1961–1962 Mills : Histoire de L'Aviation
Histoire de L'Aviation cards were released from 1961–1962 by the
Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation, Ltd. The 50-card collection was distributed in
two 25-card series. One card was included with each pack of Mills cigarettes in France. Each card measures
approximately 3.6 x 6.7 cm. The card text is printed in French. The entire series is included in the Arents Tobacco Collection at the New York Public
Library.
.png "1962 Mills : Histoire de L'Aviation Series 2 #47 - Fusee Viking")
The U.S. Navy Viking sounding rocket is depicted on card #47, "Fusee Viking."
The illustration is based on an official Navy photograph of Viking #11. The
Martin RTV-N-12a rocket was fired into sub-orbital space from White Sands LC33
on May 24, 1954, reaching a record apogee of 158 miles (254 km) . The experiment package measured nose cone heat during reentry and returned high altitude photos of the Earth.
The Viking #11 launch photo appears in the Jet Planes series from the Exhibit Supply Co., Record Holders of the World from Cadet Sweets, Missile and Jet Plane Trading Cards from Nesbitt's, and Aircraft & Missile Trading Cards from Sicle.
| Series 1 | |
| 1 | Le Ballon Mongolfier |
| 2 | Le Premier Vol en Ballon en Angleterre |
| 3 | La Premiere Traversee de la Manche en Ballon |
| 4 | Le Dirigeable Giffard |
| 5 | Lilienthal |
| 6 | Le Dirigeable Santos-Dumont |
| 7 | Les Freres Wright |
| 8 | Santos-Dumont |
| 9 | Santos-Dumont “Demoiselle” |
| 10 | Le Premier Dirigeable Militaire Anglais |
| 11 | “Republique” |
| 12 | Blériot |
| 13 | S. F. Cody |
| 14 | Roe’s Triplane |
| 15 | Monoplan Antoinette |
| 16 | Triplan Italien |
| 17 | Triplan Pullman |
| 18 | Sidecar Blackburn |
| 19 | Alcock et Brown |
| 20 | L’Autogire Cierva |
| 21 | Hydravion Mitchell |
| 22 | Lindbergh |
| 23 | Graf Zeppelin |
| 24 | Dornier DO-X |
| 25 | Le “Grosvenor House” |
| Series 2 | |
| 26 | Handley Page Hannibal |
| 27 | Curtiss Hawk P-6-E |
| 28 | Le “Flying Flea” (Pou Volant) |
| 29 | Dragon Rapide |
| 30 | Le Hindenburg |
| 31 | Douglas XB-19 |
| 32 | Mayo Composite Aircraft |
| 33 | Sikorsky VS.300 |
| 34 | Junkers Ju.87B (Stuka) |
| 35 | Bell X-1 |
| 36 | Le “Bournemouth” |
| 37 | D.H. Venom |
| 38 | Le “Lit-Cage Volant” |
| 39 | Le Pawnee |
| 40 | Avro Vulcan |
| 41 | La Caravelle |
| 42 | Matador |
| 43 | Rotodyne |
| 44 | D.H. Comet 4 |
| 45 | Vigilante |
| 46 | Short SC.1 |
| 47 | Fusee Viking |
| 48 | Bristol 188 |
| 49 | Vickers VC.10 |
| 50 | Vaisseau Spatial |