Kate's toy airplane

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Kate's toy airplane

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First Introduced

"Whatever the Case May Be"

Owned by

Tom Brennan

Found by

Kate

Used by

N/A

The plane as seen in the time capsule

Kate's toy airplane is a small model airplane that is one of Kate's most prized possessions, being a symbol of her relationship with Tom Brennan. The toy airplane was found in Edward Mars' Halliburton case after the crash.

Kate's toy plane is a model of a Douglas DC-3 propeller aircraft. It has a special significance to Kate as it was originally owned by Tom, her childhood sweetheart, then placed in their time capsule, then retrieved many years later when they were adults. ("Born to Run")

Timeline

1980s

The plane started as a children's toy of Kate's childhood sweetheart, Tom. He acquired it as a souvenir of an airplane trip to Dallas he took alone (without an accompanying adult).

August 15, 1989

Kate and Tom buried the plane in a time capsule.

2002–2004

Kate and Tom dug up the plane as they waited for the time for Kate to meet up with her dying mother.
Tom was killed by an officer's bullet as Kate escaped from police. Kate left the plane on the back seat of her car as she fled the police.
Edward Mars locked the plane in a safety deposit box near Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Kate learned of the location of the plane while taunting Mars over the phone.
Kate organized a bank robbery as a cover for retrieving the plane from the safety deposit box.

September 2004

Kate was captured in Australia by Mars, who (re-)confiscated the plane.
The plane was locked in the Halliburton case.

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

The Halliburton case was found and opened, allowing Kate to retrieve the toy plane.

Trivia

5025 is the number marked on the wing.
Kate's toy airplane is included as a prop in the Kate action figure set.
8 15 is the number of the safety deposit box the airplane was in during the bank robbery. It is the same number as the flight. (Oceanic Flight 815)

Other toy airplanes

Toy airplanes also appeared on the mobile in Claire's DHARMA nursery. ("Maternity Leave") However, the planes in the mobile had the logo for Oceanic Airlines. Kate's plane looks more like a DC-3 (prop plane), while the planes on the mobile are jets.
Frank Lapidus observes a toy airplane sinking in an aquarium as he listens to a news report about the discovery of the wreckage of Flight 815 in Sunda Trench. ("Confirmed Dead")