Red Crown Aviation Gasoline billed itself as the “Ace of Lubricants.” The pilot in this ad looks a lot like Claire Chennault of “Flying Tiger” fame.
A “battleplane” armed with a Lewis machine gun, WW1. Savage Arms knew their audience in this March 1917 ad. Even though the US was not yet in the war, arms makers such as Savage were already selling weapons hand over fist to the British and French.
The Jive Bomber 