Autographed Aviation Memorabilia Collecting Turned Into a Business

Floyd Walker is a man with a love of aviation and aviation collectibles. In the 1980's he turned his passion for the autographed memorabilia into a profession that took him all around the United States. Walker began to sell models of early and mid-century planes, but found the operation to be time consuming and lacked lucrative backing.

In 1985 his business changed course, Walker was introduced to a WWII test pilot and stunt pilot Robert Hoover. Walker purchased several aviation collectibles, including shirts, hats and posters and Hoover produced the autographs. Together they sold out of items on the first day of their first three day show.

From there, Walker began to travel the country, from aviation show to aviation show, in contact with famous pilots and selling memorabilia. For over 20 years Walker and his wife Mary made a living from selling autographed aviation collectibles with the business title of Dixie Aviation Collectibles.

In July 2007, the Walkers were forced to retire the traveling portion of their business. Floyd had been experiencing health issues and needed a quadruple bypass surgery. Currently, the Walkers have their business online. With the growth of his company, Floyd's personal collection has also grown to over 2,500 aviation collectibles.

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