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#452285 Fri Aug 02 2013 10:08 AM
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I've been told, reminded and kidded about some of the items that have found there way to my home... And for the most part; people have been/are right... I do at times collect some strange "stuff".... whistle

My latest "craze" is paper and balsa advertising airplanes. There is at least one Company (Mobilgas); that I haven't laid my hands on one of their planes, yet...

But, there might be more out there that I have never noticed? So I am asking for some insight from the Membership on theses "GREAT" (IMO) Advertising items.... If you have an Oil Company Marketed Paper and/or Balsa Airplane, please share an image...

So far I have:

1934 Gulf Oil paper "Glider" (dated on plane):






1950s Chevron paper "Glider":





1950s Gulf Balsa "Glider":



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Bob, nothing strange at all about collecting them. What blows my mind is how you find all this awesome stuff!!!!


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...I believe there is a Pure Firebird balsa airplane out there...and there's a Styrofoam flying Gulf logo that I just remembered...that one's pretty recent, though...

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1950s - 60s APCO, which is a "throwback toy", IMO:





The reason I consider it a "throw back" is; because one attaches a string to it and then "whirls" it around their head...

Just like these "Whirlers" from Gulf Oil. I believe they are from the 1930s:









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Bob Richards #452292 Fri Aug 02 2013 10:26 AM
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The paper airplane I hope to acquire is this 1930s (and reissued in the 1950s) Mobilgas Pegasus "Glider":









So are there any other "Paper and/or Balsa" Gliders out there that have not caught my attention?

I've asked a few other Collectors and one name that seems to come to the "Forefront" is Gilmore Oil... Is there/are there "Gilmore Gliders" out there?

Balsa gliders from Shell, Skelly, Standard?.... Others?....

Any help on this subject matter; will be greatly appreciated!

Bob


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Bob, you should have gone to Iowa Gas. I saw at least three decks of cards with petro logos on them, tons of matchbook covers. There was even a box of matchbook cover that contained at least 200, asking price was $30.00 for the whole box. Admit tingly not all petro, but still enough that I thought it was a good price.
Most of the many smalls I saw were in the room-to-room, all kinds of stuff you collect.

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Jack Sim #452324 Fri Aug 02 2013 12:26 PM
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Jack, I would have loved to go to Iowa. Or to go to some of the larger shows... They are all too far away... Travelling long distances by vehicle and/or plane is not advised by my Drs, at this time...

Too much of a chance of blood clots developing in my lower extremities by having to sit so long...

By what you and others observed, I see that many Collectors are rediscovering and exploring the "World of Smalls", again... LOL


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Well I have a couple "new" images to add to the "list":

1970s-2000s(?) Valvoline glider:



Dave Rowlison, has a unopened packaged styrofoam glider from the Leonard Refineries Company... Anyone have such a glider and/or an image of one "put together"... Dave would like to find another before opening the packaging... (I would like to find at least 1 myself... LOL)



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Great collection, I've never seen any of those around these parts.

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Bob,

By the time I go to the next petro swap meet I will learn a little more about my tablet. I have your email, take a pic of things you like, email it to you with the asking price. You tell me to buy it for you or not.

Another thing, I can email you pics of the meet and you can put them here on OG, that way guys could see things as they were happening.

Jack Sim

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Great collection Bob!


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Those are neat Bob. Thanks for sharing them!

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Thanks Dave. Funny how once the "ball starts rolling"; how many of these type smalls seem to pop up....

Jack, that sounds great. My budget is small, so I most likely won't be able to afford much... (I seem to be able to find more than my fair share of inexpensive items)

Posting images from the Shows, I like doing... I feel as if I am there, on a limited basis... Thanks to Mick, for including me in "this years IG"... LOL

Thanks to Paddy, for the phone call...

Also, thanks to everyone who posed for the IG "Motley Crew" photo... I know some of the faces and once db "performs his magic". I and others here, will be able to place more faces with more names...


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Bob, you have the coolest stuff!!!

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awesome collection!!! txs for shareing ,really like them a lot....
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Here is the Pure plane:

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Thank you Mark for remembering that Pure had such a plane.

And thank you Alan, for posting an image of it...

(another plane I will need to keep an eye "peeled" out for)


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those sure are neat Bob, maybe I could bring the chimps over and we could play with them some day.

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Rick, I think that you and the "chimps" might be out on the water... Living on your Yacht.. So I am taking a chance, that it might be safe to add another image to the balsa airplane list?

One from the late 1950s, possibly into the early 70s, before the embargo?:



(the image is from the 'net, not one I put together... LOL)


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I have never seen these....very cool!!!

I remember when I was a kid you could get a coke, candybar,a couple balsa gliders, a comic book, & some hard candy for a dollar.....you were set for the rest of the day.


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I came across some items, that relate to the advertising paper airplanes... Advertising paper kites...

I remember enjoying "kite flying" both at the Coast and also at a perfect kite flying site we had on our acreage as a child...













I'm almost positive that I've seen other Company kites... I just couldn't find any images of them... So if you have a Company that hasn't been shown, please share an image of it....


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Kites were a big thing when I was a kid growing up in the prairies during the early 70's. I like the graphic's on the AC kite.


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Here is a Red Crown kite.


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Jim, if you own that kite... You are a "lucky son of a gun"... LOL

That thing is fantastic!


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Marathon kite

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It has been awhile since anything was added to this thread... Now that I have the Associated Aero-Plane, I thought I should "refresh" it, a little...

On ebay right now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-CONOCO-GAS-OIL-PAPER-KITE-/151285509841



And my little collection of balsa, paper and styrofoam gliders... Ranging from the 1930s to the 1960s:



So far, I have: a Texaco balsa, 2 Gulf balsa, a Chevron paper, a Gulf paper, 2 APCO paper, an Associated Oil paper and a Leonard styrofoam, glider(s)...


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Very cool Pegasus glider, that one is awesome!

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Did an Oldgas Member win the CONOCO kite? If so, congrats!


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I have a Phillips 66 Flite Fuel Airplane, looks like this one, but I assembled it.


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Another I don't have... LOL


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Bob, I have been looking since April 29th for this airplane. I knew I had one, but I just had to find it. I think I have more somewhere in a box and if I find them, I will post them. Hope this helps. Larry

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Larry, that is one I've not seen before... Thanks for sharing!..


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