Lockheed Memorabilia 1950s Coffee Cups F-104 Starfighter/T2v-1 Flight Helmets

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We offer for your consideration these collectible Lockheed aircraft promo cups.
These ceramic coffee cups were produced by Lockheed Aircraft Company to promote their aircraft development programs. These are mid to late 1950s era, and are fashioned after pilot flight helmets that were most likely the style in use, with each particular program.
Flip the helmet over and Presto-Change-o, you have a coffee cup
The Lockheed Seastar Cup:
This helmut was done in a matte gold luster, and looks kinda like a type 403 flight helmet, with the shell reinforcing ribs, and the tab style goggle attachments. The looped Oxygen hose serves as the handle. On the back is a very clean program logo for the U.S. Navy T2V-1 Lockheed SEASTAR.
This hemet has some chips at the rim opposite the handle. These chips could be easily repaired with a tiny bit of epoxy. There is also some wear in the surface of the gold lustre about a 1/2 inch below the rim.
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Cup:
This cup was done in a white glaze, and looks more like a modern flight helmet with the slide down visor we see today.
The looped Oxygen hose serves as the handle.
And you can see the two visor side hinges/ locks. On the side of the cup opposite of the handle, is the visor stop, and the US AF F-104A Lockheed Starfighter Logo.
This cup is in beautiful, like new, condition. It has no chips, cracks, or crazing.
There are, in fact two of these cups, but one is damaged. and we will include it if you want it. Maybe it can be restored for display?
If you are a collector of Vintage items that have to do with American aeronautical development, these are two very cool items to have in a collection, specially the F-104A starfighter cup. Who can forget the scene in the movie "The Right Stuff"  When they reenacted Chuck Yeager taking this plane to the edge of space. WOW !
But to be fair, that was a NF-104A