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AVIATION AND SPACE ARCADE CARDS

In the 1960s, my family often made summer day trips to the beaches and boardwalks of the South Jersey shore--Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, and most especially Ocean City. The boardwalks were Wonderland to me, full of delights--flame-broiled Taylor Pork Roll and mugs of ice-cold birch beer, animated miniature golf courses, the smell of fresh-roasted nuts and fudge, labyrinthine amusement piers, long-haired girls in bathing suits, and noisy, mysterious arcades.

I went to the arcades for Skee-Ball, target shooting, and pinball. But I eventually discovered the machines dispensing postcard-sized black and white photos--each machine having cards with its own theme. Uncharacteristically, I missed the machines offering starlets and strippers. Instead, I went for the cards which featured aircraft--most of which had first appeared in the 1950s and were already outdated, but which were largely still new and exotic to me. Somehow most of my little collection survived the years, and I'm now working on completing my sets.

Two 64-card aviation sets were produced by Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago. The earlier bears the notice "Printed in U.S.A." on the front; the later bears "Made in U.S.A." Otherwise, the sets are indistinguishable, with blank backs and one or two lines of identifying caption on the face. (If the number box for a card is aqua, I still need that card.)

Last updated March 04, 2014

  "Printed in U.S.A." Series   "Made in U.S.A." Series
# Subject/Caption Spotter's Guide # Subject/Caption Spotter's Guide
1 Lockheed F-94C Starfire
USAF Jet Interceptor
1 Lockheed F94
2 Douglas A4D Skyhawk USN
Smallest and Lightest Jet Combat Airplane
2 Douglas F3D Skynight
Twin Jet Fighter US Navy
3 Convair's Convair-Liner 340
44-Passenger 300 MPH Transport
Built by Convair, a Division of
General Dynamics Corp.
3 Douglas XF4D Skyray
Jet Fighter US Navy
4     4 Douglas AD Skyraider
Attack Bonber US Navy
5 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash 5 Lockheed F80
6 Douglas F4D Skyray USN
Bat-Winged Supersonic Interceptor
6 Douglas F3D Skynight
Twin Jet Fighter US Navy
7 Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart
Navy Amphibious Fighter with Hydro Skis
  7 Douglas AD Skyraider
Attack Bomber US Navy
8 Piasecki H-21 Tandem Helicopter 8 Northrop X4 US Air Force
Exceeds speed of sound
9 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF
New Fighter-Bomber Packs
Heavyweight Wallop
9 Northrop Flying Wing YB-49
10 Lockheed Super Constellation 10 North American Aviation F86 Sabre
Jet Fighter 670MPH US Air Force
11 Douglas XF4D-1 USN 11 North American Aviation B-45 Tornado
Four Jet bomber, US Air Force
12 Northrop Flying Wing   12 Vought F7U Cutlass
Navy Fighter Plane
13 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF
New Fighter-Bomber Packs
Heavyweight Wallop
13 Northrop Raider C-125 USAF
Arctic Rescue Transport
14 Lockheed R7V-2 U.S. Navy
Will carry 106 Passengers or
36,000 lbs. of cargo
14 North American Aviation FJ-1 Fury
Single Jet Fighter US Navy
15 Douglas A3D Skywarrior USN
Navy's Most Powerful Carrier-Based Bomber
15 North American Aviation RB-45C Tornado
Four Jet Bomber US Air Force
16 US Army L-23B
Beech Aircraft Corp.
16 Vought F7U Cutlass
Navy Fighter Plane
17 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
USAF and USN
17 Martin XB-51 US Air Force
18 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress USAF 18 Grumman Guardian
Anti-Submarine US Navy
19 Chance Vought F7U-3P
Photo Plane USN
19 Grumman Mallard
20 Grumman Panther US Navy Fighter 20 Consolidated Vultee T-29
Navigational Trainer USAF
21 Bell X-1 First Aircraft to Attain
Supersonic Speeds
Bell Aircraft Corp.
21 Martin XB-51 US Air Force
22 Boeing B-52A Stratofortress USAF 22 Grumman Panther
Jet Fighter US Navy
23 Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlasses USN 23 Grumman Albatross
Rescue Amphibian USAF
24 U.S. Marines FJ-2 Fury
North American Aviation, Inc.
24 Convair B-36D US Air Force
Intercontinental Strategic Bomber
25 Bell X-5   25 Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter USAF
26 Navy's Viking No. 11 built by
Glenn L. Martin Co. climbed 158 miles
and attained a speed of 4300 MPH
  26 Republic F-84E Thunderjet USAF
27 Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF
World's Fastest Day-Or-Night Long-Range
Photo Ship
27 Beechcraft Bonanza
28 USAF F-86H Sabre Jet
North American Aviation, Inc.
28 Piasecki XM-16 Capsule Carrier
World's Largest Helicopter
29 Rocket Powered Bell X-1B 29 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
40 Passenger 500 MPH Transport
30 USAF B-61 Martin Matador Pilotless
Bomber Roars Away from its Launcher
  30 Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF
31 Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF
World's fastest day-or-night long-range
photo ship and B-47E Medium Bomber
in background
31 Beechcraft XT-34 Trainer USAF
32 USAF F-100 Super Sabre
North American Aviation, Inc.
32 Piasecki HUP-1 Helicopter USN
33 USAF F-86F Sabre Jet
North American Aviation, Inc.
33 Fairchild C-119 Packet Transport
USAF
34 Boeing BG-47B 34 Chase XC-123 US Air Force
Cargo and Troop Transport
35 Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF 35 Boeing B-50B Superfortress USAF
36 Bell X-1A World's Fastest and
Highest Flying Airplane
Speed 1650 MPH, Ceiling 90,000 Feet
36 Boeing B-47A Stratojet Bomber USAF
37 USN T-28B Trainer
North American Aviation, Inc.
37 Piasecki HRP-2 Helicopter USN
38 Regulus Guided Missile
Built by Chance Vought Aircraft
38 Chase XC-123 USAF
Cargo and Troop Transport
39 Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF 39 Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF
40 Bell X-1A Is Launched From B-29
"Mother" Ship
40 Boeing B-29 Superfortress USAF
41 USN FJ-3 Fury
North American Aviation, Inc.
41 Convair XB-46 US Air Force
Consolidated Vultee Jet Bomber
42 Chance Vought F7U Cutlass
US Navy Fighter
42 Consolidated Vultee XF-92A
Supersonic Aircraft USAF
43 Boeing 707
Cruises over snow-capped Mt. Ranier
America's First Jet Transport Plane
43 P-59 Bell Aircraft Corp
First Jet-propelled Plane in America
44 Fairchild C-123 Avitruc Assault Transport
USAF
  44 Martin P4M-1 Mercator
Long Range Patrol Plane USN
45 US Marines FJ-2 Fury
North American Aviation, Inc.
45 Consolidated Vultee RB-36D USAF
Strategic Reconnaissance Bomber
46 USAF F-86D Sabre Jet
North American Aviation, Inc.
46 Convair XP5Y-1 US Navy
Consolidated Vultee Super Seaplane
47 Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter 47 Bell H-12 Helicopter USAF
48 P5M-2   48 Bell X-1 Bell Aircraft Company
First Aircraft to Attain Supersonic Speeds
49 Convair CRB-36D Ficon Operation
USAF Bomber as Carrier for Republic RF-84F
Fighter developed jointly by Convair,
a division of General Dynamics Corp.,
and Republic Aviation Corp.
49 McDonnell XF-88 US Air Force
Twin Jet Penetration Fighter
50 Convair F-102 USAF Supersonic All-Weather Interceptor
Built by Convair, a division of
General Dynamics Corp
50 McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee
Carrier Based Fighter US Navy
51 Lockheed YC-130 USAF Turbo-Prop
Cargo-Personnel Carrier
  51 North American AJ-3 USN
Carrier Based Atack Bomber
52 RF-84F   52 F-51 Mustang Fighter
North American Aviation
53     53 McDonnell XF-88
USAF Twin Jet Penetration Fighter
54 Convair XFY-1 Pogo Navy Turboprop
Vertical Take-Off Fighter
Built by Convair, a Division of
General Dynamics Corporation
54 McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee
Carrier Based Fighter USN
55     55 North American Aviation T-28
Advanced Trainer US Air Force
56 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash
Ultra Modern USAF Photo-Fighter
56 Northrop Scorpion F-89 USAF
57 Piasecki H-16 Tandem Helicopter USAF   57 Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket USN
Exceeds speed of sound
58 T-29   58 Douglas D-558 Skystreak USN
59 McDonnell F-101 Voodoo USAF 59 Lockheed Constitution USN
Transport 160 Passenger
60 Lockheed T-33 USAF Trainer
Student pilots get feel of 600 MPH flight
60 Lockheed P2V
61 Piasecki HUP-1 Tandem Helicopter U.S. Navy   61 Douglas A2D Skyshark USN
62 Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind
Navy Turboprop Seaplane Transport
Built by Convair, a Division of
General Dynamics Corp.
62 Douglas A2D Skyshark USN
63 McDonnell F3H-1N Demon USN
Carrier-Based Fighter
63 Lockheed Constellation
64 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune USN 64 Lockheed T33
  Thanks to fellow collector Steve Billings for
his help in filling out the list.
    Many thanks to Christina Harman
for helping me complete this set.