About this Vintage Print Ad
This advertisement highlights the challenges of aviation at high altitudes, specifically the failure of standard carbon brushes in the stratosphere. Union Carbide developed special carbon brushes and other materials that enable reliable operation of aircraft engines and generators at high altitudes. The ad emphasizes the company's innovation in creating products that make modern flight possible, and invites readers to learn more about their contributions to aviation.
- Brand: Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
- Product: Union Carbide Carbon Brushes and Allied Products
- Tagline: Things are different—up there!
- Publication: Fortune
- Year: 1953
Objects in the advertisement: hand, airplane, clouds
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