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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Chairboy on August 24, 2002, 02:34:56 AM

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: Chairboy on August 24, 2002, 02:34:56 AM

http://sbl.salk.edu/~dkaiser/planes8.html (http://sbl.salk.edu/~dkaiser/planes8.html)

I can't quite imagine todays military allowing this....  how sad.

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: Leslie on August 24, 2002, 03:37:41 AM

Very good artwork on some of those Mitchells.  Kinda reminds me of the Vargas Girls.

You're right Chairboy, about the military not allowing the nudes...but it would be cool to have professional grade artists in the military paint nose art on all the different modern bombers.  This would be a great thing, and would boost morale for everyone.  I, for one, would like to see an Armed Forces recruitment ad on TV that showed a military artist at work on the nose art, etc... in addition to their regular duties.  Would be great PR for the military, as well.

Thanks for the link!!!

Les:)

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: GRUNHERZ on August 24, 2002, 03:46:14 AM

The USAF doesn't even allow pilots to paint their names on airplanes either anymore, bunch a tightwads....

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: whgates3 on August 24, 2002, 09:24:02 AM

my favorite WWII nose art is Kilroy - that dudes got a huge nose

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on August 24, 2002, 11:31:37 AM

These days everything is to official  to many papers and stuff.

No more low flying either, think enviroment.

The past does have a lot more charm..

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: Maverick on August 24, 2002, 02:09:58 PM

Good stuff there. Did you see how many mission markings Reddy Teddy had?!?!?!:eek:  :eek:

Pg 10 I think of that site.

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: goaly on August 24, 2002, 10:44:36 PM

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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322


No more low flying either, think enviroment.

Did'nt one of our Navy planes flying low and cutting the cable on an over head cable car have something to do with this?

I don't remember exactly where it happened, but I believe about thirty people were killed.

Title: Nice nose art from WWII
Post by: Cobra on August 24, 2002, 10:54:07 PM

Italy, and it was a Marine EA-6 or A-6, I believe.