The aeroplane associated with the globe evokes the circumnavigation of the globe by air, the first of which was completed in 175 days by 4 American Air Service aviators: Lowell H. Smith, Leslie P. Arnold, Erik H. Nelson and John Harding Jr. in 1924; it’s a recurring feature of airplanes games, as bases, counterweights, battery compartments, etc.
This theme was used by manufacturers in Germany, Italy and Japan.
In Germany
Gescha
1928, planes rotate faster around the rotating globe, 19 x 22 cm
Kellermann
Circa 1925, with manual drive, the planes rotate around the globe, 10 (h) x 36 cm
Niedermeier
1950s, rack and pinion driven, the planes rotate, 18 x 47 cm
Joseph Wagner
Vers 2000, mécanisme d’horlogerie , les avions tournent, 16 x 34 cm
In Italiy
Cardini
Circa 1925, clockwork mechanism, plane turns around the hangar, the globe as a counterweight, 34 x 58 cm
In Japan
Bandai
1950 – 1960, battery-operated, the plane whose propeller turns is suspended from the globe, 24 x 20 cm