Anyone around here collect old coloring books by chance? The reason I'm asking is back in the early '70s, not long after my dad started flying & therefore got my aviation interests going, I remember buying an aircraft coloring book. ISTR kind of a history of aviation book, but in addition to being a coloring book, it had a sticker (like a stamp, you know, lick 'em & stick 'em) for each a/c, maybe an inch or so square. One scene depicted I specifically recall, was a scene showing a B-47 being intercepted by at least a couple of MiG-15s. Occasionally I'll look on eBay & find one that looks like a candidate, but so far I've not found it. I'd venture to say it was from Whitman, but I coldn't swear to that. I did, last summer, after a couple of years of searching, find an old Munsters coloring book, just like one I had as a kid & all I remembered of it was a page with Herman in a knight's armor. The seller verified it & I bid & won it. Strange the certain specific things I remember from 35 - 40 years ago, yet couldn't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday!
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15 years ago