60,000 Miles Without Decarbonising

Shell poster number 129, 60,000 miles without decarbonising, Shell Studio (1926). Painting of a 1920s aeroplane. Text reads; "60,000 miles without decarbonising on Shell Motor Oil & Petrol (Imperial Airways Record).

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    129

  • Title

    60,000 Miles Without Decarbonising

  • Date

    1926

  • Artist

    Shell Studio

‘60,000 miles without decarbonising on Shell Motor Oil and Petrol’. Shell fuelled many aviation records throughout the Twentieth Century, including records broken by individuals and airline companies across the world. Imperial Airways Ltd. was one of Shell’s biggest Aviation customers in the interwar period.

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