Please See The Description And Attached Pictures To Get A Comprehensive Visual Overview Of This Impressive & Complete Extraordinary Vintage SHELL OIL Commemorative MAN IN FLIGHT 16 TOKEN COLLECTION Produced In The Late 1960's As Part Of A Promotion That Provided A Unique Opportunity For Customers To Collect These 16 Unique And Different Aluminum Tokens And To Organize Them On A Collections Board. A Fantastic Display Of Events That Highlight The "MAN IN FLIGHT" Activity. Could Be Put Into A Frame For A Wonderful Wall Hanging For That Young & Ambitious Future Astronaut.COMPLETE SHELL OIL COMMEMORATIVE "MAN IN FLIGHT" 16 TOKENS & COLLECTION BOARDClick images to enlargeDescriptionIMPRESSIVEPAST SHELLCommemorative MAN IN FLIGHTCOMPLETE TOKEN COLLECTIONNo Reserve. Low Minimum. Priced To Sell.As a complete set of 16 different aluminum tokens placed into their custom circular insets on the official SHELL MAN IN FLIGHT COLLECTION BOARD , each "Man In Flight" token can be admired individually or the complete set enjoyed as a remarkable package.Starting in 1969, the SHELL OIL Company operating "petrol" stations in the United Kingdom created a promotional program was immensely popular with tokens given to its customers at every visit. This rather successful campaign came about with motorists collecting the tokens in order to place them onto cleverly produced the SHELL "MAN IN FLIGHT" Collection Boards. The program was widely accepted by young and old with the goal of collecting and completing the 16 tokens collection. In addition, this promotional program tapped into the public fascination with the bold manned space program of the United States that culminated that year in the Apollo 11 lunar landing. This complete collection board is full and now available to be enjoyed by another or perhaps to be presented as a possible gift for that up and coming astronaut or that future space adventurer .....or maybe to be strategically placed into a suitable picture frame.The "quarter-size" aluminum tokens of this 'Man In Flight" series are packaged in its original handsome display board which includes its backing with information about each of the flight events as represented. The OBVERSE of the token provides a sharp image of the aircraft e while the REVERSE provides a display of the famous "SHELL" trademarkPlaced into the convenient custom cardboard MAN IN FLIGHT United Kingdom Promotion Set Holder (12 Inches X 6-1/2 Inches), the table below gives the input as mentioned on the token collection board backside.OBVERSE REVERSE Icarus & DaedalusAncient legends and mythology reflect man's long-standing aspirations to fly. Most famous is the story of Daedalus and his son, Icarus imprisoned by Minos, King of Crete. Toi escape they made wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus reached Sicily safely, But Icarus, elated by the experience of flight, soared so high that the sun melted the wax in his wings and he crashed to his death. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 This great Italian artist and inventor developed several original and very remarkable ideas for flying machines. We now know that it is most unlikely that any of Leonardo's designs would have worked because they were too heavy. But this in no way detracts from the brilliance and range of this thinking about the problem of flight, which included ideas for a helicopter and a parachute. Etienne and Joseph Montgolfier, 1783 The first recorded free ascent by man was at the Bois de Boulogne in November 1783, in a balloon constructed by the Montgolfier brothers. Flown across Paris by Pil'tre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, the balloon was inflated with heated air from a fire beneath an opening in the bag. Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1903At Kitty Hawk, U.S.A, in December 1903, the first sustained flight by a powered aircraft was made. Constructed by Wilbur and Orville Wright, this aircraft flew 120 feet on its maiden voyage, piloted by Orville Wright. In a later flight on the same day, Wilbur Wright covered a distance of 852 feet.