Berkeley Models Advertisement
December 1954 Air Trails

December 1954 Air Trails Table of Contents These pages from vintage modeling magazines like Flying Aces, Air Trails, American Modeler, American Aircraft Modeler, Young Men, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, R/C Modeler, captured the era. All copyrights acknowledged.

These three pages of Berkeley Models advertisement appeared in the December 1954 edition of Air Trails Hobbies for Young Men magazine. Berkeley Models is no longer in operation, unfortunately (if they were still around, I doubt any company from Berkeley would use the word 'Christmas' in an ad - sad). All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.

Use the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator to see what items cost in today's dollars. For instance, that $3.95 US Army YL-24 "Helioplane" would be $33.81 in 2013 money.

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