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Aircraft Zippos
The evolution of the aviation industry starting in the 1930's coincided with the advent of the Zippo. Many of the pioneering manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed, Grumman Beechcraft and Bell as well as airlines such as American and United made extensive use of the Zippo for advertising, marketing and promotion. As a result, aviation-related Zippos offer the collector a wide choice of themes. Rare 1956 Town & Country jetliner Zippo.
1955 Goodyear Blimp Zippo. Lockheed Aircraft is one of the oldest manufacturers, tracing its origins back to 1912 and has contributed aircraft such as the Electra, P-3 Orion, Constellation, C-130 Hercules, F-104 Starfighter and F-16 Fighting Falcon as well as to the development of missiles and spacecraft.
1956 two-sided Zippo lighter and matching tape measure advertising IMCO's CallAir A-9 agricultural crop duster aircraft. Convair was formed in 1943 to become a leading aircraft manufacturer. In 1954, became the Convair Division of General Dynamics which was shut done in 1996. The Zippo is from 1954. 1953 Zippo commemorates the first flight of the Convair Tradewind in on January 25, 1954. 1953 Zippo with Lockheed logo. 1953 Lockheed Zippo for the AEW (Airborn Early Warning) RC-121 Constellation. 1963 engine-turned Zippo with Lockheed logo. 1959 Lockheed Zippo with the USN Polaris, the first US Fleet Ballistic Missile.
A 1957 Zippo with Chance
Vought's F8U-1 Crusader fighter which set a national speed record in 1956 by
flying over 1000 mph.
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