Aviation Playing Cards
This list provides a collection of articles that feature the history, designs and promotion of aviation on playing cards. From the historical deck designs of WWI to the modern versions produced today, each article provides a unique insight into the fascinating world of aviation on playing cards.
Folk Cards
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by Marc Pavone
Folk Cards designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch for Lot Polish Airlines, 1962.
Garuda Indonesia
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by Matt Probert
Souvenir playing cards from Garuda Indonesia Airlines, the national airline of Indonesia.
Garuda Indonesia Airline
Souvenir pack from Garuda Indonesia, the national airline of Indonesia, c.1985.
Graf Zeppelin
A card game commemorating the first round the world flight by the Graf Zeppelin, published by J.W. Spear & Söhne, Nuremberg, in 1930.
Historic Early Aviation
Reproductions of cigarette cards from 1910 on the subject of the early days of aviation.
History of Flight
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by Matt Probert
“History of Aviation” playing cards published by Lo Scarabeo (2003) in which every card carries a painting representing an aspect of the history of powered flight.
Hot-Air Balloons & Co.
Hot-air balloons and airships from the early days to 1988, with designs by S. Baraldi and F. Tacconi.
Jetsetter Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Jetsetter playing cards, inspired by aviation, air travel and jet-setting.
Les Montgolfières 1783-1983
Honouring the bicentenary of the Montgolfier brothers’ first balloon flights in 1783.
Malaysia Airlines
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by Matt Probert
Malaysian-made deck of cards produced for Malaysian Airline Systems (MAS).
Max Velthuijs for KLM
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards designed by Max Velthuijs for KLM airlines first published c.1964
Munteres Mogeln
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by Matt Probert
Munteres Mogeln (Cheerful Cheating) in-flight card game for Lufthansa.
Nu-Vue for TWA
Nu-Vue playing cards by Brown & Bigelow have novel courts and a special tint which are promoted as “the modern eye-saving concept in playing cards”
Première Guerre Mondiale
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by Matt Probert
“Première Guerre Mondiale 1914-1918” playing cards published by Éditions J.C. Dusserre (Maitres Cartiers Boéchat Frères), Paris.
Qantas
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by Matt Probert
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia and is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded in November 1920.
SilkAir
SilkAir was a Singaporean regional airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines.