Skeeterman? Should've sent him over here.
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
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Navy gold wings metals...
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Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Nothing but class dates and test scores, we need some fun!
Nothing but class dates and test scores, we need some fun!
Oh, you didn't hear?
All fun has been secured until further notice... ?
This thread caused me to do a little research. My dad (winged in 1972 I believe) gave me his wings. I went and looked at the back and they are stamped with Balfour 1/20 10K GF (Gold Fill). I shot him a text to ask if he bought them separately and he said they were his winging issued pair.
After quick google search it appears that Balfour 1/20 10K GF were in fact a company that produced standard wings issue from WWII to whenever (didn't look that hard). There are a lot of these Balfour NA wings for sale on eBay or other various websites for anywhere from $30 to $150 if anybody wants to pick up an antique.
I decided to take the 'never shined by me' wings and clean them with my wife's jewelry stuff. They look no nicer than before. Guess I need to get them re-plated...
After quick google search it appears that Balfour 1/20 10K GF were in fact a company that produced standard wings issue from WWII to whenever (didn't look that hard). There are a lot of these Balfour NA wings for sale on eBay or other various websites for anywhere from $30 to $150 if anybody wants to pick up an antique.
I decided to take the 'never shined by me' wings and clean them with my wife's jewelry stuff. They look no nicer than before. Guess I need to get them re-plated...
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Those are awesome looking. If I was still wearing them I'd go pick up a pair from eBay.
There was always one or two folks in each squadron with family wings that always looked much cooler than anything you could get at the NEX or in The Kingdom.
I have a set of Museum 14K wings that my parents got me as a winging gift. Other than the one time I wore a uniform on SP, I would wear them when not in a bag, but that was still fairly rare throughout my career they didn't build up a huge amount of patina. They are a darker shade like loadtoad's picture. They just seem more grown up than the shiny Vanguard wings, if that makes sense.
I like the anodized on whites, but theses are the ones I wear on my Khakis. Antique Gold Naval Flight Officer.
Nothing but class dates and test scores, we need some fun!
Agreed. I miss some of the crew from back in the day, but I guess it's not all choker whites and Olongapo stories. ?
My dad gave me his from the 1950's for winging. I don't know anything about them, but they are heavy and definitely metal of some sort. I suppose likely gold to some extent. Would be cool if one of my little rascals gave me a reason to gift them again one day. Younger one seems to have the interest in planes at least.....oldest boy doesn't GAF
Our own newspaper, the Navy record of truth calls it a "chopper" - face palm.
www.navytimes.com
Navy helicopter team rescues hiker hurt in Olympic Mountains
A helicopter crew from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island rescued a hiker who was severely injured in a fall Sunday evening in the Buckhorn Wilderness area of the Olympic Mountains.
www.navytimes.com