WW2 US Army Air Force – PASSENGER & BAGGAGE LIMIT PLACARD DATA PLATE – STINSON

You are bidding on a VERY NICE original WW2 US Army Air Force Passenger & Baggage Compartment Limitation Placard, believed to have originated from a Stinson aircraft! This type of cockpit or cabin placard was used to identify the maximum permissible loading of a designated passenger and baggage compartment.s.

During the 1930s and 1940s, Stinson Aircraft Corporation manufactured a variety of civilian and military aircraft, including the popular SR-series Reliant and military transport variants. Aircraft loading placards provided pilots and ground crews with important weight restrictions to ensure the aircraft remained within its approved structural and weight-and-balance limitations. This particular placard identifies a compartment capable of accommodating either baggage or one passenger together with a limited quantity of baggage, suggesting an installation within a passenger-carrying aircraft.

Made of plastic,  this Data Plate is in EXCELLENT used condition! Some slight marks and  wear due to use and age, but nothing that detracts. The placard retains both original mounting holes, together with its rounded corners and distinctive rectangular shape. The upper inscription reads “LOAD IN THIS COMPARTMENT NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL OF 194 LBS” while the lower inscription includes “OR ONE PERSON AND 24 LBS. OF BAGGAGE.” Some of the original lettering has become faint through age and wear, but much of the wording remains visible.  This came to me with a large quantity of WW2 Trainer, Liaison, and Reconnaissance aircraft parts. An ORIGINAL and increasingly difficult-to-find piece of Stinson aircraft equipment that would make a FANTASTIC addition to any vintage Stinson restoration, aircraft interior display, or advanced American aviation collection!