Safety cards (also called safety instruction cards) are the cards which are usually located in the seat pocket in front of you. They serve the purpose of explaining passengers how to deal with certain emergency situations on board, show the emergency exits of the aircraft and the brace position.

You might wonder why one would collect these cards, for us collectors they represent an airline, an aircraft type and sometimes even an era. They can be considered little pieces of aviation history.

While it is forbidden to remove these cards from the aircraft, I have come across numerous flight attendants, pilots, airlines and even government institutions who were supportive of my hobby and gladly provided me with a few cards.

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I am mainly collecting safety cards from Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian aircraft types (Yakovlev, Ilyushin, Tupolev, Antonov, Mil, etc.) and from Chinese aircraft types as well as Czech and Polish types. My favourite aircraft is the Yakovlev Yak-40 and these cards are always a priority for me. Furthermore, I especially like cards from "exotic" countries.