Air Aces

Full-length 1960s electro-mechanical playfield shot flat-on inside a wood-cabinet well, with the metal ball-guide rails catching light at the top. The artwork is a hot air-race theme: a wide red, white and blue biplane with a spinning nose propeller flies left-to-right across a pale blue sky band with flat white cumulus clouds, silhouetted against orange-and-yellow sunset rays. A curved red-and-yellow banner above the plane reads FACTORY FILLED, flanked by roundel target medallions and a row of small crosshair-in-circle scoring targets. Two round pop-bumper caps sit high on the playfield, each ringed by a blue-and-white sunburst of triangular rays, with yellow 5000 and 2000 value discs between them. The centre is a huge red-and-yellow wing-shaped medallion containing a five-window 3-digit score reel under the lettering SCORE DOWN SCORES ALLEY. Down the middle runs a red vertical lane stack of numerals 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, flanked left by SPOOT AGAIN and right by DOUBLE BONUS in black block letters on yellow scrolls. Two yellow and red propeller-shaped kicker lanes marked SPECIAL and 500 sit left and right, each capped by a white plastic rollover labelled AIR TOKEN and flanked by GANGAWAY lettering. Two chrome-edged flippers, two white rubber-ringed slings, a red-and-blue propeller motif above the flippers, and a brown-and-yellow apron complete the lower end. Colours: yellow, red, orange and sky blue.

Painted cartoon-style backglass dominated by a red radial sunburst background. Across the top, a yellow scrolled ribbon banner carries the main title in large yellow block capitals with red shadowing, the word AIR split by a brown spread-winged eagle whose head sits between the two words, and ACES on the right. A blue cursive manufacturer name sits at the top left, with a small red rosette beside it. Below the banner, a dark blue night sky band shows a crescent moon and a row of small red biplanes flying in formation. The left half is filled by a large red single-prop monoplane with cream lightning flashes on the fuselage, a skull-and-crossbones emblem, cursive FLASH lettering, a large 7 on the tail fin, red spatted wheels, and a big radial engine cowling. On the right, a blond man in a blue military-style uniform jacket with gold shoulder trim, white shirt, dark tie, blue-gloved hand raised to his cheek, and a speaking balloon reading MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, embraces a red-haired woman with short curled hair, a pearl necklace, red lipstick, and a sleeveless rainbow-striped dress. Two ribbon-shaped score windows with mechanical number reels flank a 1 UP and 2 UP label, and a matching pair of reel windows runs along the lower third. Green grass and bushes form the ground band. Curved arcs at the bottom carry lettering and a red-and-white pinwheel spinner.