| Paint Locker Magic Contributor(s): Meehan, Jim (Author), Tate, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625450419 ISBN-13: 9781625450418 Publisher: Fonthill Media OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Crafts & Hobbies | Models |
| Dewey: 358.418 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7" W x 9.8" (1.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Naval aviation special markings and nose art is a field that has been largely ignored, primarily due to the lack of coverage in mainstream aviation history publications. Research into archives, feedback from veterans, and personal photographs by the authors, Jim Meehan and William Tate, have documented thousands of previously unknown individual aircraft with these markings. Paint Locker Magic: A History of Naval Aviation Special Markings and Artwork covers markings on US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft over the 100 year history of US naval aviation. This fascinating and visually resplendent book includes illustrations of special markings and nose art on early canvas-covered airplanes through the World War 2 era when nose art flourished and on into the jet age, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and up to the present war on terror with aircraft marked to commemorate the 9-11 terrorist attacks. This coverage includes fighters and attack aircraft of the carrier navy and the patrol aircraft, transports blimps, research and test aircraft and helicopters. Markings include personal nose art and pinups, shark mouth and similar markings, cartoons depicting special missions, Christmas and similar markings and tributes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tate, William: - William Albert Tate served in Bomber Command from 1938 to 1946. He passed away in 2007, at the age of eighty-five. This is the first time that his memoirs have been published. |