Airplane Urns

This collection of aviation memorial urns is crafted for those who belonged in the sky, from the private pilot and bush flyer to the service veteran and the career aviator. Each cast aluminum piece features one of seven engraved designs and is available in full-size, sharing, or keepsake sizes.

We offer two-tone engraving of a name and dates directly into the metal. These pieces serve as a tribute to those who were most themselves when they were off the ground.

A logbook is an unusual thing to leave behind. It is a life written down in hours and dates, captured in the person's own hand, allowing those who read it later to follow the whole arc of where they went and what they learned. For those who flew in the service, stories often emerge sideways, years after the fact, and usually focus on the people they flew with rather than the flying itself. For the career pilot, flying is a long apprenticeship that eventually settles into routine, and that routine is the whole point of the work.

You may find that your memories of them are tied to those moments of quiet observation, or perhaps the way they would stop whatever they were doing just to look up at the sky. They might have been the person who built models or drove to every airshow, driven by a passion that had nothing to do with a job. Whether they were a private pilot with a logbook full of hours or someone who simply loved the sight of a plane, they belonged in the air.

The designs in this collection are engraved directly into cast aluminum. There are seven variations: an airplane, a second airplane, a bush plane, a commercial airplane, a fighter jet, a C130, and an SR-71 Blackbird. These are finished in a range of painted colors or a hand-applied enamel featuring hand-detailed silver bands. Each piece is designed with a threaded screw-top lid and a felt base.

Choosing a specific design allows you to honor the aircraft that was theirs, ensuring the piece reflects the way they lived. Because every family has different needs, the collection is offered in full-size, sharing, and keepsake sizes. This provides the option to choose one piece or several pieces to be kept by different family members.

A two-tone engraving of a name and dates is offered as an option, cut directly into the metal to become part of the design.

The first powered flight lasted twelve seconds. At 10:35 in the morning on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright left the ground at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina and covered 120 feet. They flew four times that day and took turns, though none of the four went higher than about ten feet off the sand.

The last flight, with Wilbur flying, ran 59 seconds and 852 feet. For a family, the design on the urn is the aircraft the person belonged in, and the hours they spent there.

Source: Wikipedia, Wright Flyer

If they were someone who felt most at home in the air, or if they were the type of person who always paused to follow a plane across the horizon, then the engraved design will recall those specific truths. A friend or a sibling will know which one was theirs. This choice rests entirely with your own memory of the person and the way they lived.

The family will see this design and picture them in the cockpit, climbing through a vast and open sky.

Our guide to selecting the right size urn