Pre-war slinger-shot, shoot me to another planet Rocket !

In an era of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials at the movies - kids back from my grandfather's age would be playing with these...

It is nice to notice that any respectable gentlemen going to Jupiter or Mars would do so in their best suit and matching hat. Oh, yes, there is even one smoking a cigarete! (big no-no in the toy-world and the real-world nowedays!)

The patent of the toy and description of it working can be seen here: http://ip.com/patent/US2105579

Jet Rocket ship, Sportswood Spec. Co, USA,
1938

Jet Rocket ship, Sportswood Spec. Co, USA,
1938