r/Aviationtag

Got myself a couple of little pieces of the real plane. Such a beautiful livery!

Jeteyes.com did an "X drop" today where they sold a limited number of aircraft tags without identifying the aircraft (it sold out in less than an hour). The only hints they've given are that: 1) it's a fighter, 2) it's a "bruiser," and 3) the tags are thick.

They also released this picture, which seems to be three of triangular tags from the release. The top tag seems to have two riveted nut plates (blue), with some kind of red sealant or locking compound on top. They're sandwiching two thin sheets of metal around the much thicker sheet.

For those of you with aviation mechanic experience, do the nut plates look familiar to a particular era? Any guesses what aircraft this is from? I was able to order one of the tags but it won't arrive for a couple of weeks, and I'm dying to figure out what it might be from.

I received my first tag from Transport Tags, another American tag maker located on the gulf coast (Alabama). This one is cut from the gunner's hatch of a B-52H with combat experience. I knew it would be thick cut, but didn't know that it would come with a portion of the flexible rubber hatch gasket still attached. That's a neat trick of preserving mixed materials that I haven't seen on any other tags from other companies. The engraving is also nice and clean, and I like that it indicates the part of the aircraft the tag is from.

Transport tags' inventory tends to skew military and exotic, with a bunch of rare aircraft in their lineup. I found out about this release after getting on their email list, and I'm glad I did. I'd definitely order from them again in the future.