One cool traditional hot rod detail that looks great if it's done right is some well-placed World War II aircraft nose art. Hot rod roadsters built in the style of the late '40s and early '50s are ...

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 ...

In my new series Nose Art Stories (Episode 2), we will be looking at some of the best aircraft nose art from World War II and ...

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 ...

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” ...

In my new series Nose Art Stories (Episode 3), we will be looking at some of the best aircraft nose art from World War II and telling their incredible stories. This was made using the World War II ...

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 ...

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 ...

Devotees of the politically correct, beware! Joltin’ Josie, the scantily clad “Pacific Pioneer,” is back from the dead. Armed with a Bowie knife and a muzzle-loading rifle, this long-legged, ...

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 ...