{"id":2,"date":"2018-01-23T18:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aviationancestry.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:23:00","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aviationancestry.co.uk\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About Aviation Ancestry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationancestry.co.uk\"><strong>The Database<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFor some years now I&#8217;ve been cataloguing historic British aviation industry advertisements (1909-1980) with the aim of providing what I hope is a unique and comprehensive listing of British Aviation Industry Advertisements. With the best will in the world digital media and websites tend to disappear over time so I&#8217;m also publishing a series of printed books (compilations) featuring as complete a record of press adverts as possible for a particular company or product line. (These also present a more convenient and enjoyable way to view the advertising timeline)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aviation Ancestry British Aviation Adverts 1909-1990\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cHo6dVWKqBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The database contains over 92,000 images and features over 2400 companies. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aviation Adverts Database Search Tips\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YhceV6HXePw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationancestry.co.uk\/classdir\/\"><strong>The Directory<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe database is searchable, but the search function is quite picky about keywords which can lead to some frustration when looking for a particular example. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationancestry.co.uk\/classdir\/\">The Classified Directory<\/a> is designed to point the user in the right direction through a series of themed lists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Compilations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CDPFCBTF\"><strong>British Aircraft Industry Adverts 1909-1980 Series Of Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adverts are reproduced without narrative in chronological order at one per page and include source, date of original publication and its unique database reference number. (aviationancestry.co.uk)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m confident these compilations will provide you with an interesting new way of exploring the history of your chosen company, aircraft type or product line.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With progress, mergers and acquisitions etc\u00a0 company names changed over time and the following list is abbreviated for convenience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Airspeed Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CGKYJG7Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airspeed Aircraft Advertisements 1932 &#8211; 1951<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CV12ZSQT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engine Advertisements 1918 &#8211; 1958<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Auster Aircraft Ltd (Taylorcraft)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CDN5VWJ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Taylorcraft To Bulldog: <strong>Auster<\/strong> Aircraft Advertisements 1936 -1978<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.V.Roe &amp; Co Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CJL6LB87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avro Aircraft Advertisements Volume 1 1910 &#8211; 1930<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D4YSTGQJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avro Aircraft Advertisements Volume 2 1931\u20131963<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackburn Aircraft Ltd \/ General Aircraft Ltd \/ Cirrus Aero Engines<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CT2RGK1F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackburn, Cirrus &amp; General Aircraft Aviation Adverts Volume One 1910-1940<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CTKCFS9H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackburn Aircraft &amp; Aero Engine Advertisements Volume Two 1941\u20131970<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boulton Paul Aircraft<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D22KBKVS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boulton Paul Aircraft &amp; Component Advertisements 1917-1961<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bristol Aeroplane Company<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CNKMG29M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol Aircraft &amp; Engine Advertisements Volume 1 1910-1930<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CZKNQ731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol Aircraft &amp; Engine Advertisements Volume 2 1931-1939<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D12J4X2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol Aircraft &amp; Engine Advertisements Volume 3 1940 &#8211; 1949<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D1MTH2QV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol Aircraft &amp; Engine Advertisements Volume 4 1950 &#8211; 1959<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>British Aircraft Corporation<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D2N4TNJJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Aircraft Corporation Advertisements 1960 &#8211; 1977<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The de Havilland Aircraft Company<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CVDL9H74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de Havilland Aircraft And Engine Advertisements Volume 1 &#8211; 1913 &#8211; 1930<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CVQFBFQB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de Havilland Aircraft, Engine &amp; Propeller Advertisements Volume 2 &#8211; 1931-1940<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CW379Z6C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de Havilland Aircraft, Engine &amp; Propeller Advertisements Volume 3 1941\u20131950<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CWP47C47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de Havilland Aerospace Advertisements Volume 4 1951\u20131960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>English Electric Aviation\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D28J2VD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Electric Aviation Advertisements 1918 &#8211; 1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fairey Aviation Company<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D49CPDBP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairey Aviation Aircraft Advertisements 1915 &#8211; 1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gloster Aircraft Company<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CQCWM162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gloster Aircraft Advertisements 1921 &#8211; 1963<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handley Page<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CP6TR6X4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handley Page Aircraft Advertisements 1909 &#8211; 1969<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawker Siddeley Aviation<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D58CRC8J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawker Siddeley Aviation aircraft advertisements 1963\u20131977<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Aircraft<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CFD9MFXW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miles Aircraft Advertisements 1936 &#8211; 1978<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>D.Napier &amp; Son<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CRD4Y1QD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napier Aero Engine Advertisements 1916 &#8211; 1962<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Percival Aircraft \/ Hunting Aircraft<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CJDDS989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Percival &amp; Hunting Group Aviation Advertisements 1932-1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rolls-Royce Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CK3XGBY5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Advertisements Volume 1 1917 &#8211; 1949<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CRQ7Q61F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Advertisements Volume 2. 1950 &#8211; 1979<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Air Force &#8211; RAF Recruitment Adverts<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D66DDWFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Air Force Recruitment Advertisements 1933 &#8211; 1983<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saunders-Roe Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CFWZXDSV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.E.Saunders &amp; Saunders-Roe Aircraft Advertisements 1916-1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Brothers \/ Shorts<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CNTH3VC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Short Aircraft Advertisements 1909 &#8211; 1989<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CH2B79RQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sopwith &amp; Hawker Aircraft Advertisements 1912 &#8211; 1963<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sopwith Aviation \/ <span class=\"recordyear\">\u00a0<\/span>Hawker Aircraft\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CH2B79RQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sopwith &amp; Hawker Aircraft Advertisements 1912 &#8211; 1963<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Supermarine Aviation Works \/ Vickers-Armstrongs<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CY95X1FG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vickers &amp; Supermarine Aircraft Advertisements Volume 1 1911-1940<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CYQ6BN1K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vickers &amp; Supermarine Aircraft Advertisements Volume 2 1941-1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Westland Aircraft Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CPJ8FNZF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50 Years Of <strong>Westland<\/strong> Aircraft Advertisements 1915 &#8211; 1965<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Database For some years now I&#8217;ve been cataloguing historic British aviation industry advertisements (1909-1980) with the aim of providing what I hope is a unique and comprehensive listing of British Aviation Industry Advertisements. 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