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. yy STM RE oO A tl ie Tan SA ON, tla at erie it oe cee Snes Sa a ni Ina, tO Se IRAE TE SRE SETA IE SN ME to ale ERE Ue ta ilin S Flying Sauters Come from Southern Californi De you save spots before your eyes? Do vari-colored An interesting part of the story is that producing discs flutter and sail in the air in front of pou? Bo pou acetate “Flyin’ Saucer” is only part of the story. th i see Hying saucers in the skies? . product with a wide market (how many yo-yos were. s . If you da, don't call the doctor nor jump on the wagon. in the US last year, do you suppose)}; but it must : And don’t worry. Other persons are seeing fying saucers demonstrated ta be sald. Everyone wha sees a FI : too—seeing them fly through the aiz—~and seeing them Ssucer in action ix enthusiastic. Anyone who sees > on the sales counters af the stores. You can even pick lying on a sales counter is Nhely to pass by. . them up and feel them, and, preferably, buy them to plag That presents a merchandising problem that has . with, ‘ sales staf of Southern California Plastic hard. at w % fe all started many years ago—long before the recent thinking up ways and mesos for demonstrations, ac p furry of flying saucers—when a Hale boy named Freddie publicity, visual promotional stunts, With a record : used to play with his mother’s pie ting, Ef he threw them steady-sclling staple consumer items sow on the mar < with just the right twist of the wrist, they spun and turned Southern Califomia has oo intention of letting the FI 3 ia Fascinating curves. Saucers sit. on the sales counters. Carefullp-contro z Freddie grew up inte a man called Fred Morrison, who distribution, related to on-the-spot demonstrations or | * always remembered what fun he had had playing with the motional <ampaigns, has been the rule so far. Nati pee tins, Ag a grown-up, he applied his knowledge of markets will not be tackled until all the promotional ki aerodynamics to the problem of developing a-disc which have been unraveled. could be thrown and tossed and its fight controlled by the thrower, He evolved s metal model that sailed through the air in a most satisfactory manner, The curved disc was 9 in. in. diameter and a want 2 in, deep, with radiating arc- shapped fins and » heavy outside sim. A snap of the wrist when throwing gives a centrifugal motion to. the disc which in turn gives guidance in Sight. The radial fins create a vacuum on top of the whirling disc, and stability From beneath is provided by the heavy rim. ‘The metal model sailed through the air beautifully—~ but also, being metal, it sailed through windows and hedges and other obstacles, somewhat after the muncer of a Miniature cyclone. A material other than metal seemed a wise idea if the disc-or fying ssucer—were to become a commercial product. A lightweight, slightly flexible plastics looked like the answer, and Morrison brought his metal model to Southern California Plastic Co., Glendale, Calif., to see what might be done in plastics. Stanley J. Gray and Edward L. Ken- Redy, president and secretary of the firm, took the metal disc out on the lewn te “demonstrate” its possibilities and were soon breathlessly convinced that a great desl - of fun could be had by young and old alike. A plastics model of the disc was carved from « solid fy + hgnag ppae oe af 4 ie ed ee a re ee ae tS ee or ae ee ee ee re ee Ey mF block of material, and then a mold made in the shop of r § Southern Calfomis. Engraving of the mold was done a by United Engravers, Los Angeles. . 4 ‘Fhe came the problem of the right material, A search oa was made throughout the range of thermoplastic molding ae “ compounds ta fied the proper material that combined Hecxibility, impact strength, and stability while in motion, (Phe discs achieve considerable speed~.and stram-—~wher ia Bight.) Ceflulase acetate provied the best combination of properties to do the job. Acetate discs will not break glass windows, nor shatter when falling from a great height, nor scar the finish on automobiles, nor injure the ; ca Thet's 2 esol Fis’ Sauce th pueng: mae tae fet Grown dete ao. ths alr~matded af tough wad Gyhiesight ovose axetote by PACE - ae fe bore Colifoenio Mastic Co, Glandale. Benigeed im eccerdance 3 i hy Rae Fh & Piers ef. BG _ 2 wi? ith stradynomic piinigles, the Fiat’ Sauces spies through tha abr Bc Ste Sk Geek Saleen an es ae 2 with the greatest of ense. Mote tay redial Rea ee the dit ln tee ean i, Baie eters ates thes a iE ~ Reprinted from PACIFIC PLASTICS, August? 1948 wee a vs