162, and taken on strength with the United States Navy at NARF North Island, California with VF-32, USS Independence, markings added AE-214. While flying at night in the Caribbean on August 12, 1983, this aircraft suffered an engine failure and was the first Tomcat to successfully accomplish an 'engine out night trap' landing and was returned to service. After a long career with VF-32 and, later, VF-101, this F-14 was struck off strength on April 4, 2000 - flying almost 20 years! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis section of aluminum is original to this aircraft and well-marked with its part number and the BuNo 161162. It was part of this aircraft's starboard lower wing (see photos). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20250810_182855.jpg?v=1754868363\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/0000165834.jpg?v=1754868412\" alt=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Cole has combined these documented pieces of this Tomcat with his original artwork of '214' intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 'Bear' during the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery limited to 75 signed \u0026amp; numbered 13x19-inch framed wall-hanging displays - each hand built in Zanesville, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOA and documentation included on the display! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46725935497465,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/F14A-TOMCAT-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1754868615"},{"product_id":"wwi-sopwith-camel-g-b-jarrett-flown-linen-acrylic-relic-desk-display","title":"WWI Sopwith Camel G.B. 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Jarrett, who rebuilt the aircraft and displayed it as part of his collection at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City between 1936 and 1947 (see photos).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/scann_20230401214049.jpg?v=1755790249\" alt=\"\"\u003e During Jarrett's 1936 rebuild, he recovered the aircraft with new American-made linen but saved portions of the original material (see photos). Much of it was cut into smaller pieces and stored together until acquired by Ron Cole as part of a huge acquisition of Jarrett's preserved memorabilia. Several wartime-applied factory stencils were found among the original linen pieces which allowed Cole's Aircraft to identify the origins of this rare airplane which now still exists in flying condition in New Zealand (though reconstructed with new materials). Until then, nothing had been known about the history of this Camel prior to its ownership by Chamberlin.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20250812_183110.jpg?v=1755790129\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Cole has reconstructed what this Sopwith Camel likely looked like during the last months of World War I based upon known information, the production of Camels by Hooper \u0026amp; Company at the time, and evidence suggested by the surviving samples of original linen in the Cole's Aircraft collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20250821_113548s.jpg?v=1755797071\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon has combined 1x1-inch carefully selected pieces of authentic linen from this Sopwith Camel with his original artwork of this aircraft in flight c. 1919. 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The quality of workmanship, with its associated cost, is evident in this piece of the world’s most advanced aircraft. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Screenshot_20250626_183636_Messages.jpg?v=1751056167\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B2-DISPLAY-IMAGE.jpg?v=1751057707\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these handmade wall-hanging displays are 13x19-inches in overall size (artwork 11x17) and each is signed and numbered - 1 of 200. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in Zanesville, Ohio USA! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11 x 17","offer_id":46795754209529,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B-2-5-DISP-2.jpg?v=1756481553"},{"product_id":"f-15c-eagle-mission-flown-honeycomb-skin-relic-display-21st-fs-ironmen","title":"F-15C Eagle Mission-Flown Honeycomb Skin Relic Display, 71st FS 'IRONMEN'","description":"\u003cp\u003eOwn and display a unique piece of military aviation history! This wall-hanging display combines a section of McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle honeycomb laminate skin from this aircraft's vertical stabilizer with Ron Cole's original artwork of this F-15 in action during Operation Desert Storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis F-15 flew with the famous 'IRONMEN' of the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing. While based at Langley Air Force Base in 1993, this section of stabilizer (part #88277) suffered a delamination in-flight and was replaced. 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Each signed \u0026amp; numbered. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis aircraft needs no introduction; probably one of the most famous aircraft of World War II, and certainly the best-known of the war's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Memphis Belle' was one of the first heavy bombers, among tens of thousands, to complete 25 combat missions in the war. Her exploits, and the experiences of her crew (though the aircraft was flown in combat by more than a single crew), have been chronicled in many Hollywood films. The aircraft itself was saved from scrapping by the City of Memphis after the war. She was displayed out of doors for many years, during which these pieces of aluminum skin were acquired, by the Memphis Belle Memorial Foundation, which periodically repaired damage to the airframe. These pieces of skin were from the original aircraft, and not later, replacement, material. The B-17 was recently restored by the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, where she is beautifully preserved and on permanent display. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces of aluminum skin deserve some description. Roughly 1x1.25 inches in size, the metal has been stripped of its exterior paint in the past, though retains some original zinc chromate on the reverse side. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces are combined with Ron Cole's artwork of this aircraft in action. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach display signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5x11-inches, framed and ready to hang.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11 Display","offer_id":46943556534521,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B17-MEMPHIS-1-virt2.jpg?v=1760630049"},{"product_id":"amelia-earhart-lockheed-vega-original-red-fabric-relic-display-by-ron-cole-copy","title":"Amelia Earhart Lockheed Vega 6x8-inch Acrylic Record Flight-Flown Linen Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA rare opportunity to own and display an authentic piece of original flown linen from Amelia Earhart's record-breaking Lockheed Vega 5B combined with the artwork of Ron Cole in this 6x8-inch acrylic two-sided deck display. Each signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory of the Aircraft \u0026amp; Pilot: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmelia Earhart is probably the most famous female pilot in aviation history, an accolade due both to her aviation career and to her mysterious disappearance. On May 20-21, 1932, Earhart became the first woman, and the second person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Flying a red Lockheed Vega 5B, she left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, and landed about 15 hours later near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The feat made Earhart an instant worldwide sensation and proved she was a courageous and able pilot. Then, on August 24-25, she made the first solo, nonstop flight by a woman across the United States, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, establishing a women's record of 19 hours and 5 minutes and setting a women's distance record of 2,447 miles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmelia Earhart bought this Vega, NR-7952, in 1930; she ultimately owned four Vegas and leased two. After a nose-over accident later that year, the fuselage was replaced and strengthened to carry extra fuel tanks. Three types of compasses, a drift indicator, and a more powerful engine were also installed. In 1932 Earhart flew the Vega nonstop and alone across the Atlantic and across the United States. She sold it to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute in 1933. The Smithsonian acquired it in 1966.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring her 2,026-mile nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic on May 20-21, 1932, Earhart fought fatigue, a leaky fuel tank, and a cracked manifold that spewed flames out the side of the engine cowling. Ice formed on the Vega's wings and caused an unstoppable 3,000-foot descent to just above the waves. Realizing she was on a course far north of France, she landed in a farmer's field in Culmore, near Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Acclaimed in London, Paris, and Rome, she returned home to a ticker tape parade in New York City and honors in Washington, D.C. By July and August, she was back in the Vega for her transcontinental flight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEarhart decided to make a world flight and she planned a route as close to the equator as possible, which meant flying several long overwater legs to islands in the Pacific Ocean. On March 20, 1937, Earhart crashed on takeoff at Luke Field, Honolulu, Hawaii, ending her westbound world flight that had begun at Oakland, California. The Electra was returned to Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California, for extensive repairs. On June 1, 1937, Earhart began an eastbound around-the-world flight from Oakland, via Miami, Florida, in the Electra with Fred Noonan as her navigator. They reached Lae, New Guinea on June 29, having flown 22,000 miles with 7,000 more to go to Oakland. They then departed Lae on July 2 for the 2,556-mile flight to their next refueling stop, Howland Island, a two-mile long and less-than-a-mile wide dot in the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnfortunately, due to various circumstances, Earhart and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca, anchored offshore of Howland, could not complete any direct two-way radio communication and neither Earhart nor Noonan were competent at Morse Code. However, the Itasca did receive several strong voice transmissions from Earhart as she approached the area, the last at 8:43 am stating: \"We are on the line of position 156-137. Will repeat message. We will repeat this message on 6210 kilocycles. Wait. Listening on 6210 kilocycles. We are running north and south.\" Earhart and Noonan never found Howland and they were declared lost at sea on July 19, 1937, following a massive sea and air search.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Material:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe section of original, red-painted linen was removed from Earhart's Vega during its recovering by the Smithsonian. It bears evidence of its unique history, red over black paint with traces of silver dope. The aircraft was painted red twice, the original coat having been a brighter signal red over which a later darker red was applied. All of this is consistent with other known samples of exterior linen from this aircraft, all of which originated from the aforementioned recovering in Washington D.C.      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20220714_164042_480x480.jpg?v=1657832748\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20220714_164051_480x480.jpg?v=1657832768\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe linen was acquired by Ron Cole in May 2022 as part of the estate of Robert Boehme, who had been sent the material by Robert C. Strobell, the former Associate Curator of the National Air Museum (the forerunner of the National Air \u0026amp; Space Museum) in 1967. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach of these displays includes a 1x1-inch section of linen from the larger sample. Both the artwork and linen sample are held in the display between two clear acrylic blocks by rare earth magnets, and bay be removed and returned to the display. None are glued or adhered in place. 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It was given the name 'Parker's Madhouse' by its crew. On October 3, 1944, during Operation Wesselring, this B-17 was damaged by German flak. After the crew safely bailed out of the aircraft, Parker's Madhouse flew on into Belgium and eventually crashed into a farmhouse near Tremelo. No one was injured, and local civilians famously made off with much of this bomber's material before the scene was secured by police and what remained was salvaged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Screenshot_20251023_114901_Chrome.jpg?v=1761321108\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach display is 8.5x11-inches (artwork). Ready to hang. Signed and numbered - no more than 100.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":46965693448441,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B17-PM-8x11-1-VIRT.jpg?v=1761326699"},{"product_id":"russian-federation-kamov-ka-52-ukraine-combat-loss-relic-display-8-5x11","title":"Russian Federation Kamov Ka-52 Ukraine Combat Loss Relic Display 8.5x11","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthentic aluminum exterior skin fragment with original camouflage paint from Russian Federation Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter lost in combat outside Kyiv, Ukraine in 2022, combined with the artwork of Ron Cole in this 8.5x11-inch wall-hanging display.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Ka-52-8x11-virt1.jpg?v=1762201449\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach Ka-52 piece is roughly 1x2-inches and retains 100% of its original Russian Federation camouflage paint on the front side, and 100% of its interior gloss gray coating on the reverse side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece is cut from this larger panel (BELOW): \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/20230318_132649_480x480.jpg?v=1679161185\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ca_top_sec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copans_ttl\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca aria-label=\"Copilot Search Branding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!\u0026amp;\u0026amp;p=eaa363dc573c40f81ade6885ac889ac090539d255a470150d8846ebb650063edJmltdHM9MTc2MjEyODAwMA\u0026amp;ptn=3\u0026amp;ver=2\u0026amp;hsh=4\u0026amp;fclid=159fe85d-daf7-6bdc-30e0-fecadbcb6a7c\u0026amp;u=a1L2NvcGlsb3RzZWFyY2g_cT1LYS01MitzaG9ydCtkZXNjcmlwdGlvbiZmb3JtPUNTQlJBTkQ\u0026amp;ntb=1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cs_branding\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"answer_container\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Copilot Search\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qna_tlgacont\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qna_tlgacont gsqnaonl\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qna-mf\" data-priority=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"b_sideBleed b_topBleed b_bottomBleed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mf-item-cntr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"b_antiSideBleed b_antiTopBleed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mf-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ans-itm-cntr qna-aggr-genItems\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"b_genserp_container\" class=\"b_genserp_container\" data-appns=\"SERP.5688\" data-k=\"5063\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"\" class=\"gs_main b_removeShadow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_section gs_header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_temp\" data-k=\"5007\" data-appns=\"SERP.5688\" data-sct-idx=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_h gs_caphead\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_temp_content gs_temp_with_card gs_temp_with_iv gs_temp_with_largeqna\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_caphead_main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_text gs_mdr gsqna_renderText18\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ka-52 Alligator is a Russian attack helicopter developed by Kamov Design Bureau. It features a two-seat, side-by-side cockpit arrangement, allowing for improved crew communication and maneuverability. The helicopter is equipped with advanced avionics, including a 30mm cannon, guided and unguided rockets, and anti-tank missiles, making it effective for reconnaissance, anti-tank warfare, and air support. The Ka-52 is known for its coaxial rotors, which enhance agility and stability, and it can operate in various weather conditions, day or night. The helicopter has been used extensively by the Russian military and has been exported to several countries, showcasing its versatility and combat capabilities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs_p\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach display is framed as shown and signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/s-l1600_27_480x480.jpg?v=1679161076\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photograph (ABOVE) depicts the Ka-52 from which these panels were taken in 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach display is signed \u0026amp; numbered - no more than 50.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11-inches","offer_id":46993177706745,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Ka-52-8x11-virt.jpg?v=1762201844"},{"product_id":"vietnam-bell-ah-1g-cobra-attack-helicopter-8-5x11-relic-display","title":"Vietnam Bell AH-1G Cobra Attack Helicopter 8.5x11 Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eBell AH-1G Cobra Attack Helicopter Limited Edition Relic Display \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA unique opportunity to own an authentic piece of America's first attack helicopter - the Bell AH-1G Cobra (early version) - paired with Ron Cole's original painting of this machine in action over Vietnam c. 1968. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach 8.5x11-inch framed display is signed and numbered, ready to hang. Each piece of aluminum skin from this machine's horizontal stabilizer (with original 'U.S. Army olive drab' paint on the exterior side, and zinc chromate coating on the reverse) is paired with stunning original artwork. Paint is 99% and unaltered. A copy of the data plate, with serial and part number from this piece, is included on the print. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach display signed \u0026amp; numbered by the artist - 1 of 200.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\nfbq('init', '564576383673749');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\u003cimg height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=564576383673749\u0026amp;ev=PageView\u0026amp;noscript=1\"\u003e\u003c\/noscript\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":47245196558585,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/COBRA-8x11-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1768602789"},{"product_id":"martin-jrm-mars-u-s-navy-flying-boat-philippine-mars-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"Martin JRM Mars U.S. Navy Flying Boat 'Philippine Mars' Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOwn a piece of the largest warbird that ever served with the United States Navy during World War II: The Martin Mars - combined with Ron Cloe's original and stunning portrayal of this particular aircraft in action in this 11x17-inch wall-hanging limited-edition handmade display!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport flying boat designed and built by the Martin Company for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven were built. The United States Navy contracted the development of the XPB2M-1 Mars in 1938 as a long-range ocean patrol flying boat, which later entered production as the JRM Mars long-range transport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour of the surviving aircraft were later converted for civilian use to firefighting water bombers. Two of the aircraft remained based at Sproat Lake just outside of Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, with one, Hawaii Mars, remaining in operation until 2016. The British Columbia Aviation Museum acquired Hawaii Mars, and it was flown there in 2024. The same year it was announced that Philippine Mars would be acquired by the Pima Air \u0026amp; Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, to be put on permanent display there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Mars JRM-1 BuNo 76820 ‘Philippine Mars’:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis aircraft was delivered to the United States Navy in June 1946 and flew with VR-2 at Naval Air Station Alameda, California. In 1959 ‘Philippine Mars’ was converted for forest fire fighting operations and registered in Canada as C-FLYK and flew with Flying Tankers Incorporated until 2006. It is now part of the Pima Air \u0026amp; Space Museum collection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCole’s Aircraft acquired a flown cowling panel from this aircraft still bearing its original U.S. Navy colors from Coulson Aviation in 2026. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece of Philippine Mars is roughly 3.5 x 1.5-inches in size and retains its original finish. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis series will be strictly limited to 100 signed \u0026amp; numbered displays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/3018972054_84f90a42cb_b.jpg?v=1768867128\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":47265729478905,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/MARTINMARS-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1768865527"},{"product_id":"martin-jrm-mars-u-s-navy-flying-boat-philippine-mars-relic-display-by-ron-cole-copy","title":"Convair B-58 Hustler (s\/n 55-0665) Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOwn and display a very rare piece of Convair B-58 Hustler Mach-2 high-altitude and high-speed strategic bomber - paired with Ron Cole's stunning composition of this aircraft in its intended role against Soviet forces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe B-58 was designed to fly at high altitudes and supersonic speeds to avoid Soviet interceptors, but with the Soviet introduction of high-altitude surface-to-air missiles, the B-58 was forced to adopt a low-level penetration role that severely limited its range and strategic value. It was never used to deliver conventional bombs. The B-58 was substantially more expensive to operate than other bombers, such as the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and required more frequent aerial refueling. The B-58 also suffered from a high rate of accidental losses. These factors resulted in a relatively brief operational career of ten years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB-58 s\/n 55-0665 was the seventh Hustler manufactured and was used for numerous testing purposes, including systems for the YF-12A, before being retired and subsequently abandoned in the Mojavi Desert on the grounds of Edwards Air Force Base. A single wing panel was obtained in mid-1980s from which the pieces included in these displays have been cut. The rare aircraft remains on site but in terribly stripped condition and off limits to the public.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis series will be strictly limited to 100 signed \u0026amp; numbered displays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed Display","offer_id":47392006111481,"sku":null,"price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/B-57-DISP-VIRT-2.jpg?v=1770235370"},{"product_id":"battle-of-britain-luftwaffe-bf-109-e-7-1-jagd-lg-2-combat-loss-relic-display","title":"Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Bf 109 E-7 1.(Jagd)\/LG 2 Combat Loss Relic Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eOwn an original piece of aluminum skin and control-surface linen with original camouflage paint from this true Bf 109 Battle of Britain combat loss: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMesserschmitt Bf 109E-7 1.(Jagd)\/LG 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 109 E-7 was flown by Uffz. Werner Goetting on September 7, 1940, when he was shot down by Sgt. Bohumir Furst of 310 Squadron who was at the controls of his Hawker Hurricane Mk.I. Goetting bailed out and his aircraft crashed near Little Stour River, Wickhambreux, Kent at 17:35 hours and he was taken prisoner. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePartial excavations of this machine’s remains took place from the 1970s through 1990, one of which included major portions of the airframe including this piece, the antenna mast, and control column. Werner Goetting was present for that event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attached relic of original painted linen and aluminum was unusually well preserved due to the anaerobic nature of the soil and was the tip portion of the port horizontal stabilizer fabric-covered control surface. It was acquired by Ron Cole in February 2026 from the well-known English collector Andrew Cresswell.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/BattleofBritain-109-virt-2.jpg?v=1774728332\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition, signed and numbered, display is 11x17-inches (artwork size). Limited to only 120 (actual number not likely to exceed 60+\/- examples - while supplies last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes COA with photos of the original excavated pieces and location on the actual aircraft, attached to the reverse of each display. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"Framed 17 x 11 Display","offer_id":47640752324857,"sku":null,"price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/BattleofBritain-109-virt-3.jpg?v=1774728314"},{"product_id":"raf-spitfire-mk-i-battle-of-britain-combat-loss-no-65-squadron-raf-by-ron-cole","title":"RAF Spitfire Mk.I Battle of Britain Combat Loss No. 65 Squadron RAF by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"w-full mb-[1px] mt-0\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"font-[600] py-[3px] text-[1.5em]\" data-anchor=\"flyingofficerfranciszekgruszka%3Aabattleofbritainhero\" data-slug=\"flyingofficerfranciszekgruszka%3Aabattleofbritainhero0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eFlying Officer Franciszek Gruszka: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"font-[600] py-[3px] text-[1.5em]\" data-anchor=\"flyingofficerfranciszekgruszka%3Aabattleofbritainhero\" data-slug=\"flyingofficerfranciszekgruszka%3Aabattleofbritainhero0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eA Battle of Britain Hero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eOn August 18, 1940, a day forever etched in history as \"The Hardest Day\" of the Battle of Britain, Polish Flying Officer Franciszek Gruszka of No. 65 Squadron took to the skies from RAF Hornchurch in his Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, serial number R6713. His mission was to intercept a formidable German bomber formation that was part of the Luftwaffe's massive, coordinated raids on RAF airfields in southern England, including key targets like RAF Kenley and Biggin Hill. This intense day saw the highest combined aircraft losses for both sides, a testament to the ferocity of the aerial combat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eGruszka was last observed engaged in a fierce dogfight over Canterbury and Manston, bravely pursuing a German fighter. He was never seen again and was subsequently declared Missing in Action, his name later commemorated on the Polish War Memorial at Northolt. 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Among the recovered personal effects, a gold fountain pen, intricately engraved with the names of his fellow pilots, provided the irrefutable identification needed. This poignant discovery allowed Flying Officer Gruszka to finally receive a proper burial with full military honors at Northwood, Middlesex, on July 17, 1975, bringing a measure of closure to a story of wartime heroism and sacrifice that spanned over three decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/gruszka_spitfire_8x10_300dpi.png?v=1775164916\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI've had this aluminum panel in my collection for over ten years with a tag and excellent provenance regarding both its origins and its identification as having belonged to Gruszka's Spitfire. I sat on this piece for a long time because a fatality was associated with the wreckage and its raised rivets left me uneasy as indicative of a Spitfire. But I did learn the interesting story of early Spitfire construction under the pressures of war and how the time-consuming flush riveting process often yielded to raised rivets being used. More importantly, I came to know relatives of \u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eFranciszek Gruszka who asked me to paint his aircraft and also encouraged me to 'honor his memory' in the form of these displays. I've included an homage to Gruszka on the reverse, something that I've never done (other than for COAs) but thought most appropriate!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited to only 120 - though there will likely be only about 60 before material from this aircraft will run out. 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first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eRole in Service\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"text-start\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e1943–1948\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eWorld War II combat service and early postwar duty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"text-start\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e1950–1957\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eRecommissioned for the Korean War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"text-start\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e1968–1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eRecalled for the Vietnam War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"text-start\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e1982–1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eReactivated during the Reagan-era naval buildup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"text-start\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e2001–present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"text-start border-[var(--border-main)] border-e border-b first:border-s [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:border-t [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-tl-lg [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-tr-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:first:rounded-bl-lg [tr:last-child_\u0026amp;]:last:rounded-br-lg py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:py-[7px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:ps-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:pe-[9px] [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;]:align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:max-w-[390px] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-sm [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:text-[var(--text-primary)] [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:whitespace-pre-wrap [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:break-words [tr:first-child_\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div]:font-medium\" data-slate-node=\"element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eMuseum and memorial in Camden, New Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex items-center justify-center cursor-pointer rounded-md bg-[var(--Button-white)] shadow-[0px_0.5px_3px_0px_var(--shadow-S)] hover:opacity-80 active:opacity-70 size-8 select-none print:hidden group-hover\/table:opacity-100 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-100 absolute bottom-[-6px] right-[-5px]\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-copy size-5 text-[var(--icon-tertiary)] w-4 h-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003crect width=\"14\" height=\"14\" x=\"8\" y=\"8\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/rect\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M4 16c-1.1 0-2-.9-2-2V4c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h10c1.1 0 2 .9 2 2\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eNew Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e entered combat in the Pacific in early 1944. She supported the Marshalls campaign, took part in the raid on Truk, and fought through major operations including the Marianas campaign, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eBattle of the Philippine Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eBattle of Leyte Gulf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e. She also served as flagship first for the Fifth Fleet and later for Admiral William F. Halsey’s Third Fleet, underscoring her importance not merely as a gun platform but as a command ship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/1Qk2wjQ.jpg?v=1776361097\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eAfter the war, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eNew Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e was briefly decommissioned in 1948, but the outbreak of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eKorean War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e brought her back to active service in November 1950. During combat tours in 1951 and 1953, she bombarded enemy positions along the Korean coast and demonstrated that the big-gun battleship still had value in shore bombardment. She returned to reserve status in 1957, only to be called back again during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eVietnam War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e. Recommissioned in April 1968, she became the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eonly U.S. battleship reactivated for Vietnam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e, delivering heavy naval gunfire against targets in support of American and South Vietnamese forces before being decommissioned once more in December 1969.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eHer final combat-era revival came during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e1980s naval expansion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e. Recommissioned in December 1982, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eNew Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e was modernized for contemporary service and saw action during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eLebanon crisis of 1983–84\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e. She later deployed to the western Pacific and Persian Gulf region before her fourth and final decommissioning on 8 February 1991. After some years in reserve, she was struck from the Navy list, reinstated briefly as a mobilization asset, and then struck again in 1999. That same year she made her final voyage back east, eventually opening in October 2001 as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-[600]\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003eBattleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e in Camden, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, where she had first been built.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full my-[1px]\" 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Her repeated returns to service in four different eras make her unique among U.S. battleships, and her survival as a museum allows visitors to encounter that history in a direct and tangible form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-slate-string=\"true\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"py-[3px]\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-slate-node=\"element\" class=\"font-[600] py-[3px] font-serif text-[1.875em]\" data-anchor=\"ashorthistoryofthebattleshipnewjersey(bb62)\" data-slug=\"ashorthistoryofthebattleshipnewjersey(bb62)0\"\u003eRelic Display\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRon Cole's original artwork of the Battleship New Jersey c. 1944 is paired with a piece of authentic World War II-era teak deck from this most decorated battleship in United States history!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach display is 11x17-inches (artwork size, frames ads 1.5-inches each side) and ships ready-to-hang. Each is signed \u0026amp; numbered 1 through 100. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthenticity guaranteed for life! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17-inches Wall Hanging Display","offer_id":48294219088121,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/BBNewJersey-1-vert-2.jpg?v=1776360677"},{"product_id":"german-u-boat-u-534-internal-krupp-steel-relic-display-by-ron-cole","title":"German U Boat U-534 Internal Krupp Steel Relic Display by Ron Cole","description":"\u003cdiv data-level=\"2\" class=\"mt-[1.4em] mb-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-anchor=\"ashorthistoryofgermanuboatu534\" class=\"font-[600] py-[3px] text-[1.5em]\"\u003eOwn an authenticated piece of Krupp steel from the German World War II U-Boat U-534 paired with Ron Cole's original artwork of this wolf of the sea combined in this 11x17-inch wall-hanging limited-edition display!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-anchor=\"ashorthistoryofgermanuboatu534\" class=\"font-[600] py-[3px] text-[1.5em]\"\u003eHistory of U-534\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eU-534 was a German Type IXC\/40 ocean-going submarine built for the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. Constructed by Deutsche Werft AG at Hamburg-Finkenwerder, she was launched on 23 September 1942 and commissioned on 23 December 1942 under Kapitänleutnant Herbert Nollau.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-[8px] pb-[18px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative w-fit max-w-full group\/table\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"overflow-x-auto border border-[var(--border-main)] rounded-lg max-w-full\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"m-0 min-w-max table-auto [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;thead\u0026gt;tr:first-child\u0026gt;th:first-child]:rounded-tl-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;thead\u0026gt;tr:first-child\u0026gt;th:last-child]:rounded-tr-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tbody\u0026gt;tr:last-child\u0026gt;td:first-child]:rounded-bl-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tbody\u0026gt;tr:last-child\u0026gt;td:last-child]:rounded-br-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tr:first-child\u0026gt;th:first-child]:rounded-tl-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tr:first-child\u0026gt;th:last-child]:rounded-tr-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tr:last-child\u0026gt;td:first-child]:rounded-bl-lg [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;tr:last-child\u0026gt;td:last-child]:rounded-br-lg\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] border-[var(--border-main)] border-b border-s text-start last:border-e-0 first:border-s-0 py-[7px] ps-[9px] pe-[9px] align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm font-medium text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"bg-[var(--fill-tsp-white-light)] border-[var(--border-main)] border-b border-s text-start last:border-e-0 first:border-s-0 py-[7px] ps-[9px] pe-[9px] align-top [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm font-medium text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"\u003eU-534\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eType\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eGerman Type IXC\/40 U-boat\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eBuilder\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eCommissioned\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003e23 December 1942\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eCommander\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eHerbert Nollau\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eWartime record\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eNo ships sunk; two British aircraft shot down\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eFate\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003eSunk by RAF aircraft, 5 May 1945\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003ePresent status\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-[var(--border-main)] border-s border-t text-start first:border-s-0 last:border-e-0 [\u0026amp;:first-child\u0026gt;div]:min-w-[4em] py-2 ps-[14px] pe-[14px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-w-[390px] text-sm text-[var(--text-primary)] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [\u0026amp;_li]:!ms-[14px] [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex [\u0026amp;_ul]:flex-col\"\u003ePreserved in sections at Birkenhead, England\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex items-center justify-center cursor-pointer rounded-md bg-[var(--Button-white)] shadow-[0px_0.5px_3px_0px_var(--shadow-S)] hover:opacity-80 active:opacity-70 size-8 group-hover\/table:opacity-100 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-100 absolute bottom-[-6px] right-[-5px]\"\u003e\u003csvg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"lucide lucide-copy size-5 text-[var(--icon-tertiary)] w-4 h-4\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\u003e\u003crect ry=\"2\" rx=\"2\" y=\"8\" x=\"8\" height=\"14\" width=\"14\"\u003e\u003c\/rect\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M4 16c-1.1 0-2-.9-2-2V4c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h10c1.1 0 2 .9 2 2\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eUnlike many better-known U-boats, U-534 did not achieve a record of merchant-ship sinkings. Much of her service was spent in training, testing, and late-war patrol duties. By the time she became operational, the Battle of the Atlantic had turned decisively against Germany. Allied radar, codebreaking, long-range patrol aircraft, escort carriers, and improved anti-submarine weapons had made U-boat operations increasingly dangerous.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eU-534’s first major patrol began in May 1944, when she sailed from Norway into the North Atlantic, partly in connection with weather-reporting duties. She later reached Bordeaux, where she was fitted with a Schnorkel, a breathing tube that allowed diesel-engine operation while the boat remained just below the surface. This device improved concealment, but it was uncomfortable and hazardous in practice; on one later passage, exhaust fumes leaked into the submarine and affected members of the crew.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eHer end came in the chaotic final days of the war. On 5 May 1945, after the partial German surrender in northern Europe had begun, U-534 was travelling on the surface in the Kattegat, northeast of the Danish island of Anholt. She was attacked by British RAF Liberator aircraft. Her gunners shot down one attacking aircraft, but another Liberator delivered a fatal depth-charge hit. The submarine sank in about 67 meters of water.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eThe sinking was remarkable because most of the crew survived. All 52 men aboard escaped the submarine, though three died afterward: one during the ascent from the submerged wreck and two from exposure in the water. Forty-nine survived and were rescued.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e.\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/U_534_under_attack_enhanced_clarity_150_percent.jpg?v=1778175272\" alt=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eFor decades U-534 lay on the seabed. She was discovered in 1986 by Danish wreck hunter Aage Jensen and raised in 1993 by the Dutch salvage firm Smit Tak. Rumors that she might contain gold helped attract public attention, but the wreck yielded no such treasure. Instead, her value proved historical: she was an unusually intact late-war U-boat, preserving equipment, personal effects, torpedoes, and the physical evidence of life aboard a German submarine.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-07_134420.png?v=1778175998\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eAfter salvage, U-534 was taken to Birkenhead, across the Mersey from Liverpool. Because of transport and display requirements, she was later cut into sections, allowing visitors to see into the hull without entering the fragile interior. Today she is significant as one of only four preserved German U-boats from the Second World War and the only surviving example displayed in Britain. A new Battle of the Atlantic U-Boat Museum in Birkenhead is planned to provide her with a more substantial interpretive setting.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eIn historical terms, U-534 is less important for what she sank than for what she represents. She embodies the late-war decline of the U-boat arm, the increasingly lethal Allied anti-submarine campaign, and the human ordeal of submarine warfare. As a preserved artifact, she offers a rare material link to the Battle of the Atlantic and to the technology, desperation, and danger of the war’s final months.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eArtifacts of any kind from German U-Boats with solid provenance are extremely hard to come by! Don't miss this rare opportunity as this series is extremely limited!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cole's Aircraft","offers":[{"title":"11x17 Wall Hanging Display","offer_id":48363845091577,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/UBOAT-virt-2.jpg?v=1778174528"},{"product_id":"north-africa-luftwaffe-fi-156-storch-combat-loss-egypt-1942-relic-display","title":"North Africa: Luftwaffe Fi-156 Storch Combat Loss Egypt 1942 Relic Display","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mt-[1.4em] mb-[1px]\" data-level=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"my-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003eRon Cole has combined an authentic and rare piece of camouflaged linen from the Fieseler Fi-156 \u003cem\u003eStorch\u003c\/em\u003e with his original artwork of this aircraft attempting to escape a sandstorm in North Africa. These pieces of near-perfectly preserved material are cut from adjacent the port-side underwing Balkenkreuz of this aircraft, along the wing's leading edge (see images). Each of these signed \u0026amp; numbered displays measure 11x17-inches (size of artwork) and are framed in a satin-finished black frame that is ready to hang. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis rare and well-preserved section of original linen from this aircraft was obtained in November 1942 by Col. George B. Jarrett in El Dabaa, Egypt as part of a larger Balkenkreuz from the lower\/port wing. This relic has been on display in the Aberdeen Proving Grounds from 1946 to 1954, after which it was sold to collector Robert Boehme, and acquired by Ron Cole from the Boehme Estate in 2002. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fieseler Fi 156 Storch:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was one of the most distinctive utility aircraft of the Second World War. Designed in Germany in the mid-1930s in response to a Reich Air Ministry requirement for a light aircraft capable of liaison, army cooperation, observation, and medical evacuation, it first flew in May 1936 and entered service in 1937. Its name, Storch—“stork”—came from its long, dangling undercarriage and high-wing silhouette, which gave it the appearance of a long-legged bird in flight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts reputation rested on remarkable short takeoff and landing performance. Full-span leading-edge slats, large slotted flaps, a lightly loaded wing, excellent visibility, and long-stroke landing gear allowed the aircraft to operate from rough fields, roads, clearings, and improvised strips. Contemporary summaries commonly cite takeoff runs of roughly 65 meters and landing runs of about 20 meters, while pilots noted that in a strong headwind the Storch could seem almost to hover. It was slow, lightly armed, and vulnerable, but in its intended role it was exceptionally effective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Storch is closely associated with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who used it in North Africa to move rapidly between headquarters and forward positions and to observe the battlefield from the air. This suited Rommel’s command style: fast, personal, forward, and highly dependent upon immediate knowledge of terrain and enemy movement. From the cockpit of a Storch, a commander could grasp the scale and direction of armored operations far more quickly than by road convoy alone. In this sense, the aircraft functioned almost as an airborne command car.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-[3px] whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0241\/1737\/files\/Fi156-2-disp-COA.jpg?v=1780331063\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition, signed and numbered, display is 11x17-inches (artwork size). 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