Stories and Illustrations of combat airplanes, missiles and the people that flew them

On October 5th, I made the post that WW2 ace and post-war entrepreneur Ken Dahlberg died - my artwork was posted in its unfinished form.  W...

Complete!  “306” - the C-47 that carried Ken Salisbury through much of his WW2 experience.  And I purposely finished it to coincide with ...

When I started this C-47, the first post was a poke at the History Channel program, "Ice Road Truckers."  But the truth remains, ...

Change in plans - I'm doing "C" instead of "R." New information - in the form of the mission orders for the openin...

11-4-11 note:  I'd planned on doing the C-47 with the aircraft letter "R" but new information came to light and now, it'...

10-29-11 note:  We're now pretty sure the Serial Number of Ken's C-47 is S/N: 42-32898.  Yay!   "Ice Road Truckers?!" M...

Here she is - Miss America ’44!   I’ll save you the squinting - there are 133 bombs painted on her nose.  Eventually, two more would be ad...

Ken Dahlberg - entrepreneur, leader and WW2 fighter pilot died today.  He was 95 years of age and ended a life of accomplishment that few p...

It seems a few people want to put together a little unveiling party for Howard, so I'm going to move quickly to get Miss America to mee...

Note (10-2-11) - white or yellow Mission Markers?!  THAT is the question! Posted above is my update to Howard's B-24.  Give me a week...

I've been asked "How do you find these guys?!" Fair question.  The fair answer is by hook, crook, this, that and a lot of tr...

Have you ever wondered if people notice ? Read this. "I remember being about 10 yrs old and we had a project at home  and he needed...

Note:  8-21-11 - something about this post has struck a nerve.  This post has received more unique views from around the world than a...

Don flew two models of the P-51 - the C model and the D model.  He asked that I do "The D."  And so it will be. Did you have a ...

Today is August 15, 2011.   In case you're not the history geek that I am, this date marks 66 years since the surrender of the Japane...

Today was the first time in two weeks where I could really sit down and indulge myself in this particular airplane.  I'm sorry I can...