I got this Stratoliner Pin, and I am comparing it to a reproduction pin which I have. This pin looks aged and I am just curious if I have an original. Any opinions?
The dark line in the top of the pin is not visible except for in the photo; you'll also see there was some red paint on the engine cowl.
Tim ~ " The Cane Rod Maker "
That's certainly the pin most people (including me, when I still had a Stratoliner) use on their Stratoliner bow.
However, i've always had my doubts. A Stratoliner has 2 engines on each wing, being the major worry. Therefore the plane this pin represents is not a Stratoliner! Given the length Stetson went to with the marketing and production of this hat - all the images and drawings they used had 2 engines on the wing, for example - would they really have released it with a pin with only one engine. It just never squared the circle for me. But the true believers are certainly out there.
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I have a print ad that the only picture of a full airplane besides the tail section of the plane being boarded, is a 2 engine example, right above the man in the Stratoliner & very obvious. Also, I've looked closely at all my Strat print ads & they all look like 2 engine pins to me. I don't think Stetson was that much of a stickler for such details. I'm sure Rusty knows...Originally Posted by Baron Kurtz
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Actually, Fred H. knows. BK is right about one side of the argument. However, the balance of the argument lies on the other side. You do indeed have an original STETSON / TWA Stratoliner pin. However, there are at least two other variants of the pin of the correct 4 engine design. I sell reproductions of those. One has the B-307 flying towards the front of the hat (my preference), while the other flies towards the rear. There's a VERY old thread around here where this was debated ad infinitum.
BTW, I will pay $150+ for a PRISTINE Stratoliner hat box. It's one of only a few items missing from my Stratoliner collection.
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I think it's fair to say that this topic has been pretty well beaten to death in the Stratoliner Society thread: see, especially, posts #137 -- 177 (although there is a lot of back and forth on the Strat pin earlier in that thread, as well). Here's a post I made showing a close-up of the pin on Patty Stetson's Strat:
FWIW, the pin on Patty Stetson's hat is the DC-3 TWA pin. Here is the close-up:
Cheers,
JtL
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By the way Fred, do you still have that fine Stratoliner you aquired a few years ago?
RBH
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Thanks for the information on the pin. Much appreciated.
Tim ~ " The Cane Rod Maker "
Ummm.... Ummm... Ummm...By the way Fred, do you still have that fine Stratoliner you aquired a few years ago?
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