Flying A Pegasus

**racc00n** · #1 12-16-2015, 09:32 PM

Some time in the late 1940's or early 1950's, Flying A gasoline put out a paper "Pegasus" glider. Anyone remember this besides me? I have often wondered if any such remain.

**JohnM** · #2 12-20-2015, 08:44 PM

Being a Brit, I don't remember them, but Google found it for me.

Easier to find under Mobil than Flying A though.

**Vermin_King** · #3 12-20-2015, 09:09 PM

I was wondering if this was Mobil. I had a collection of glass Pegasus figures when I was very young. I wonder whatever happened to them...

**JohnM** · #4 12-20-2015, 09:32 PM

Do a Google Images search for "Mobil Pegasus". They've done some impressive PR stuff over the years.

**ridetheory** · #5 12-20-2015, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnM

Being a Brit, I don't remember them, but Google found it for me.

Easier to find under Mobil than Flying A though.

That's really neat. I just started listening to "The Orson Welles Almanac," an old time radio show sponsored by Mobilgas, which makes frequent reference to the flying red horse.

https://archive.org/details/1944Orso...ioAlmanacpart1

**DWest** · #6 12-21-2015, 01:02 AM

If this ain't legal just delete it but 1934 was a long time ago

**JohnM** · #7 12-21-2015, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DWest

If this ain't legal just delete it but 1934 was a long time ago

Snaffled ... just in case it's nobbled by admin ... Ta!

**DWest** · #8 12-21-2015, 01:37 PM

Here is another oil company airplane I stumbled into.

**Don Boose** · #9 12-21-2015, 02:35 PM

In the late 1940s, my cousin owned a Mobile gasoline station tucked into a niche on busy Brownsville Road, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. On one side was a white-painted cinder block wall with the Flying Red Horse painted on it. I can still remember it vividly, but don't recall the Pegasus glider, so am glad to see this one.

Don

**racc00n** · #10 01-26-2016, 01:25 PM

Big thanks to all who replied. I would never have thought to query it under the Mobil name. Duh!