1-45-B-C-1.........FLYING 'A' AUTO PLANE TOY.......OK, when is the last time you have seen one of these?.........Small paper envelope from Associated Oil Company that contains a model airplane meant to fly and perform 'tricks' such as 'Vertical Loop' and 'Inverted Loop'.......Copyrighted 1932.......full instructions written and depicted on back side of envelope for construction and flight.......my understanding is that this was a promothional item given out at the Flying A service stations around the Country to big and little kids alike........new old stock original item is still in sealed envelope, I haven't seen what the plane looks like yet either!.........$9

2-43-B-C-1........TOY METAL PLANE........Collectable cast iron plane painted red with silver stars on the wings.....prop turns and wheels spin.. radial engine, open cockpit hi-wing plane........no other markings....quite heavy for its size......just under a 4" wingspan......very good condition......$19

3-1-B-C-1......... BALTIMORE NEW POST ZEPPELIN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, May 9, 1936.......Original newspaper sealed in plastic/cardboard......Hindenburg made headlines 'The Hindenburg Salutes Lower New York after Record Flight'........see in the photo the huge Zeppelin over the NY high rises......took 61 hours and 53 minutes to fly from Germany......most of us have forgotten this Zeppelin flew for a year before its disaster.......I have not removed this newspaper from its sealed plastic, but it appears complete.......original.....$16

4-43-B-C-1.......LINDBERGH BOOKENDS (MODERN) ...... Modern replicas of Lindy bookends are made of heavy brass metal finish showing Lindy's face, his Spirit flying between America and the Eiffel Tower, over the ocean and a boat......matching bookends are green felt padded and stand 6" tall ..each weighs about 2 pounds and well made ......the set....new...$30 for set

5-29-B-C-1..."WINGS" CARDS, 1939/40'S ....Remember when your old man was smokin' Wings Cigarettes and you were glad because with each pack you got another Wings Airplane card...and you had to get fifty to finish the book furnished by the store owner...and then they had several series..."A" "B" "C" etc.etc...with both civil and military aircraft in full color with description on reverse of the 1/24 by 2 1/2" cards....now you can get the cards without the cancer sticks...we have several available in sets of 9 per, our choice, all good to very good condition in plastic protector.......$14 per set of 9 (the 9 are all different cards)

8-5-I-N-1..... HELL'S ANGELS MOVIE PROP ...... Reportedly this 'altimeter' was used in the studio prop instrument panel of the German Gotha Bomber for HELLS ANGELS.......I have not been able to positively verify this, but it is quite an interesting instrument, it appears to have started life as a late 1920's Jos. W. Jones 4" tachometer as what Waco, Travel Air and other aircraft manufacturers used......it was then modified with a hand re-painted face to resemble an altimeter, and the workings were removed and replaced with a lever in the rear of the case that allowed for.... 'manual movement' (from a hidden position behind the instrument panel?)......the instrument still works in this fashion.....case is dented, one screw is loose under the glass, but it is obviously an old modification.......We do know that Howard Hughes spent 3 years and $4 Million dollars on this 1930 epic, and there are scenes involving close-ups of the 'Gotha' (really a S-29 Sikorsky)...the crash scene of the real airplane was so dangerous that several real WWI pilots refused to fly the stunt, and the flight mechanic was killed when he failed to bail out..the fate of the studio prop is not known, but this instrument came from Hollywood area of California.......$195

9-32-B-C-1........AERIAL AGE WEEKLY, JULY 25, 1921..............12" by 9", about 25 pages.......articles and ads including Ansaldo S.V.A. Aeroplanes, Lincoln Standard Airplanes, Waterman Racing Monoplane, ads for "fly away" Canucks from $1500 to $2500....3 passenger triplane in excellent condition for sale-wreck accepted as partial payment! ....special offer on OX-5 engine parts!....numerous photos, drawings,display ads......fair condition ................$20

10-30-B-C-1............ 1929 NATIONAL AIR RACES OFFICIAL SOUVENIR...........Pretty neat original solid coin 'souvenir' of the 1929 National Air Races........we picked this up several years ago in this non-original plastic coin holder......souvenir appears about 1" and 1/8" across solid metal, front shows airplanes in flight, clearly marked 'Aug 24 to Sept. 2, 1929 and reverse shows the public auditorium......appears original in good condition......$35

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