Aeroswag Turns Sectionals into Aviation Mementos

Don’t cut the T-shirt—there's a new way to commemorate the first solo.

Friday, January 06, 2023 at 01:13 PM ET

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Pilots can commemorate their first solo with a printed version of the sectional from their home airport onto a number of items, including cell phone cases. [Credit: Craig Fuller]

Key Takeaways:

Aeroswag is an aviation e-commerce website offering custom-printed gift items to commemorate pilot milestones.
It provides a modern alternative to the traditional shirttail cutting ceremony for a pilot's first solo flight.
Customers can personalize various products, such as phone cases, mugs, and socks, with a sectional map of their home or favorite airport.
The ordering process is user-friendly, allowing pilots to easily select an airport and visualize its sectional on a range of merchandise.

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A pilot’s first solo is a huge deal in the path towards becoming a certificated pilot and enjoying the freedom of creating your own flight journeys. In aviation tradition, the occasion is usually marked with the instructor cutting off the shirttail from the T-shirt in which the student first soloed.

This tradition is symbolic of the day when the student is cut loose from the instructor’s grip. Often these shirttails are framed and hung on a wall, to be displayed for other students and pilots to see.