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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Flight wings? What does that mean? A search only shows pictures of airplanes.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They would give kids a look at the cockpit and you would meet the pilots and give you a plastic aviator pin to wear.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wanna build a bot we can call to post a collage of the top 4 image results for a given term:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

plastic

I remember when they were metal... Get off my lawn.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.smartertravel.com/the-turbulent-rise-and-fall-of-the-kiddie-wing-pin/

Mine were silver, but this article shows a few different types. It was a really cool thing as a kid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I was late in the program, they were only giving out plastic by then.