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Vintage 1986 Rutan Voyager souvenir pins - 2 pieces

$ 5.27

Availability: 15 in stock
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    On December 23, 1986, Voyager completed the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world. Voyager, a unique aircraft constructed almost entirely of lightweight graphite-honeycomb composite materials and laden with fuel, lifted from Edwards AFB, California at 8:01:44 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, on Dec. 14 1986, and returned 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later at 8:05:28 a.m., Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 23, 1986. For their record-breaking flight, the pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the designer, Burt Rutan, and the crew chief, Bruce Evans, earned the Collier Trophy, aviation's most prestigious award.
    This offering includes one small circular pin (3/4" diameter) showing the aircraft and noting the accomplishment and one square pin (1 1/4" square) with a more artistic rendering of the aircraft in the sky.
    Circular pin is in mint condition, Square pin shows some signs of oxidation.
    Fun set to remember the 1980's.