| | | 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... The 'Check-Six Online Museum' is actively seeking the following items for display in our collection! 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. Examples include: (Last Updated 12/17/2010) | Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing a solar cell from the Hubble Space Telescope | NACA medallion contains material from the Curtiss Jenny & from the Bell X-1 | Lucite / acrylic paperweight containing production chip / shaving from the first Global Hawk | 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 | Panama Canal Service Medal - The "Junk" Medal - Made from material abandoned by the French in their Panama Canal attempt | 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! | Especially seeking 'Pioneer' airmail flights and 'Interrupted Mail' (Crash Covers). (Our focus is California - but anywhere in the United States is fine by us!) |
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. Sponsored, via Commission Junction, by |