[Old Crow]

A good friend gave me 2 completely unexpected Christmas gifts today: the tail hook from an F-14 and a section of fuselage skin from a B-52 (see pictures below). His wife's father worked for decades at AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) near Davis-Monthan in Tucson. He acquired these for me from stored aircraft. The only question now is how to display them.

The edges and surfaces of the tail hook are sharp and jagged from all the traps so I will have to sand and grind it to get rid of the sharp surfaces. What do you folks think about painting it new? Or would you leave it as it is?

[STARMAN 352ND]

That is a nice Christmas present you got there OC.
I leave it just the way it is.
JP

[mustangdriver]

That is awsome.

[Nimrod48]

Very OC if I was lucky enough to own such artefacts they would be left as is... each scratch & ding in the pieces recording moments of a past life

[SKUNKY]

I agree with Nimrod....wouldn't touch a thing.

[stalag8611]

Don't cha touch a goldarn thing. Think of the traps and the history.

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by stalag8611

Don't cha touch a goldarn thing. Think of the traps and the history.

Agreed! I would mount those things on my wall as trophies.

[JustPlaneNuttz]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

Agreed! I would mount those things on my wall as trophies.

I'm gonna have to agree with all above. Leave 'em alone -- that's history! (SO lucky!!)

JPN

[Kaptin_Kirk]

Leave it as is.

[Captain Eddie]

I agree with all of these posts, OC. Don't you DARE do a thing to them. ('course they DO belong to you, not us....but since you asked....)