AVIATION ART IN ADS - Dramatic Imagery from the Golden Age of Commercial Advertising

[@titiparisien5915]

Wonderful. My favorites are the WWII and post-WWII era ads. A world of ingenuity, self-confidence and cleanliness.

[@ELMS]

Appreciate all the insights...and the humour! Sorry I missed my chance to defend San Diego in my X-3. The end of your videos always comes too soon!

[@thetreblerebel]

I love the Delta Dart/Dagger, and the Blackburn Buccaneer! That Buck was one bad low level strike bomber

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Agreed!

[@robertbarnes2037]

I have quite a collection of pre-WW2, as well postwar, aviation magazines that I keep in the hangar for the local hangar rats to enjoy. Without a doubt, the artwork is always talked about, along with the ads in the back, where you can buy 'ships', such as Travelairs, Stinsons, Wacos, Aeroncas, etc. for peanuts by today's values. Once again, Mike, an enjoyable presentation.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks Robert, and great that you have such a neat stash of old magazines in your hangar!

[@pierolovatto6044]

Thanks Mike!, being myself a Pilot, a Designer and an Art Collector, your videos cover all that I like: Aviation, Art and Anecdotes “AAA”+!. Keep up the good work, thanks again for you excellent videos.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thank you Piero!

[@thebobs9343]

Again I just found your channel.....and it is really good stuff! Aviation art... who knew?

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Many thanks!

[@terryboehler5752]

The ad with the Beechcraft Baron really captured that era of the early '70's and the colors of the day:. Buckwheat, orange and brown.

[@chuck9987]

I remember seeing the DC-8 ad in National Geographic. They ran a fair number of "odd" ads compared to most publications of the time (Rock of Ages cemetery monuments!). Sept 59 Nat Geo had that illustration with the copy boasting about how advanced the DC-8 and that it was "the most chosen" among the airlines. There was also an ad for the French Caravelle and probably more tire ads than you would find in Road and Track. Beautiful artwork showcased in the video and great commentary. Really enjoy these presentations. Thanks!

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks Chuck, and I agree 100% on the National Geo ads. Also favorites for me were the steamship and ocean liner ads in the 1950s before jet airliners destroyed that means of travel to Europe.

[@hertzair1186]

Love this vintage aviation art...I would buy a book full of these beautiful prints. Never seen these before, thanks for sharing these Mike, you made my morning!

[@mthury4532]

Another awesome video. Thanks . Wow mentioning Zahn’s , a flying buddy and I were talking about it the other day.

[@anthonycorriero4847]

First place I ever went up in an airplane was Republic, dad got us a ride in a private plane to sightsee. Now for the real trick, dad was a lithographer printing a lot of material for Grumman and Fairchild. You need to find a calendar that Grumman published somewhere between '79 and '83. Beautiful artist renderings of what the future of aircraft what started look like. I wish I still had it because it accurately predicted the future of aviation 20, 30 and 40 years down the road. The color was interesting lots of blues, purples, dark colors.... It's an amazing calendar.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks Anthony, and I remember those calendars!

[@rickd9096]

I think that calendar was done by Attila Hejia.

[@HootOwl513]

The Captain of the ill-fated United DC-7 that clipped the TWA Constellation over the Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956, was Robert Shirley. Good reason for Leslie Nielson's character in ''Airport'' to take offense at being called Shirley.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Never knew that story, thanks!

[@HootOwl513]

@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 Could also be just a coincidence, since they were on a roll with ''Clearance, Clarence?" 'ROGER, Rodger.'' "...Surely you don't... Don't call me Shirley."

[@HootOwl513]

@@dalecomer5951 I hope he built some that got away. Those were some beautiful birds.

[@HootOwl513]

@@dalecomer5951 From Wikipedia: [edited] 12/16/1960 L1049, TWA flt 266, 44 Fatalities, Collided w/ UAL flt 826 [DC-8] over Staten Island, NY. Broke up and crashed. United 826 soon crashed in Brooklyn, NY. 84 PAX and 3 on ground killed. 1/21/1960 L1049E HK-177, Avianca flt 671. 37 killed. Crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay Intl Arpt, Jamaica. Early air travel was rough.

[@HootOwl513]

@@dalecomer5951 Colombine [ I ] s/n 48-0614 was Ike's personal transport when he was commander of SHAPE [not SHAEF] -- predecessor to NATO -- in postwar Europe. That aircraft is at the Pima Air Museum. I've been inside it, years ago. Columbine II, s/n 48-0610 which was the first Air Force One was in restoration for years at nearby Marana Regional Airport. In March 2016 it was flown to Bridgewater VA. Colombine III s/n 53-7885 is at the USAF Museum at Wright-Pat. Pima Air Museum has two more Connies: C/N 1970 ex-C-69 s/n 42-94549, converted for civilian use by TWA postwar, and an EC-121T s/n 53-0554 with the high radome. Big slick birds, but dwarfed by the B-29, B-50 and B-36 also on the lot. Both those wrecks in the above post were pilot error, nothing your Dad could've done about either. He did his job right.

[@terryspath1302]

Hi Mike: I’ve been binge watching your colossal output of videos which I find to be highly accurate. The Sabreliner / T39 may have preceded Lear. According to Wikipedia the T39 was type certificated April 1963. The 23 first flew October 1963 then certificated July 1964. My first job out of college was Rockwell Sabreliner at LAX in 1976. That was right before they moved production to Missouri and then subsequently ceased production. Then in 1988 I worked in flight test at Lear ICT.

[@bertg.6056]

Kind of interesting that the Snark in the last frame was a depiction of a model on a stand.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Good observation!

[@PopsP51]

Great video Mike! My parents had a stash of National Geographic magazines that included some from the 50s and 60s and I remember these kinds of ads. I have some of those old magazines, the one that had space, aviation or war coverage. I need to get them out and take a peek, it's been a while. In about 1982, a neighbor of mine gave me hundreds of Aviation Week magazines, again, many from the 60s which included these types of ads too. It's something you rarely see now for sure. Thanks for the great presentation. It brought back some memories.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Neat comment Rich, and yes, those old magazines provided a treasure trove of great aviation advertising. Inspirational to us young avgeeks for sure!

[@PopsP51]

@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 I'm looking at the back cover of an Av WK Mag from the late 60's with two F-111s soaring near vertical into the sunset over a layer of cumulous clouds. Imagine the orange to pink to purple transition in the sky with the gray topsides of the aircraft in the foreground with bright orange burners lit! Spectacular! "Engine bearings for sky-high temperatures".....Fafnir ball bearings, a division of Textron. I can just hear you describing this one Mike😁

[@IrisAviation91]

First time seeing this sort of content, absolutley hitting aviation from a completley different perspective, beautiful imagery!

[@johnplaninac9980]

Another great video and very colorful. I think the flame on exhaust of SBD was interesting. Great work.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks John, and I was almost going to mention that. Glad you liked this one.

[@maxsmodels]

Oh I am SO busted! You could easily find me at the airport food court telling flying stories to any child passenger or pet who made the mistake of asking me a question! 😁😂🤣. BTW, I had a subscription to Boy's Life.

[@maxsmodels]

My wife says with me it would be more like "Yeah kid, go ahead and get the super-burger. It's THIS BIG!" 😏

[@PopsP51]

I believe it Max, especially since you fessed up to being a portable work stoppage on your channel! 😊

[@maxsmodels]

@@PopsP51 Guilty

[@stevecausey545]

Another great post, Mike! Im glad i caught this. I love commercial art, and i love aircraft..makes for a very nice morning.

[@cdusen]

Very enjoyable and very informative. Greatly expands on my lifelong (even longer than Mike's) love of aviation. Thanks.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Appreciate the comment, thanks!

[@glennweaver3014]

Wow! What a fantastic presentation Mike. So interesting to see the style changes in the artwork from the different eras depicted. All excellent. I learn so much from these great videos. This is one of my favorites so far.

[@taofledermaus]

8:05 ... "So Timmy, do you like gladiator movies?"

[@stephenrickstrew7237]

Tempting it is to make a snarky comment about the snark missile system’s acronym…. but I’m way too dazzled by those cool primary colors ….Thanks very much for making a this both visually beautiful and a fun trip through time and color theory …

[@utubejdaniel8888]

Thanks for including the Buccaneer art. Very reminiscent of the covers on Air Enthusiast and Air International magazines and books. A British aviation art style?

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Yes, Daniel, those magazines and artists had an entirely different look than the U.S. publications. Really detailed content as well!

[@4thArmoredVet]

Great video, Mike... as always!

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Many thanks!

[@rickd9096]

President Eisenhower, after reviewing such industry ads in consumer magazines such as Newsweek, said that he knew then the industry was on the war time footing in terms of seeking political influence- which led to his idea of describing the situation as the “military industrial complex. “

[@rickd9096]

@@dalecomer5951 But it added further conformation of his thinking.

[@Instramark]

@@dalecomer5951 Like what?

[@Instramark]

Absolutely. Blatant ads for militarism.

[@petesheppard1709]

Lot of nostalgia, here.😎

[@wkelly3053]

Eras... yes, each decade having its own style. Not sure how to explain it, but you can tell. As for Boys Life, I used to read that too until aviation magazines like Air Progress took its place. Great presentation.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Many thanks!

[@adamhay2798]

That was super, Mike! All the art work used is incredible and each portrays a really different feel. I think my favourites of this group were the Convair ads. The art aside, I like the way they show the youth that aviation is cool and even for girls. Besides that, the F-102 looks so good in those ads! I also liked the Learjet 23 just for being such a true vintage Madison Avenue type of ad in both art and tag line.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks Adam - so glad you enjoyed this episode! (And yes, those Convair ads were in a class by themselves.)

[@philipcollura2669]

To my eye, the DC-8 ad has a Norman Rockwell look, especially the pilot's face. Thanks for another great video, seems you must do quite a bit of work to produce them.

[@mpetersen6]

That Nash Kelvinator add. N-K manufactured large numbers of props and also P&W R-2800s. Along with helicopters.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Thanks for the info!

[@marcbrasse747]

Answer: Maybe that both are adds for TWA? Seriously though. Can you confirm that the fact that printing technology did not handle photographs very well was also a driver? And then there is the freedom painting lends to establishing the layout of course. Proto-Photoshopping! It did however indeed lead to a period of great artwork. Alas it also more or less led to the Bob Ross style! :-)

[@erictaylor5462]

7:00 Just wondering, Did any of the Tuskegee pilots, who proved their worth as pilots in combat go onto the airlines after the war? What happened to them after the war?

[@geodot595]

eric, trump gave limbaugh the medal of freedom and only introduced a surviving tuskegee airman in 2020. in my mind a true dishoner and travesty.

[@erictaylor5462]

@@geodot595 Trump did, and continues to do deeply dishonorable things. The man is totally amoral. He has no issue throwing his own kids under the bus. He demands total loyalty from others but never returns that loyalty. Just look at the number of people he has stood up for after the Jan 6 deal.

[@HootOwl513]

AV8A Harriers had Dowty/Rotol components. [They'd merged.] Also Lucas electricals. Why do the Brits drink warm beer? Lucas Refrigeration.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Love it!

[@haroldellis9721]

As a cub scout, I got to visit TWA's hangers at JFK.

[@viksaini]

Mike, were there different approaches to aviation advertising art where one target audience was the general consumer and the other being those in industry or government? Were any styles favored for a particular audience? I assume all these ads were run in consumer or industry magazines.

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Great point Vik, thanjks, and the answer is "all of the above." Ads were run in Aviation Week, National Geographic, LIFE,. LOOK, et al., but the av industry publications were more focused on specific equipment while the General Public ads were more for technology and travel. The "look" of these ads really centered around photographic and artists styles of each era.

[@Instramark]

Do I detect some sarcasm about the military and consumer propaganda in those ads? Boy Scouts......get them while they are young. Great art! Great channel.

[@cruzcontrol1504]

"...and here's the Nash -Kelvinator NK-500...Worlds First Supersonic Refrigerator !!!

[@billy54bob]

Don't forget the Germans had operational helicopters in 1944