Vintage aircraft magazine adds & posters ...

[Mark Allen M]

Got a bunch

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[flyingsailor]

Do you need to ask???

[tom d. friedman]

love those old advertisements / propaganda promo's!! bring em on!! every day lately it's been trick or treat because of you mark!! i know many here are grateful for alot of rare & unpublished pics!! your time in submitting them is most appreciated as well!!

[Robbie Stuart]

Pretty Cool Stuff!

[Mark Allen M]

Thx Tom great seeing you back. As I've said before, always my pleasure as long as the folks here enjoy them. I'm just a poster of old photos I find, it's you guys who always impress me with the knowledge, stories, etc. Fun stuff to learn. ... and as always good to see Robbie chime in as well

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[Mark Allen M]

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[JOHN MILLER]

I concur, MORE PLEASE. I have a about 100 old popular mechanics and popular science that were my moms. I go through them every once in a while and enjoy the war time ads that are in them.

[The Inspector]

The BUESCHER musical instruments 'we're doing our part' ad cracks me up-sure the fighter pilot gets all the glory, but how would you properly greet the General on his whirlwind revue of forward bases without the dedicated backing of 'the fighting folks @ BEUSCHER'?
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[tom d. friedman]

the curtiss seagull pic is a hoot!! obviously an early war depiction that was destined to be a super failure!! love those old model mag covers & their art work!!

[Pogo]

Mark sez: "As I've said before, always my pleasure as long as the folks here enjoy them."

I reply: Why, I volunteer a couple $$ to WIX each month, and this sort of content is exactly why.

Ref: http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/donate.html

[cooper9411]

I thoroughly enjoy logging on to WIX everyday to see whats new. But Mark, here lately I'm anxious to see what new things you have posted for all of us to enjoy. Once again, Thanks!!!!!

This ones on me

[Noha307]

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Is there any way we could get a higher res version of these? I want to be able to read the smaller print. I'm still trying to decide what hilarious onomatopoeic sound a "WEFT" represents.

Also, you might want to change the title of the thread to be a bit more descriptive.

EDIT: Whoops. The correct sound is "WEFT" not "WAFT".

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[SaxMan]

The BUESCHER musical instruments 'we're doing our part' ad cracks me up-sure the fighter pilot gets all the glory, but how would you properly greet the General on his whirlwind revue of forward bases without the dedicated backing of 'the fighting folks @ BEUSCHER'?
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Musical instrument companies such as Buescher were employed to make aircraft instruments, since they were already used to precision manufacturing. For instance, I have a turn & bank indicator that was made by the Conn Musical Instrument company.

Buescher was the only company allowed by the U.S. Government to continue making band instruments, albeit in small amounts, during the war, since brass was considered a strategic material. When they talk about their "postwar Buescher", they already had made adjustments to their existing designs (in particular, a larger bell flare for the expected raucous victory celebrations). It also gave them a jump on their competitors (notably Conn) in getting back into civilian production. My "daily driver" is a 1945 Buescher Aristocrat tenor saxophone still sporting its original lacquer. It was produced in September 1945...one of the first postwar horns released to the public. Just like the airplanes from that era, American saxophones of this vintage just have a distinctive sound that can't be matched by anything you can buy new today.

Here I am with my Buescher, posing with another 1945 example of American metal...and both are music to my ears!

DSC_0050a by onyxsax, on Flickr