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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.
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Airline
Zippos Grumman
Zippos Helicopter
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| 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.
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1953 Zippo with
Lockheed logo. |
1953 Lockheed
Zippo
for the AEW (Airborn
Early Warning) RC-121
Constellation. |
1959
Lockheed Zippo with the
USN Polaris, the first US Fleet Ballistic
Missile.
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1963
engine-turned Zippo with Lockheed logo. |
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1953 Zippo
commemorates the first flight of the Convair Tradewind in on
January 25,
1954. |
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. |
1955 Goodyear
Blimp Zippo. |
1955 Goodyear
Blimp Zippo. |
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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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1956 two-sided
Zippo lighter and matching tape measure advertising IMCO's CallAir A-9
agricultural crop duster aircraft |
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