Paint Locker Magic

A History of Naval Aviation Special Markings and Artwork

Jim Meehan, William Tate

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English

Fonthill Media LLc
01 December 2015

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Decorative arts; History; Military aircraft; Bargains

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 have documented thousands of previously unknown individual aircraft with these markings.

The book covers markings on US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft over the 100 year history of US Naval Aviation.

The book includes illustrations of special markings and nose art on early canvas covered airplanes through the World War II era when nose art flourished and on into the jet age, the Korean and Viet Nam conflicts and up to the present war on terror with aircraft marked to commemorate the 9-11 attack.

This coverage includes the 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 pin-ups, shark mouth and similar markings, cartoons depicting special missions, Christmas and similar markings, and tributes.

By: Jim Meehan, William Tate
Imprint: Fonthill Media LLc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9781625450418
ISBN 10: 1625450419
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jim Meehan is a retired engineer employed by the Department of Defense in the repair, modification and maintenance of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. He has collected photographs and data about military aircraft since childhood and has published articles for aviation periodicals and journals. Jim is a longtime member of the American Aviation Historical Society, the Tailhook Association, the Marine Corps Aviation Association and various aviation museums and societies. His photographs have been published in US and foreign aviation periodicals.

Reviews for Paint Locker Magic: A History of Naval Aviation Special Markings and Artwork

"""Unless you are around military aircraft a lot you may have never noticed that naval aircraft seem to have fewer decorations than those of other services--and not just recently. Why? US naval aviation has been around for over 100 years so this can't be coincidence. Both authors have been around aircraft for a long time and apparently pondered this very question for a long time...There are lots of books about nose art--this one takes a completely unexpected tack.""-- ""SpeedReaders.info"""