Airline Pilot's Historical Society
The Airline Pilot's Historical Society is a non-profit, charitable foundation whose purpose is to educate through the preservation of aircraft parts and components. What money we raise goes either to educational projects, or to children's hospitals and organizations that specialize in the needs of children. We are all volunteers...we have no paid employees.
Founded in 1997
Please help us help others. Donations through Paypal will happily be accepted in any amount. We are a 501-C3 charitable foundation and your donation will be a tax deduction if allowed by your tax laws which differ in each country.
To our fellow crewmembers aboard UAL flights 93 and 175, and those aboard AA flights 11 and 77; the airline pilots of the world are honored to have stood beside you .
UAL Flight 93
UAL Flight 175
AA Flight 11
AA Flight 77
Actual aircraft involved 9/11/01
photo by Bob Garrad
"Ahhh, nothing like the smell of a tailpipe in the morning."
SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Updated: 01-31-17
Aviation Memorabilia, control wheels, instrument panels, cockpit collectibles & artifacts, sim parts. Now available to collectors and sim builders. Cockpit and aircraft artifacts from the DC-3 through the 777.
I'm a retired United Airlines Captain and the APHS Chairman. My son Chris, (AA 737 Captain) is an APHS officer. My son Jeff, is a pilot and the Website Manager and my oldest son Rich, for the past 15 years has traveled the country in his spare time, as our aviation archaeologist. We're not in the business of selling aircraft parts. We do make available to collectors and home sim builders, parts and artifacts to be used in those applications. Our goal is "education through the preservation of artifacts that otherwise might be lost". We have no employees or administrative overhead, and not one soul is on our payroll. We're also listed with the IRS as a 501-C3 Foundation.
For twenty years, those of us at APHS have worked hard to promote aviation, and to generate an interest among our young future pilots. We also have donated generously, and regularly to children's hospitals, homeless shelters that specialize in families with children and other similar entities . This year we will exceed $210,000 donated to Lurie Children's Hospital and St. Jude Hospital alone. Ironically, my own family has seen the problem from the inside. In November of 2006 our 5 year-old grandson Brian was hospitalized with what has turned out to be a disease very hard to diagnose and tough to cure. Macrophage Activation Syndrome strikes only 1 in 2 million children, usually girls. My son Chris, (AA 737 Capt.), who is an APHS officer, is Brian's father. I won't dwell on the agony the little guy endured during his treatment and apparent cure, but I will say that having seen the experience first hand, our hearts go out to families in similar situations. It is a tiring, heartbreaking, tortuous struggle, and too often the end result is even worse than the journey. We have adopted a new and stronger commitment to our APHS goals. Your support through purchases or donations is required, and I am not ashamed to ask for your continued loyalty.
The gloves are off. Sick kids need our help...they'll get it.
Capt. Nick Louis, UAL/Ret.
Chairman, Airline Pilot's Historical Society
Questions? Email us at 72715k@gmail.com
Update
Many of you have followed Brian's progress over the past few years and have continually sent well wishes. We all thank you for your concern and blessings, and we are happy to report that he is doing exceedingly well. He's an A student, he has played the stand up bass in the school orchestra for 5 years, and is one dynamite hockey player. Please accept his appreciation for your support and concern.
Artic Blast Tournament Winners 2016.
2015 Thanksgiving Tournament Champions.
"Cyclones" 2013...Southwest Hockey Spring League Champions
"Cyclones" 2013...Southwest Hockey Spring League Champions
2014 Thanksgiving Tournament Champions.
2016 Champions: Bauer World Hockey Euro Invitational, held In Bled, Slovenia.
APHS now takes its place among other major donors in the
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
(Formerly Children's Memorial Hospital)
Opened in June of 2012.
Children’s Circle of Care (CCC) is a distinguished group of leading benefactors of 25 prominent children’s hospitals in North America. Through their generous gifts, members ensure that critically ill and injured children have access to the latest innovations in research, technology and care, delivered by leading specialists in pediatric medicine and science. In 2010, more than 6,000 Children’s Circle of Care members gave $419 million.
Tech Tips
Strange Things, Interesting Things
Solve a Mystery,
win $50
No components are intended to be used on airworthy aircraft
All prices subject to change and may vary according to conditions of item. All items are "used" and no guarantee is implied or intended. Again, these items are not intended for use on airworthy aircraft and are not guaranteed to work. Supplies are very limited.
All items provided by the APHS LTD. are intended for historical preservation. It is understood that these are not airworthy items. At no time should any item be used in or on an airworthy aircraft. No content of this site, print or photo, maybe be used without written permission of APHS,LTD.
New Addition
First stage complete. New paint in place, waiting to be striped...
All finished!
All finished!
Our grandson, Matt.
After 11 years we decided to sell our Navion. We did a complete restoration of a plane that was just about shot to hell, so we did what we enjoy doing; we saved a piece of history from the junk heap. The bare spot in the hangar didn't last long. Still suffering the loss of our restored Ercoupe in 2007, we decided to fill that void. We found a real nice 1946 Ercoupe 415-D and took about a year making it into another nice airplane. Preservation is a large part of what we do. Follow our progress...
Our 1958 Champion 7FC
In Memory:
To our fellow crewmembers aboard UAL flights 93 and 175, and those aboard AA flights 11 and 77; the airline pilots of the world are honored to have stood beside you.
UAL Flight 93
UAL Flight 175
AA Flight 11
AA Flight 77
Actual aircraft involved 9/11/01
photo by Bob Garrad
"Ahhh, nothing like the smell of a tailpipe in the morning."
Updated: 12-19-20
Aviation Memorabilia, control wheels & control yokes, cockpit seats, instrument panels, cockpit collectibles & artifacts, simulator parts. Now available to collectors and sim builders. Cockpit and aircraft artifacts from the DC-3 through the 777.
I'm a retired United Airlines Captain and APHS Chairman. My son Chris, (AA A-320 Captain) is an APHS officer. My son Jeff, is a pilot and the Website Manager and my oldest son Rich, for the past 22 years has traveled the country in his spare time, as our aviation archaeologist. We're not in the business of selling aircraft parts. We do make available to collectors and home sim builders, parts and artifacts to be used in those applications. Our goal is "education through the preservation of artifacts that otherwise might be lost". We have no employees or administrative overhead, and not one soul is on our payroll. We're also listed with the IRS as a 501-C3 , Non-Profit Foundation.
For more than twenty years, those of us at APHS have worked hard to promote aviation, and to generate an interest among our young future pilots. We also have donated generously, and regularly to children's hospitals, homeless shelters that specialize in families with children and other similar entities . This year we will exceed $290,000 donated to Lurie Children's Hospital and St. Jude Hospital alone. Ironically, my own family has seen the problem from the inside. In November of 2006 our 5 year-old grandson Brian was hospitalized with what has turned out to be a disease very hard to diagnose and tough to cure. Macrophage Activation Syndrome strikes only 1 in 2 million children, usually girls. My son Chris, (AA 737 Capt.), who is an APHS officer, is Brian's father. I won't dwell on the agony the little guy endured during his treatment and cure, but I will say that having seen the experience first hand, our hearts go out to families in similar situations. It is a tiring, heartbreaking, tortuous struggle, and too often the end result is even worse than the journey. We have adopted a new and stronger commitment to our APHS goals. Your support through purchases or donations is required, and I am not ashamed to ask for your continued loyalty.
The gloves are off. Sick kids need our help...they'll get it.
Capt. Nick Louis, UAL/Ret.
Chairman, Airline Pilot's Historical Society
Questions? Email us at 72715k@gmail.com
(See Nick, Chris and Jeff's Aircraft History here)
Update
Many of you have followed Brian's progress over the past few years and have continually sent well wishes. We all thank you for your concern and blessings, and we are happy to report that he is doing exceedingly well. In the fall he will be off to college, and as a young adult will begin the next phase of his life.
APHS now takes its place among other major donors in the
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
(Formerly Children's Memorial Hospital)
Opened in June of 2012.
Decals, Graphics, Data Plates,
Wheel Caps
Passenger Cabin
Non-cockpit
Solve a Mystery,
win $50 (store credit)
No components are intended to be used on airworthy aircraft
All prices subject to change and may vary according to conditions of item. All items are "used" and no guarantee is implied or intended. Again, these items are not intended for use on airworthy aircraft and are not guaranteed to work. Supplies are very limited.
All items provided by the APHS LTD. are intended for historical preservation. It is understood that these are not airworthy items. At no time should any item be used in or on an airworthy aircraft. No content of this site, print or photo, maybe be used without written permission of APHS,LTD.
All finished!
All finished!
Our grandson, Matt.
After 11 years we decided to sell our Navion. We did a complete restoration of a plane that was just about shot to hell, so we did what we enjoy doing; we saved a piece of history from the junk heap. The bare spot in the hangar didn't last long. Still suffering the loss of our restored Ercoupe in 2007, we decided to fill that void. We found a real nice 1946 Ercoupe 415-D and took about a year making it into another nice airplane. Preservation is a large part of what we do.
Our 1958 Champion 7FC
Our 747
Alas, it sold. We got a buyer for our 747 and sorry to say, adios amigo. It went to a branch of the US GOV., to be used for some ultra-secret research.
At least it has avoided the Coors factory.
Our 737
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We were able to acquire this very recent 737-300 in January of 2009.
Somehow it managed to get from Brazil to the USA with a broken Spar...yes, it actually flew the line for some length of time before the crack was discovered. Then, the owners found a crew brave enough to fly it to the USA for disposition.
Where do we get such men...or women?
Our Parks
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Located in Maple Park, Illinois. Donated by APHS.
Located in Maple Park, Illinois. Donated by APHS.
Winner!
A while back we offered at no charge, a playground ride to a deserving school, church or day care center. Tommy Thompson was the winner on behalf of the Country Kids Day Care Center in North Carolina.
2015....our 727 second officer's panel, donated to the USC Accident Investigation School in Los Angeles.
Catalog
In Memory:
To our fellow crewmembers aboard UAL flights 93 and 175, and those aboard AA flights 11 and 77; the airline pilots of the world are honored to have stood beside you.
UAL Flight 93
UAL Flight 175
AA Flight 11
AA Flight 77
Actual aircraft involved 9/11/01
photo by Bob Garrad
"Ahhh, nothing like the smell of a tailpipe in the morning."
Updated: 10-08-24
Aviation Memorabilia, control wheels & control yokes, cockpit seats, instrument panels, cockpit collectibles & artifacts, simulator parts. Now available to collectors and sim builders. Cockpit and aircraft artifacts from the DC-3 through the 777.
I'm a retired United Airlines Captain and APHS Chairman. My son Chris, (UPS A-300 Captain, Flight Manager) is an APHS officer. My son Jeff, is a pilot and the Website Manager and my oldest son Rich, for the past 20 years has traveled the country in his spare time, as our aviation archaeologist. We're not in the business of selling aircraft parts. We do make available to collectors and home sim builders, parts and artifacts to be used in those applications. Our goal is "education through the preservation of artifacts that otherwise might be lost". We have no employees or administrative overhead, and not one soul is on our payroll. We're also listed with the IRS as a 501-C3 , Non-Profit Foundation.
For more than twenty years, those of us at APHS have worked hard to promote aviation, and to generate an interest among our young future pilots. We also have donated generously, and regularly to children's hospitals, homeless shelters that specialize in families with children and other similar entities. This year we will exceed $390,000 donated to Lurie Children's Hospital and St. Jude Hospital alone. Ironically, my own family has seen the problem from the inside. In November of 2006 our 5-year-old grandson Brian was hospitalized with what has turned out to be a disease very hard to diagnose and tough to cure. Macrophage Activation Syndrome strikes only 1 in 2 million children, usually girls. My son Chris, (UPS A-300 Capt.), who is an APHS officer, is Brian's father. I won't dwell on the agony the little guy endured during his treatment and cure, but I will say that having seen the experience first hand, our hearts go out to families in similar situations. It is a tiring, heartbreaking, tortuous struggle, and too often the end result is even worse than the journey. We have adopted a new and stronger commitment to our APHS goals. Your support through purchases or donations is required, and I am not ashamed to ask for your continued loyalty.
The gloves are off. Sick kids need our help...they'll get it.
Capt. Nick Louis, UAL/Ret.
Chairman, Airline Pilot's Historical Society
Questions? Email us at 72715k@gmail.com
(See Nick, Chris and Jeff's Aircraft Histories here)
Update
Many of you have followed Brian's progress over the past few years and have continually sent well wishes. We all thank you for your concern and blessings, and we are happy to report that he is doing exceedingly well; May 2024, Brian graduated from Arizona State University with a 4-year degree in Sports Management. Having previously completed internships with Real Madrid in Madrid, and SportsFive in Phoenix. He will now go on to a career in player management, while pursuing a post graduate degree in law.
APHS now takes its place among other major donors in the
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
(Formerly Children's Memorial Hospital)
Opened in June of 2012.
As has been the custom at this time of year, APHS has made a generous donation to;
Also, due to the extreme strain on families in 2020, we are this year also donating to: 5 national and local food bank programs.
CATALOG
Decals, Graphics, Data Plates,
Wheel Caps
Solve a Mystery,
win $50 (store credit)
No components are intended to be used on airworthy aircraft
All prices subject to change and may vary according to conditions of item. All items are "used" and no guarantee is implied or intended. Again, these items are not intended for use on airworthy aircraft and are not guaranteed to work. Supplies are very limited.
All items provided by the APHS LTD. are intended for historical preservation. It is understood that these are not airworthy items. At no time should any item be used in or on an airworthy aircraft. No content of this site, print or photo, maybe be used without written permission of APHS,LTD.
All finished!
All finished!
Our grandson, Matt.
After 11 years we decided to sell our Navion. We did a complete restoration of a plane that was just about shot to hell, so we did what we enjoy doing; we saved a piece of history from the junk heap. The bare spot in the hangar didn't last long. Still suffering the loss of our restored Ercoupe in 2007, we decided to fill that void. We found a real nice 1946 Ercoupe 415-D and took about a year making it into another nice airplane. Preservation is a large part of what we do.
Our 1958 Champion 7FC
Our 747
Alas, it sold. We got a buyer for our 747 and sorry to say, adios amigo. It went to a branch of the US GOV., to be used for some ultra-secret research.
At least it has avoided the Coors factory.
Our Convair 880's
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The last Convair 880's at Mojave. We owned them for 2 days until the owners decided to UN-donate them.
Our 737
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We were able to acquire this very recent 737-300 in January of 2009.
Somehow it managed to get from Brazil to the USA with a broken Spar...yes, it actually flew the line for some length of time before the crack was discovered. Then, the owners found a crew brave enough to fly it to the USA for disposition.
Where do we get such men...or women?
Our Parks
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Completed in October, 2005, our contribution to Fox Chase Park in St. Charles, Illinois.
Located in Maple Park, Illinois. Donated by APHS.
Located in Maple Park, Illinois. Donated by APHS.
Winner!
A while back we offered at no charge, a playground ride to a deserving school, church or day care center. Tommy Thompson was the winner on behalf of the Country Kids Day Care Center in North Carolina.
2015....our 727 second officer's panel, donated to the USC Accident Investigation School in Los Angeles.
Ever wonder where we
get our parts?
Take a look. Rich just returned from a 5-day trip to do a raid on a 737-300 teardown. We have spent 27 years establishing the relationships that allow us such access. The first picture is shortly after he started...notice that the avionics and modules have been removed by the owners to re-sell. The last picture is when he was just about done. The gear handle was all he had left to do. One guy...a million tools...three 12-hour days...many busted knuckles. We of course had the expense of flying him 1500 miles, staying 3 days to work, then flying back, added to the cost of the parts...we had to pay for what we took. Add in the cost of shipping 3 skids of parts back to us and all of a sudden that $450 gear handle becomes a bargain.
To save you some time searching; we are airline people, we can get onto the secured sites with permission. We know the people doing the teardowns, they trust us. We have permission from the aircraft owners to do what we do. You cannot walk up to a teardown site and do any of that. Never fear...we'll do it for you.
