Airframe : paint & finish
Aircraft Nose Art, by Jeffery Ethell

Aircraft Nose Art

by Jeffery Ethell & Clarence Simonsen

Publisher:
ISBN-10:
0760313695
ISBN-13:
9780760313695
Published Date:
2003
Pages:
190
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If you are looking for an interesting paint job for your small or experimental aircraft this book will give you some ideas. From pin-ups, to shark mouths, to Popeye, this book is full of high quality color photos to inspire any military or just unique custom designer.

This photo-filled collection takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the hearts and minds of the pilots, crews and artists who used cowling for canvas and left this colorful legacy.

Ethell and Simonsen combine their knowledge to reveal stories behind the greatest nose art of all time. Packed with over 400 photographs of the best military nose art from World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and today.


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction

Why Nose Art - a psychologist's view
World War 1 to 1940 - the beginnings
World War II - the golden age
Cowling for Canvas - The nose artists
Timeless Beauties - Elvgren, Petty, & Vargas pinups
Hollywood Goes To War - nose art becomes an icon
Korea to Vietnam - almost a historical footnote
Nose Art Forever - rebirth of a phenomenon