[Innova] Aero - Model Name Imprinted

FrankieG · #1 04-22-2013, 01:47 PM

I searched through the forum and didn't see an answer to this particular question but then again there were hundreds of posts returned when I searched for "aero".

Here's my question, I have an Aero that actually has "Aero" imprinted on the back. It also has the patent number so I know it's not one of the crazy valuable "parent pending" ones but I don't ever remember any Innova models having the model name imprinted on the back, even though many of us have clamored for this for years.

Anyone know the story / history of why this particular model has the model name imprinted?

mf100forever · #2 04-22-2013, 02:55 PM

No idea about story behind it, but I am also curious.
I have an Aero in CE-plastic with the with the name "Aero" on the back.

primal dg · #3 04-22-2013, 03:29 PM

hmmm sounds intersting

Discette · #4 04-22-2013, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankieG

I searched through the forum and didn't see an answer to this particular question but then again there were hundreds of posts returned when I searched for "aero".

Here's my question, I have an Aero that actually has "Aero" imprinted on the back. It also has the patent number so I know it's not one of the crazy valuable "parent pending" ones but I don't ever remember any Innova models having the model name imprinted on the back, even though many of us have clamored for this for years.

Anyone know the story / history of why this particular model has the model name imprinted?

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankieG

Anyone know the story / history of why this particular model has the model name imprinted?

The current Aero mold includes AERO on the back as well as the patent number.

Short story - Three Aero molds: The original patent pending Aero, the Aero with the patent number, and the Aero with patent number and AERO. The patent number Aero mold died and the new version with the name and patent number was made around 1999-2001.

FrankieG · #5 05-01-2013, 01:01 PM

Yep, Innova agrees and says the current mold was replaced around 1999. Thanks Discette! For some reason I didn't get an email (or spam filter grabbed it) when you responded.

Three Putt · #6 05-01-2013, 01:45 PM

Weird. Here was how I remember it:

The Aero had tooling that said "Champion Discs" or something like that in big letters with the patent number (I'm not cool enough to remember the patent pending ones.)

The mold got distorted so it was retooled into the Phenix in '88 and that disc had the old Aero tooling; the Aero went OOP.

Around 1995 or '96, the Aero was recreated as the "Classic Aero." This new recreated Aero had Rancho tooling and the word "Aero" in the tooling.

Three Putt · #7 05-01-2013, 01:50 PM

Here is the top of the "Classic Aero." It is hard to see, but it says "Innova 1996" right on the stamp. That lines up with my memory of when we got them in the shop.

This disc is a Rancho and has the word "'Aero" in the tooling.

apdrvya · #8 05-01-2013, 01:52 PM

ITPWT
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Three Putt · #9 05-01-2013, 02:07 PM

BTW, there isn't a difference that I'm aware of between the "Classic" Aero and the current Aero. They dropped the "Classic" at some point since there wasn't another Aero to distinguish it from; there was no point in calling it "Classic" other than to let you know the disc name was really old.