Picked These Up Off FB Marketplace for $40 , (unusual story from previous owner)

Posted by Verryfastdoggo@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 41 comments

Back story on these:

I bought them from a guy who looked very well off, probably in his 60s, driving a brand new Corvette. When I asked where he got them, he said Edwards Air Force Base. He told me they were given to him by a tenant.

When I said, “Tenant?” he kind of puffed his chest out and started talking about how he owned a good bit of real estate around the base and rented to some of the pilots and higher-ups there. He said someone working there gifted these to him and mentioned they might be worth something.

Then he told me he was late for his “board meeting” at the local small-town airport and took off in his Corvette.

You know the type lol.

At the time, I figured he was completely full of it and just trying to sound important. I didn’t think much of it. Honestly, I still would’ve bought them even if he had said, “Yeah, these are fake.”

Today I was looking at them again, and my curiosity got the better of me, so I figured I’d post them and see if any story or history comes out of it.

Either way, I still think they’re awesome.

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