“News & Views: W. Coast Clips”

"A brief article which examines how an aviation parts company out of Glendale, California utilizes illustrations to advertise their products. Air Associates is an aviation parts company out of Glendale, California that utilizes illustrations to sell their products. The cartoons were used as an effective way for them to showcase how they are a reliable service in terms of providing a large array of parts for plane construction and maintenance. One of the cartoons depicts various components of an aircraft laid out across its wing with a caption reading, 'we’re part of the flight crew on every flight'."—Research and scan by Terry Vanatta, Daniel Parise, Joseph Beaghan for Graphic Design Treasure Hunt assignment in Shirin Rabin’s graphic design history course, CalState North, 2016.