Blacktail

BlackTail was a pioneering presence in those early years of aviation. Known properly as Aeromarine, it was part business, part daydream “ a place of dreamers and daredevils; of hard-headed industrialists with a soft spot for adventure. The nickname “ BlackTail “ came about through Harry Bruno, the company's resident promotional genius. It was he who suggested the tailfins of Aeromarine's meagre fleet be painted black “ so they would be instantly recognisable from the ground.