Airline Promotional Airplanes

[MichaelB]

Here are the planes I received from PlanePaul - thank you!
Also included are what are now in my Bonux stash! Those with a tag attached came from the GR Webster collection - thanks, GR!

[hovermd]

Do either of you have the Bonux No. 22 Helicoptere?

I think it's a Bristol 173 helicopter, but I'm not certain.

[MichaelB]

What you see is what I've got!
No helio -co - peters!
Yes, it was a Belvedere!

[hovermd]

Any idea what the date of manufacture was for the Belvedere?

[MichaelB]

This article - by JC Carbonel - only states : Late '60s and '70s.
We could ask Bernard Macaire, who provided the photo, but - we can't. IIRC he's gone to the great airport in the sky. He was a good friend of GRs, as you might expect.
(As an aside I see where his name is quite apropos: Macaire, as in MAC Air...)

[planepaul]

Here is a sampling of Kalas-Puffar premiums. K-P is a cereal sold in Scandanavian countries (Switzerland?). There may be another four in the series. They are slightly smaller than the typical premium.

[MichaelB]

Very nice! I had shown you my "S-K" DC-7, which I think is sourced from somewhere up there. It seems bigger than your pieces.
I've included a shot of a KLM Convair that is similar.
I've learned that it's rare to find only one piece, as most airlines (and etc) would issue a series. But...I'm just guessing.

[MichaelB]

While we're here...here is one of the few pieces I have ever found in it's original presentation material.
This is from C&S Airlines and it features the common Hawk Constellation.
This is in the collection of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum here in Houston.

[Aeronaut]

Here is a sampling of Kalas-Puffar premiums. K-P is a cereal sold in Scandanavian countries (Switzerland?). There may be another four in the series. They are slightly smaller than the typical premium.

Alert!!! Alert!!! Switzerland is not part of Scandinavia....Maybe Sweden?

[Tone]

You finally got an Allegheny DC-9, mine doesn't say Fanjet on the wing.
Those Electras are not just cute, they are great-looking models. And a Deux-Ponts?!?! I thought my small green plastic C-124 was unusual.