Age of Aces » National Glider and Airplane News http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 From the Scrapbooks: Cover Cut-Outs http://www.ageofaces.net/2021/12/from-the-scrapbooks-cover-cut-outs/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2021/12/from-the-scrapbooks-cover-cut-outs/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:00:38 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=10662 THIS Holiday Season we’re delving into a pair of scrapbooks that were created in the late 20’s and early 30’s by an industrious youth, Robert A. O’Neil, with a keen interest in all things aviation. The books contain clippings, photos and articles from various aviation pulps as well as other magazines. What has been assembled is a treasure trove of information on planes and aces of WWI.

Like many in the late 20’s and early 30’s, Robert O’Neil was fascinated with aviation and as such, a large part of both volumes of his scrapbooks is taken up with a cataloging of the many different types of planes. But amongst all the planes and air race flyers and info on Aces are some surprising items. Robert was also fond of including cut-outs from covers of all kinds of aviation themed magazines.

Here are a few along with the full covers Robert excised them from:


AIR TRAILS
August 1931


POPULAR AVIATION
September 1931


MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS
OCTOBER 1931


SKY BIRDS
August 1931


SKY BIRDS
MARCH 1932


SKY BIRDS
APRIL 1932


NATIONAL GLIDER
and AIRPLANE NEWS
July 1931


BATTLE STORIES
August 1931


FLYING ACES
August 1931


BATTLE STORIES
May 1931


ACES
August 1931

 

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