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

DONE!  And for a guy who normally loathes his own work, I'm surprised.  It's pretty good. You might be interested to know that t...

You know...it's one thing to meet someone who's a Medal of Honor holder, ace, warrior, commander, leader...and value their moments....

"Kingfish One" is nearing completion.  I've got a long list of tiny details to work through - it'll go fast from here but...

Have a look.  Not much, but it's getting there.  The shape's about right though - and man, what a shape! That thing's a knife ...

We love stories of courage. In my opinion, most of such stories aren't so much loved as they are consumed. Like popcorn at the the...

Done.  And coming it at 77 hours, Mason's UH-1D is now the high-water mark in terms of time-spent. Most of these profiles take about 40...

"CHALK 4 - INBOUND" * Here she is so far - "Chickenhawk" author Robert Mason's UH-1D as he flew in the "1st...

Update time, and here she is so far.  Robert Mason's UH-1D "Slick" as he flew in Vietnam. What a crazy machine. I'm r...

Here's my pencil-study of the next Profile.  How's this for a way to start 2012? When I began interviewing WW2 vets, I never foo...

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...