from the stickers can anyone tell me how old this box might be? any help would be great at this point! Have you ever tried to research a single sticker on the web??? not an easy task! Thanks in advance!

Most of those I think would be late 1970's up into mid 1980's

The ones on the side of the box... (bottom pic) are not really in good enough shape to ID, and then use for dating it. I think they are from a Hallmark(or some other stationary brand... so many brands with so many sticker set... and I've seen at least 4 different ones with those style airplanes.) sticker set for note sealing. Or maybe he cut them from some magazine or book and glued them on... The large one I think may have been a sticker that came with the AMA card Mid 1980's... (smiley face and "Happiness is flying Models" I think the stickers are still sold by AMA...) Not enough left of it to be sure of anything though.

The Large bumper sticker I remember seeing when the "I Love XXXX" stickers were the in thing... (early to mid 1980's)

The OS sticker is from early 1980's (maybe before... I don;t know about any of thier stickers before 1984...)

The sticker that should be easiest to date would be the 495th RC squadron. Try seeing if there is an AMA club with charter number 495... and see if an older member recognizes it.

The Biplane sticker beside the round rudder sticker might be datable with a better pic so blowing it up will make the thing legble. Same goes for the other stickers in that picture.

Flag stickers are useless for dating unless the star count is not 50. (and then usually not much good... you can buy other star count stickers for scale model use...)

Thank You for your help---at least I have an idea that it was around the early eighties. Thanks again.

The 495th is still an active RC club here in Massachusetts. (They're located close to Route 495, in the Framingham area I believe.)

Anyway, another board member in my club also belongs to the 495th, so I might be able to get more info if you want. Where did you get the flight box? If it was at a recent auction or something, I might even be able to find the original owner.
Dennis-

original owner is art corman I just picked it up at a flea Market where the guy said he got it at a yardsale.
it reads on the inside:
Art Corman
Chelmsford Mass
AMA 102439
FCC KBUR 4654
IF THAT HELPS

Maybe you should just bring it flowers and ask it nicely. You never know - it might say yes.

Hmm... that 102439 AMA number... Didn't they issue the first 1 million series number in the 1990's? I may have been off on my estimations.

When was the FA 45 released?

You might be able to check with the FCC and find out when the radio call sign KBUR4654 was last issued Just a possibility

I dated a field box once.

Smelled like compost!

Thank god nothin grew in it!

FH,
Don't know about your estimates. I joined the AMA in '95 or '96 and my number is 515939. Could they have given out half a million numbers in 8 years?
Dennis-

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