Beer In Ads 2827: The ‘A & Eagle’ Has Learned To Fly November 17, 2018 By Jay Brooks Saturday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1943. This World War 2 ad features a bald eagle flywing in the sky with three American glider planes above. Apparently Anheuser-Busch’s Refrigeration Division was retooled to build gliders for the war effort.