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Gregvan · 1 August 2009, 11:49 PM

Here's "Battle Birds" from December 1933;

Another "Battle Birds", from June 1934. Pulp writers loved alliteration: "Mercedes Maniacs" and "Haunted Hangar" !

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Here is another issue of "Flying Aces": something different, with Handley-Pages attacking the Mole at Zeebrugge. "Flying Aces" billed itself as the only complete aviation magazine, with fictional tales by the likes of Arch Whitehouse, true stories, "Phineas Pinkham" humor, and scale model plans of planes past and present. By the way, if you've never read one of Joe Archibald's "Phineas Pinkham" howlers, they are hilarious - and gloriously politically incorrect:

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Gregvan Forum Ace of Aces Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Charles, Iowa Posts: 3,626	Here's "Battle Birds" from December 1933; Another "Battle Birds", from June 1934. Pulp writers loved alliteration: "Mercedes Maniacs" and "Haunted Hangar" ! : Here is another issue of "Flying Aces": something different, with Handley-Pages attacking the Mole at Zeebrugge. "Flying Aces" billed itself as the only complete aviation magazine, with fictional tales by the likes of Arch Whitehouse, true stories, "Phineas Pinkham" humor, and scale model plans of planes past and present. By the way, if you've never read one of Joe Archibald's "Phineas Pinkham" howlers, they are hilarious - and gloriously politically incorrect: __________________ Greg VanWyngarden Last edited by Gregvan; 2 August 2009 at 09:42 AM.