1978 Mattel Flying Aces Catalog

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Mattel's Flying Aces were an elaborate take on the paper airplane, the planes were made of soft foam and the flight deck served as a launcher. Those who had it or the Battlestar Galactica version have mentioned that the planes had a short life but were fun nonetheless.





In 1978, the line was three years old and appeared to be going strong.

You can see it all at the 1978 Mattel Flying Aces Page

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[Aricosaur]

Awesome! I've known about (and wanted) the Battlestar Galactica version for years but I didn't know they also did an aircraft carrier version.

I see it uses super-science high-technology rubber bands to launch the planes.

[Chris]

A buddy of mine was a fighter pilot and said that landing on an aircraft carrier at night was the scariest thing he has ever done. Now we can see what he was talking about!