United States Mark I Aeroplane Flare.  

Thanks Chris.  I don't know what that is mounted on the left bottom side of the board.  Any fighter pilots here that can answer that question?   If you read the entire account for which he earned the Navy Cross, it's nothing short of a miracle he managed to come back alive.  He must've had nerves of titanium.  Simply amazing!

Great ejection display and an absolutely Outstanding Aviator!!!   What is the item mounted to the board on the bottom left side?   Remember the saying;   ”Fighter guys make movies, Attack guys make history”   Chris

What happened to a dealer out of the Chattanooga area named TJ Reese? He used to have an amazing selection of stuff in one of the antique stores at East Town. It has been years but I wonder what happened to him. Amazingly high prices also, but good stuff.  

First time post, I am looking for information on these two medals I recently came across. I have found a few threads on these two awards here, but I would like to try and get opinions on the originality of these medals, etc. Thanks in advance! 

Hello to everyone :) I am calling out thus seller on eBay in the hopes, that nobody falls for this. Although I am sure, that the vast majority of forum members will know, that these are fake, I am putting this out here to warn New Vietnam collectors. I stumbled upon this seller about a week ago and tried reporting him, but it didn't work as he was selling obvious fakes. He offers two jackets. One is the common Sturm repro with the "Ryan" name tape and 1st Cav SSI, which you can find on Amazon for 60 bucks or so. He offensichtlich it for 110 (bidding) with best offer. I asked the seller ferra1970 about its authenticity and he said, that he wasn't sure, but hoped so. The other jacket he offers looks like an RDF og107 jacket on the first picture, but he uses other sellers' pictures for close-ups. I will attach some pictures, so you can see for yourself. Every new collector beware and if anyone has any tips on how to report him, so that he will get banned, please tell me.   PS: I do not know if the pictures will be shown in the intended order, but the jungle jacket, which hopefully shows up as the 4th picture, has a white wooden floor as a background. This is an original NOS from a French seller, with whom I have made business in the past. ferra1970 just pulled the original seller's picture from eBay and used it for his scam.    

I never knew I wanted to collect tan Saudi ALICE gear but here I am

I forgot to add, yes it does still work

So I found my very very first piece of surplus. It’s an old US marked compass I found in an antique store for $25 in Waco TX. (I think said store has gone out of business) compasses aren’t really my wheelhouse so I was wondering if anybody could tell me what I have? 

I have some of the Saudi ALICE gear. It is usually marked SAA and contract dated to 1976.  Tim