K-MAC'S COLLECTIONS:
AVIATION AND SPACE ARCADE CARDS

In the 1960s, my family often made summer day trips to the beaches and boardwalks of the South Jersey shore--Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, and most especially Ocean City. The boardwalks were Wonderland to me, full of delights--flame-broiled Taylor Pork Roll and mugs of ice-cold birch beer, animated miniature golf courses, the smell of fresh-roasted nuts and fudge, labyrinthine amusement piers, long-haired girls in bathing suits, and noisy, mysterious arcades.

I went to the arcades for Skee-Ball, target shooting, and pinball. But I eventually discovered the machines dispensing postcard-sized black and white photos--each machine having cards with its own theme. Uncharacteristically, I missed the machines offering starlets and strippers. Instead, I went for the cards which featured aircraft--most of which had first appeared in the 1950s and were already outdated, but which were largely still new and exotic to me. Somehow most of my little collection survived the years, and I'm now working on completing my sets.

Two 64-card aviation sets were produced by Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago. The earlier bears the notice "Printed in U.S.A." on the front; the later bears "Made in U.S.A." Otherwise, the sets are indistinguishable, with blank backs and one or two lines of identifying caption on the face. (If the number box for a card is aqua, I still need that card.)

Last updated March 04, 2014

	"Printed in U.S.A." Series			"Made in U.S.A." Series
#	Subject/Caption	Spotter's Guide	#	Subject/Caption	Spotter's Guide
1	Lockheed F-94C Starfire USAF Jet Interceptor		1	Lockheed F94
2	Douglas A4D Skyhawk USN Smallest and Lightest Jet Combat Airplane		2	Douglas F3D Skynight Twin Jet Fighter US Navy
3	Convair's Convair-Liner 340 44-Passenger 300 MPH Transport Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corp.		3	Douglas XF4D Skyray Jet Fighter US Navy
4			4	Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Bonber US Navy
5	Republic RF-84F Thunderflash		5	Lockheed F80
6	Douglas F4D Skyray USN Bat-Winged Supersonic Interceptor		6	Douglas F3D Skynight Twin Jet Fighter US Navy
7	Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart Navy Amphibious Fighter with Hydro Skis		7	Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Bomber US Navy
8	Piasecki H-21 Tandem Helicopter		8	Northrop X4 US Air Force Exceeds speed of sound
9	Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF New Fighter-Bomber Packs Heavyweight Wallop		9	Northrop Flying Wing YB-49
10	Lockheed Super Constellation		10	North American Aviation F86 Sabre Jet Fighter 670MPH US Air Force
11	Douglas XF4D-1 USN		11	North American Aviation B-45 Tornado Four Jet bomber, US Air Force
12	Northrop Flying Wing		12	Vought F7U Cutlass Navy Fighter Plane
13	Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF New Fighter-Bomber Packs Heavyweight Wallop		13	Northrop Raider C-125 USAF Arctic Rescue Transport
14	Lockheed R7V-2 U.S. Navy Will carry 106 Passengers or 36,000 lbs. of cargo		14	North American Aviation FJ-1 Fury Single Jet Fighter US Navy
15	Douglas A3D Skywarrior USN Navy's Most Powerful Carrier-Based Bomber		15	North American Aviation RB-45C Tornado Four Jet Bomber US Air Force
16	US Army L-23B Beech Aircraft Corp.		16	Vought F7U Cutlass Navy Fighter Plane
17	Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar USAF and USN		17	Martin XB-51 US Air Force
18	Boeing B-52 Stratofortress USAF		18	Grumman Guardian Anti-Submarine US Navy
19	Chance Vought F7U-3P Photo Plane USN		19	Grumman Mallard
20	Grumman Panther US Navy Fighter		20	Consolidated Vultee T-29 Navigational Trainer USAF
21	Bell X-1 First Aircraft to Attain Supersonic Speeds Bell Aircraft Corp.		21	Martin XB-51 US Air Force
22	Boeing B-52A Stratofortress USAF		22	Grumman Panther Jet Fighter US Navy
23	Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlasses USN		23	Grumman Albatross Rescue Amphibian USAF
24	U.S. Marines FJ-2 Fury North American Aviation, Inc.		24	Convair B-36D US Air Force Intercontinental Strategic Bomber
25	Bell X-5		25	Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter USAF
26	Navy's Viking No. 11 built by Glenn L. Martin Co. climbed 158 miles and attained a speed of 4300 MPH		26	Republic F-84E Thunderjet USAF
27	Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF World's Fastest Day-Or-Night Long-Range Photo Ship		27	Beechcraft Bonanza
28	USAF F-86H Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc.		28	Piasecki XM-16 Capsule Carrier World's Largest Helicopter
29	Rocket Powered Bell X-1B		29	Consolidated Vultee Aircraft 40 Passenger 500 MPH Transport
30	USAF B-61 Martin Matador Pilotless Bomber Roars Away from its Launcher		30	Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF
31	Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF World's fastest day-or-night long-range photo ship and B-47E Medium Bomber in background		31	Beechcraft XT-34 Trainer USAF
32	USAF F-100 Super Sabre North American Aviation, Inc.		32	Piasecki HUP-1 Helicopter USN
33	USAF F-86F Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc.		33	Fairchild C-119 Packet Transport USAF
34	Boeing BG-47B		34	Chase XC-123 US Air Force Cargo and Troop Transport
35	Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF		35	Boeing B-50B Superfortress USAF
36	Bell X-1A World's Fastest and Highest Flying Airplane Speed 1650 MPH, Ceiling 90,000 Feet		36	Boeing B-47A Stratojet Bomber USAF
37	USN T-28B Trainer North American Aviation, Inc.		37	Piasecki HRP-2 Helicopter USN
38	Regulus Guided Missile Built by Chance Vought Aircraft		38	Chase XC-123 USAF Cargo and Troop Transport
39	Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF		39	Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF
40	Bell X-1A Is Launched From B-29 "Mother" Ship		40	Boeing B-29 Superfortress USAF
41	USN FJ-3 Fury North American Aviation, Inc.		41	Convair XB-46 US Air Force Consolidated Vultee Jet Bomber
42	Chance Vought F7U Cutlass US Navy Fighter		42	Consolidated Vultee XF-92A Supersonic Aircraft USAF
43	Boeing 707 Cruises over snow-capped Mt. Ranier America's First Jet Transport Plane		43	P-59 Bell Aircraft Corp First Jet-propelled Plane in America
44	Fairchild C-123 Avitruc Assault Transport USAF		44	Martin P4M-1 Mercator Long Range Patrol Plane USN
45	US Marines FJ-2 Fury North American Aviation, Inc.		45	Consolidated Vultee RB-36D USAF Strategic Reconnaissance Bomber
46	USAF F-86D Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc.		46	Convair XP5Y-1 US Navy Consolidated Vultee Super Seaplane
47	Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter		47	Bell H-12 Helicopter USAF
48	P5M-2		48	Bell X-1 Bell Aircraft Company First Aircraft to Attain Supersonic Speeds
49	Convair CRB-36D Ficon Operation USAF Bomber as Carrier for Republic RF-84F Fighter developed jointly by Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp., and Republic Aviation Corp.		49	McDonnell XF-88 US Air Force Twin Jet Penetration Fighter
50	Convair F-102 USAF Supersonic All-Weather Interceptor Built by Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp		50	McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee Carrier Based Fighter US Navy
51	Lockheed YC-130 USAF Turbo-Prop Cargo-Personnel Carrier		51	North American AJ-3 USN Carrier Based Atack Bomber
52	RF-84F		52	F-51 Mustang Fighter North American Aviation
53			53	McDonnell XF-88 USAF Twin Jet Penetration Fighter
54	Convair XFY-1 Pogo Navy Turboprop Vertical Take-Off Fighter Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corporation		54	McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee Carrier Based Fighter USN
55			55	North American Aviation T-28 Advanced Trainer US Air Force
56	Republic RF-84F Thunderflash Ultra Modern USAF Photo-Fighter		56	Northrop Scorpion F-89 USAF
57	Piasecki H-16 Tandem Helicopter USAF		57	Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket USN Exceeds speed of sound
58	T-29		58	Douglas D-558 Skystreak USN
59	McDonnell F-101 Voodoo USAF		59	Lockheed Constitution USN Transport 160 Passenger
60	Lockheed T-33 USAF Trainer Student pilots get feel of 600 MPH flight		60	Lockheed P2V
61	Piasecki HUP-1 Tandem Helicopter U.S. Navy		61	Douglas A2D Skyshark USN
62	Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind Navy Turboprop Seaplane Transport Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corp.		62	Douglas A2D Skyshark USN
63	McDonnell F3H-1N Demon USN Carrier-Based Fighter		63	Lockheed Constellation
64	Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune USN		64	Lockheed T33
	Thanks to fellow collector Steve Billings for his help in filling out the list.			Many thanks to Christina Harman for helping me complete this set.