1927
Taking off in 1927 when a tram driver Bert Appleroth, first made the now classic jelly crystals in his bath tub and distributed them along his Sydney Tram route.
1930
The Aeroplane Jelly Jingle created by Albert Lenertz and Les Woods was first played at 1pm on a Sunday afternoon early 1930 on radio station 2KY.
1938
5 year old Joy King beat 200 other children, to become the official voice of the Aeroplane Jelly jingle. This rendition is still used in today’s advertising.
1942
Bertie the Aeroplane makes his cinema debut in a two minute ad that screened in cinemas during the interval.
1950
Tommy Dawes one of Joy King's fellow contenders at the 1938 talent quest becomes the feature of the Aeroplane Jelly packaging as the whistling boy. He stays in various forms on the packaging until the Late 1970's. The whistling boy was revived on the packaging in the late 1980's until the mid 1990's.
1953
Australia's first low calorie jelly is introduced by Aeroplane Jelly. It is still available today as Aeroplane Jelly Lite.
1960
The famous black and white girl on a swing commercial appears on TV.
1970
Aeroplane Jelly is launched outside NSW and into Victoria, Queensland, SA and WA.
1981
Aeroplane Jelly enters into the Guinness World Records making the largest ever Jelly. It was watermelon flavoured and 35,000 litres.
1988
The Aeroplane Jelly Australian Fruit Series was launched to commemorate Australia's bicentennial. Inspired by the abundance of native fruits, quandong, midjinberry and Lilly pilly were part of the Aeroplane jelly range until 1992.
1994
Aeroplane Jelly is acquired by McCormick & Company. It was previously owned by Traders.
1996
Bertie the Aeroplane is relaunched and this time brings with him 20 new friends.
2007
Aeroplane Jelly celebrates its 80th Birthday culminating with two huge parties in Melbourne and Sydney.
2008
The Aeroplane Jelly Jingle was added to the National Film and Sound Archive (NSAFA) as part of this year’s sounds of Australia.
2013
Aeroplane launches a range of Ready to Eat jellies in cups, perfect for school lunch boxes.
2016
Aeroplane launches the Mug Cake range.
2017
Aeroplane Jelly celebrates 90 years Launches Glitter Jelly and limited edition commemorative packs.