YF-23 First Flight Pin
Posted by Accurate_Ad_8662@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Anybody else have one of these, or know if there’s value here? Family member was an executive at Northrop and worked on this aircraft. Says First Flight under the plane, camera couldn’t pick it up.
Peter_Merlin@reddit
I have one of these. This is a very cool pin and there were a lot of them made (hundreds? more than 1,000?). The YF-23 lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter fly-off competition to the YF-22 even though many people thought the YF-23 was the better airplane. Among the niche market of collectors of stealth aircraft memorabilia, YF-23 items tend to be of greater interest than YF-22 items.
FoxhoundBat@reddit
Very very cool! If you want serious answers I would post and ask on secret projects forum.
Basil-Faw1ty@reddit
Look, I gotta tell ya, this pin you got here - it’s a nice piece, don’t get me wrong.
Here’s the thing though - it lost.
In a perfect world, to the right collector, this could probably fetch maybe thirty, forty bucks. But here’s my problem - I’m not running a museum here.
I might have this thing sitting on my shelf for six months, maybe a year before the right guy walks through that door.
The absolute maximum I can do is twenty dollars. I know it’s not what you were hoping for, but take it or leave it, that’s my final offer.
ttystikk@reddit
That's a rare bird.