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Original Sales Ads

Vintage Aviation Advertisements

The 1920s and 30s, the 'Golden Age of Aviation' and Second World War were times of intense aviation development. The competition between both engine and airframe manufacturers was intense as each firm unveiled new designs and as advances were made in performance and efficiency. Nowhere was this seen more clearly than in the advertising of the day.

Radial Engines, LTD has gathered together a large collection of original sales ads displaying such products as aircraft engines, accessories, components, and of course the aircraft themselves. The ads are grouped loosely by manufacturer and are chronologically ordered from the earliest to the latest release. These beautiful advertisements provide a window into another era when airplanes sported tailwheels and engines were round.

 

Continental Motors Corporation - Muskegon, Michigan


January 1918

April 1929

October 1929

April 1929

January 1930

August 1933

January 1940

January 1940

January 1940

January 1940

January 1942

April 1943
 

Jacobs Aircraft Engines, Company - Pottstown, Pennsylvania


December 1937

June 1938

March 1938

June 1939

May 1939

June 1940

July 1940

January 1940

January 1940

September 1941

August 1941

June 1941

June 1942

April 1942

July 1942

July 1942

July 1943

June 1943

April 1943

April 1944

December 1944

May 1944

September 1944

August 1945

October 1945

January 1945

July 1946
     
 
 

The Aviation Corporation, Lycoming Division - Williamsport, Pennsylvania


June 1937

August 1938

August 1938

August 1938

February 1942



February 1942

August 1946
         
 
 

Waco Aircraft Company - Troy, Ohio


January 1928

March 1929

July 1935

February 1938

July 1939

January 1940

October 1942
         
 
 

Miscellaneous


July 1930

December 1938

June 1940

March 1941

September 1941

June 1941

January 1943

June 1945

October 1946

April 1947
   
 
 

 

 
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