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The Check-Six Online Museum |
"You got to think ahead to the future... Folks like things that have actually been there..."
- Captain Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, Mercury Astronaut
Check-Six has come to boast one of the more extensive & diverse private collections in the realm of experimental and test flight collecting, but also includes items from throughout history, including unusual items from many areas. Many of the items are commonplace souvenirs, while most are rare and truly unique pieces of history.
And...
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The
'Check-Six Online Museum' is actively seeking the following items for display
in our collection!
(Last Updated 12/4/2006) |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing a solar cell from the Hubble Space Telescope |
| Items from the Rutan 'Voyager' project (World Flight Engine Oil) |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from the first Global Hawk |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing metal recovered from the first GBU-39 'Small Diameter Bomb' test |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from ANY NASA project or program |
| Wood removed during the restoration of the "White House" |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from the first YF-23 ATF |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing a turbine blade from the Space Shuttle's main engines |
| Airborne Laser Aircraft "Start of Major Assembly" First Chips Paperweight |
| Panama Canal Service Medal - The "Junk" Medal - Made from material abandoned by the French in their Panama Canal attempt |
| First F-22 Production Chip Lucite in the shape of the state of Georgia Paperweight |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from the first X-32 |
| Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from the first F-35 JSF |
| Paperweights made from materials, metals, or alloys used in the aircraft's manufacture |
| If it is encased in lucite or resin, and it is historically significant, we probably want it! In doubt? E-mail us! |
| Paperweights
containing "First Chips" embedded in them for ANY project
"First Milling" or "First Shaving" included |
| Martin-Marietta medallion from 1976 containing material from the 'Viking' probe |
| Any Battleship & Aircraft Carrier Deck Planking (We love teak!) from any nationality's navy... American is a plus! |
| Items pertaining to nuclear research (i.e. lucite-encased reactor graphite) |
| Flown test project patches and American flags (especially first flight flown) |
| Almost any historical 'First Flight' Cover! |
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seeking 'Pioneer' airmail flights and 'Interrupted Mail' (Crash Covers). (Our focus is California)
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If you have something that you think we'd like (odds are you are probably right!), please e-mail us and we'll see about hammering out a deal to purchase it from you! Please have digital photos or scans of items ready when inquiring.
Please consider us first before making item offers to other parties... We will response to serious inquiries promptly, usually with 24 hours.
e-mail: webmaster@check-six.com
To donate an item to the museum, click here to e-mail & make arrangements with us.
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