Visit @vintagewingsinc tomorrow to see Beach City Baby outside before they clean the hangar to paint the new horizontal stabilizer. Besides designing and painting the nose art, I designed this information sign to help tell the story of the life of this special aircraft.
Author: chad
Classic Racing Spirit Spitfire and Hurricane
These are the Spitfire and Hurricane Mini Gin bottles that I designed for Classic Racing Spirit and the Imperial War Museum in the UK.
Rosie the Riveter Day
For Rosie the Riveter Day, here's my favorite Rosie, the nose art that I designed and painted for the @yankee_air_museum B-25. Do you know the name of the original "Rosie" that was my inspiration for this project? It's probably not who you think...
Vintage Aviation News Interview
Here is an interview that I did with Warbird Digest / Warbird News (at the time) upon the completion of painting the nose art on the Commemorative Air Force C-47 "That's All Brother" in 2018. Click here to read the interview... Here I am pretending to look as cool as Gary Velasco
Judy Bruner Family
I received this great photo of Judy Bruner's family wearing the new T-shirts at the airshow this past weekend with a memorial service to honor Judy. Very cool!
Airventure Cup Logo
With the news of the final Reno Air Races for 2023, it seems like a good time to share my new logo for the Airventure Cup @avcrace that harkens back to the classic days of air racing and cross country challenges of the days before and just after WWII.
Judy Bruner Part 2
For International Women's Day, here is T-shirt that I created for the family of Judy Bruner. After my Super Bowl Sunday post, they found my post and contacted me to help with shirts for the family for a memorial service for Judy planned for an airshow this coming weekend in California. It was a super … Continue reading Judy Bruner Part 2
1934 Chrysler Coupe Hot Rod
Nice to see Mike Wakeham's '34 Chrysler finished at the Chicago World of Wheels this weekend and it looks great! I did this rendering of this extremely rare car back in 2014.
VMF-312 Insignia
Finishing up recreating this VMF-312 insignia from 1943 artwork for the Commemorative Air Force
Beach City Baby
2023 is looking to be pretty busy as far as nose art projects go, and I'm really excited for each of the aircraft and owners involved! Here I am with friend for life, Jason of Vintage Wings upon completing Beach City Baby in 2021. Seems like yesterday!