Posts: 1038 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2003
posted 07-02-2024 09:48 AM
Is this a Dynasoar X-20 contractor tiepin? Also got the cufflinks and a pin from the same seller.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1925 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 07-02-2024 01:10 PM
Looks more like an SR-71 than Dynasoar.
davidcwagner Member
Posts: 1038 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2003
posted 07-02-2024 01:57 PM
Never saw SR-71 on a rocket. Items look more like the X-20 mounted on rocket.
randyc Member
Posts: 910 From: Denver, CO USA Registered: May 2003
posted 07-02-2024 03:00 PM
It is not a Dynasoar. It looks like a MIM-3 Nike-Ajax missile.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1925 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 07-02-2024 07:31 PM
quote:Originally posted by davidcwagner: Never saw SR-71 on a rocket.
Never said there was. Look closer. Nothing like the Dynasoar with spikes at the end of the wings. Plus too many fins on the booster.
davidcwagner Member
Posts: 1038 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2003
posted 07-02-2024 07:40 PM
X-20 Wing tips look pretty spiky in this photo:
randyc Member
Posts: 910 From: Denver, CO USA Registered: May 2003
posted 07-02-2024 07:47 PM
I suggest you look up the configuration of the MIM-3 Nike-Ajax missile. It looks very much like this pin.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1925 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 07-02-2024 08:29 PM
quote:Originally posted by davidcwagner: X-20 Wing tips look pretty spiky in this photo
No, the wing is straight from the nose to the fin. The pin's vehicle has a scalloped wing.
J Blackburn Member
Posts: 310 From: Riner Registered: Sep 2011
posted 07-02-2024 10:13 PM
I agree with the other opinion with you might want to pay attention to the MIM-3 Nike-Ajax missile. Looks as about as close to one as one can get.
I am pretty sure there is one outside our local defense plants entrance but I think it would be hard to stop and take a picture without being surrounded. 😁 They specialized in making the propellant for the Nike back in the day.
I will check my late father's things and see if he had the same tie tac with his patches. He retired from the plant many years ago.