Metal Airplane Desk Lamp

Hi,
I picked this up today - needs to be re-wired, missing a fin on the tail. Do you think this is a shop class piece? I've had airplane lamps before and have never seen one like this nor can I find any now.
The plane is 9"L x 13" wingspan.
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks for looking.

 

seems crude enough to be home made....those engines look like knobs..!

 

Thanks komokwa!
Yes, maybe they are knobs. I like how the blades turn - I'm easily amused.

 

I really know nothing about planes, but this one looks a little like one of PanAm's Sikorsky flying boats dating to the 1930s. Now If memory serves, believe PamAm's planes were silver with blue logos at least in the 1950s? I can't find a Sikorsky identical one. Here is a PanAm Sikorsky S-42.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_World_Airways#/media/File:Sikorsky_S42_(crop).jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Aircraft

--- Susan

 

Thank-you lady branch, they do look similar!
I hope you are home, resting comfortably and feeling better

 

Those notches on the lower edges (both side, front aft and mid-ships) make me wonder whether this was made from an otherwise complete model, perhaps one that was damaged somehow. Might also explain the missing cross fin on the tail.

 

I agree @Bakersgma, Looks like an older metal model (hence the pre cut for the tail cross fin) that was made into a lamp. Looks to me someone took off the bottom of the plane (hence the notched areas that I would guess the bottom half fit into) and installed a newer lighting system!!

 

Thanks bakers and rayo! I wonder if this might have been a toy/model plane that was turned into a lamp, and yes, missing the bottom piece.

 

Exactly, Ray!

 

Yes, I'm home and slowly catching up on my sleep. Thank you for the kind words.
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/im-back-after-a-harrowing-last-few-days.10834/page-2#post-156570

--- Susan

 

Gotta like this one....

 

Thanks - sorry for 1 too many "hences" LOL!!

 

I've heard this befor on here now I get a chance to use the expression - "Go big or go home" - LOL!

 

I think that sums up Howard Hughes in a nutshell.......

 

That is quite cool!

 

The Birch Goose.

 

Great photos!
Thanks KOT, I think so too!

 

I love it!

 

Hi KoT,
Was not the plane referred to as the Spruce Goose? I never heard the term Birch Goose.
greg

 

Yes it was and is....
But it's made mostly of Birch. Don't think there's a fiber of Spruce in it.
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I wonder if it tastes sweet if you lick it...
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And now you can never say "never" again.
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'Reporters' continuously make up s**t by the millisecond.