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

I talk to old combat pilots/crew, draw their airplanes and pass on whatever I've learned. ©2008 - 2025 John Mollison

17 August, 2020

PROFILE 145: "Kitten" — P-51C as flown by Tuskegee Airman, Charles McGee

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  Why listen to me write when you can listen, watch (and ask questions of) the man himself?! On Wednesday, Sept 2, please join me and Old Gu...
27 June, 2020

Profile 143 UPDATE: Hughes OH-6A Cayuse as flown by "Bruce" Huffman, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry

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Update.  Done. And this was an especially fun project as the egg-shaped fuselage created fascinating challenges in perspective.  I'l...
20 June, 2020

Profile 144: Boeing B-29 Superfortress as crewed by F/O Seymour Landau, 40th BG, 44th BS

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Time has come today. It's a cool song, too.  Crank it up. Anyway, the above is my hurry-up-artwork of "Wempy's Blitz...
16 June, 2020

Profile 141 FINAL: Curtiss JN-4, Kelly Field, c. 1918

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Done. And DONE. Airplane finished, prints looked great, the United States Postal Service did their job and the patron family is ...
10 May, 2020

Profile 143: Hughes OH-6A Cayuse as flown by "Bruce" Huffman, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry

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It's helicopter day again. This one fulfills a commitment made six years ago.  Eventually, I 'get around to it,' but in t...
08 May, 2020

Profile 142: AH-1G Cobra as flown by Pat Owen, HML-367

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"Do you believe in luck?" That question can scare the hell out of you.  Based on my experience interviewing people who h...
26 April, 2020

PROFILE 142 (in progress): AH-1G "Cobra" as flown by Pat Owen, HML-367

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So. As a side-gig, I help produce the show, " Old Guys And Their Airplanes. "  In fact, it's kinda my 'elevator spee...
04 April, 2020

Profile 141 UPDATE: Curtiss JN-4, Kelly Field, c. 1918

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So. What does 3 hours look like? See if you can tell! The picture above is actually an animated file, showing THREE  hours of fu...
29 March, 2020

Profile 141: Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" c.1918, Kelly Field

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Ok, don't look.  Yet. Right now, I'm sitting on finished art of an SB2C-4, F6F-5 and a B-29. Two were reserved for an ...
23 February, 2020

UPDATE Profile 138: Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver as flown by Lt. Curtis Cameron, VB-87

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Well!  It's starting to actually look like something, eh? Before the philosophizing begins, there are some details to note. ...
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I've been drawing airplanes since I was 3 and haven't stopped. Along the way, I got to know the pilots and crew...and this blog is a result.
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