Tuesday, April 24, 2018

2014-2015 Airport Trading Card Update

I cheated....at least I feel like I did.  With this Airport Trading Card set I feel like it has been a monster to track down cards by either 1) flying to/through the airports, 2) trading with fellow collectors, or 3) buying them off of eBay.  After over two years of flying, trading, and buying I finally decided to contact each of the airports directly to see if I could snag some cards that I was missing.  Most of them wrote me back and said they would be glad to, two were out of them, and I am waiting on a few more responses from others.  All the airports I wrote to have been super nice so if I am going to be cheating at least they are treating me well.  Here are the latest updates to this monster set.  As it stands there are 76 confirmed cards in the master set issued over two years from 66 different airports across North America.  Some airports printed a different card each year and one airport printed three different cards over the two years.  My total is at 62 of these cards from the set leaving me 14 cards short of completion.  Here is the evidence of me giving in.


LEX - Blue Grass Airport.  I didn't think I'd be falling in love with Kentucky, but yet here we are.  Thanks Allie!




 GSO - Much to my surprise, there was a previously unknown 2016 GSO card that they included in my envelope!!  Whoop, and it is a really good looking card....almost like it is embossed!  Thanks Piedmont Triad Airport Authority!




SLC - Salt Lake City International Airport - I love me some snow bunnies and the Rocky Mountains.  Thanks Jason!



BNA - Nashville International Airport.  Triplets to trade with my friends.  Thanks to my friends at Nashville International Airport!




BOS - Boston Logan International Airport....like a BOS!  This one arrive safe and sound.  Thanks Michelle.




YYC - from our neighbors to the north....these came all the way from Calgary.  Thanks Darlene!

There you have it!  Anyone else collecting these?


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  1. FujiApril 24, 2018 at 6:16 AM

    One of these days... I'm gonna find a pair of SJC cards for our collections. I'll be there today, so I'll ask again.

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    1. SumoMenkoManApril 24, 2018 at 9:11 AM

      Thanks Fuji! That has been one of the more difficult ones to track down....hopefully they still carry them.

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    2. FujiApril 24, 2018 at 6:23 PM

      Negative :(

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    3. SumoMenkoManApril 25, 2018 at 3:18 AM

      Bummer. Thanks for checking though.

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  2. SeanApril 24, 2018 at 5:58 PM

    I had no idea these even existed, what an interesting set to try to track down!

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    1. SumoMenkoManApril 25, 2018 at 3:20 AM

      It definitely has been fun, but a challenge. I know one fellow collector/pilot that has the complete base set, but missing some of the variations.

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  3. AnonymousApril 26, 2018 at 8:37 PM

    Although it's not the kind of thing I would collect, I absolutely love the fact that these exist.

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    1. SumoMenkoManApril 27, 2018 at 9:22 AM

      They definitely aren't everyone's cup of tea....unfortunately, their limitedness makes it all that much more of a niche thing. I've got a few more since this post so will post another update.

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