170 E - Pilot Trainer

 

Article No. was stamped onto the lid - sometimes the Airline version was mentioned as well - but only sometimes.

"How to handle" and advertisement - see at the bottom of this page.

Novelty 1960 - offered until 1964.

 

a (nearly) MIB Deutsche Lufthansa Pilot Trainer

some more details

Lufthansa #1 Lufthansa #2 Lufthansa #3
 

KLM Pilot Trainer - both fuselage sides show "KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines" - the rudder is diagonally painted in 2 different blue shades and shows a Crown and the letters KLM in red on a white round background. The passenger windows are also dual-colour highlighted.

The hand-twisted KLM-Version with complete different "Signature"

lets go and fly

Dutch KLM

Dutch KLM
 
the control panel

Pilot Trainer Capital Airlines

Control Panel

on the box

landed - gear is down

in flight - gear is up
 
a MIB PanAm Pilot Trainer British European Airline as well available in Switzerland
panAm BEA Swiss Air Swiss Air
 

retailers journal "Das Spielzeug" - FEB 1960 - adverts the Pilot Trainer as Novelty

a leaflet issued for the 14th Nuremberg Toy Fare 1963

multi language advertising leaflet
retailers journal 1960 How to handle the pilot Trainer How to handle the pilot Trainer advert Pilot Trainer #1 Advert Pilot Trainer #2
 
Advertisement as of the 1963 catalogue This is how to handle the Pilot Trainer - I edited the corresponding sheet - originally it is without the picture 4-pages "how to handle..." in DE - EN - IT - FR language

Catalogue 1963

How to handle

How to handle page 1 and 4

How to handle page 2 and 3
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