WEBVTT STORY OF A SPECIAL BOND ACROSS GENERATIONS. >> EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO FIND -- AN AIRPLANE THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD FLOWN. BILL TROMBLAY IS A PILOT AND AIRPLANE ...

Air Force fighters and bombers are soaring into the wild blue yonder with new paint jobs, quietly reviving an old tradition. The decorative painting and designs on the noses and wings of Air Force ...

When it comes to home-grown decoration of military aircraft, Matthew Burchette knows it all — from topless cherry-picking pin-ups of the ’40s to the consumer-culture imagery of the present. And the ...

You won’t have to go far in the Museum of Aviation to find one of the most recognized pieces of plane -- nose art -- in military history. Of course, I refer to the sharks mouth on our P-40 in the ...

Gary Velasco, of Ruckersville, has a passion for World War II history and aviation. For the past 25 years, he has made his living creating artistic reproductions of WWII airplane “nose art” ...

With flicks of a brush, Fernando Cortez breathed life into iconic art he created 33 years ago. Over the past week, he's restored the luster to a blond beauty, adorning the nose of a B-25 Mitchell ...

In this second episode of the series, we explore even more incredible WWII aircraft nose art and the personal stories behind them. Each painted aircraft carries emotion, personality, and memory from a ...

Click to open image viewer. SI-2000-4753: SSgt Robert Serotkin painting nose art on Boeing F-13A "Margie's Mad Greek III," 1945. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection ...

Behind every painted nose on a WWII aircraft was a story - of camaraderie, humor, and determination. This video uncovers the tales of the airmen and artists who brought these designs to life, blending ...

Harrison Township – The 127th Air Wing at Selfridge Air Force Base dipped into the past Tuesday as part of a future celebration of the Macomb County facility’s role in U.S. military aviation and its ...

In the past few years, we've seen the influence of World War II aircraft styles on early roadsters-such as Todd Kindler's Spitfire '32 in this very magazine. Historically, it makes sense since many of ...