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

Behold the Cessna 0-1 "Bird Dog."  I've skipped the pencil-to-print progress shots because I've simply had no time.  T...

Today, the world lost "One of the Good Ones." George McGovern - U.S. politician, social servant and WW2 bomber pilot has die...

It's..."The Titan II." Having just re-watched the bizarrely hilarious movie, "Raising Arizona," Tex Cobb'...

The missile above is the LGM-30F, "Minuteman II" ICBM. And it is...amazing. No. Not just amazing. It's OMG! W...

To regular readers - I have a little explaining to do. You've noticed that this isn't an "airplane." It's a mi...

It's begun, (gulp)... If you've never seen one take off and fly, it's an awesome sight. Gangly, huge and wickedly li...

Done! I'm surprised, too as I never really wanted to jump into the Vietnam era on account of this particular airplane;  the F-4 w...

Now it's finally starting to look like something!   And we're so close to finishing that the next post will be the final. In ...

Here she is, as she was about 2 nights ago but be warned - THERE ARE TWO MAJOR FLAWS in this rendition!  They will be corrected, but sin...

Ok.  You can look but don't expect to see much.  This thing is a long way from reality.   But, it's moving in the right dire...

Here it is - my newest project - an F-4E Phantom as flown by the 334th TFS. This sketch - done with a fantastic ballpoint pen swiped ...

DONE!  I presented it to the Commissioner last Wednesday and...they like it! At almost 30" long, this Wildcat is impressive on s...

So.  It looks like all I have to do is add the rudder, tweak some shadows and add final markings.  I'm still on the fence of what air...

Here you go - it's about 50% done and the obvious parts need to be masked in... but I'm on schedule!  Two more posts after t...