Aircraft memorabila

[EddiePJ]

Helping to clear out the belongs of someone who sadly recently passed away, I came across an article that left me saying wow!

I'll let you read the inscription, but I have a question for those that might hold an interest in this kind of thing. The item which I presume is a copy of the handle, measures approx 250mm long by 75mm at it's widest part.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=56634

I was given the object to keep, but as items were being sorted for sale with funds given to charity, I would prefer to sell it, and donate the proceeds to the charity, which is Hospice In The Weald.

My question is does something like this have value to a collector, and where might be best place be to sell it?

 

[shemozzle999]

Helping to clear out the belongs of someone who sadly recently passed away, I came across an article that left me saying wow!

I'll let you read the inscription, but I have a question for those that might hold an interest in this kind of thing. The item which I presume is a copy of the handle, measures approx 250mm long by 75mm at it's widest part.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=56634

I was given the object to keep, but as items were being sorted for sale with funds given to charity, I would prefer to sell it, and donate the proceeds to the charity, which is Hospice In The Weald.

My question is does something like this have value to a collector, and where might be best place be to sell it?

Martin Baker may be interested in it.

 

[ajb9]

Eddie you could try the RAF MUSEUM, london@rafmuseum.org.

 

[Blew it]

Helping to clear out the belongs of someone who sadly recently passed away, I came across an article that left me saying wow!

I'll let you read the inscription, but I have a question for those that might hold an interest in this kind of thing. The item which I presume is a copy of the handle, measures approx 250mm long by 75mm at it's widest part.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=56634

I was given the object to keep, but as items were being sorted for sale with funds given to charity, I would prefer to sell it, and donate the proceeds to the charity, which is Hospice In The Weald.

My question is does something like this have value to a collector, and where might be best place be to sell it?

The item does not appear to be an ejector seat release handle as such. For obvious reasons, both hands are needed to pull the handle, keeping both arms close to the body as the seat exits the aircraft. I think it is more likely to be a bottle opener fashioned from part of the English Electric P1 Lightening airframe from which the pilot ejected. It could equally be part of the ejector seat which would have been recovered for examination.

The wrecked aircraft would also have been recovered for examination to determine the reason for the tailfin detachment during high speed maneuvers.

Difficult to value such an item, even with known provenance.

One for the Antiques Roadshow perhaps.

 

[EddiePJ]

Here you go Blewit.

I just searched for face blind seat release handle.

The search also brought up the Lightening association, so I dropped them an email.

 

[oldgroaner]

It's a bottle opener!

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Not really but it looks like one[emoji1]

 

[wheeler]

The "Lightening association", would that be similar to WeightWatchers?