Before Robert Aikins puts brush to canvas, the Farmington Hills artist opens his history books. “It’s research. I’m sitting in my studio and looking at books, a couple of hundred aviation books,” said ...

When it comes to home-grown decoration of military aircraft, Matthew Burchette knows it all — from topless cherry-picking pin-ups of the ’40s to the consumer-culture imagery of the present. And the ...

__One of the nicest examples of a custom restored Stinson you’ll find anywhere occupies a row hangar at Sussex Airport (KFWN) in northern New Jersey. Here, a 1947 Model 108-3 “Flying Station Wagon” ...

The Vietnam War-era Zippo lighter—part pop art and part military artifact, according to author Sherry Buchanan—was sold in PX stores in-country, and engraved with personalized messages and drawings at ...

“The Museum of Flight's B-17 used to be in storage but would be brought to the lawn in front of the Museum each summer for tours. That is where these were done. It's such an historic aircraft. And I ...

Combat is chaotic. Identifying friend from foe was critical in historical hand-to-hand fighting and continues to be so in the modern age. From the earliest standing militaries in the Middle East's ...

Air Force fighters and bombers are soaring into the wild blue yonder with new paint jobs, quietly reviving an old tradition. The decorative painting and designs on the noses and wings of Air Force ...

Courtesy of Virginia Department of Aviation. Countless numbers of aviation enthusiasts have gotten in trouble for drawing airplanes in school, but, nine students from across the Commonwealth were ...

Courtesy of Virginia Department of Aviation. The Commonwealth’s art students are some of the finest in the world and that’s not just the opinion of the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV). Judges ...

Two art students from Vienna are among the finest young artists in the world, according to judges in the International Aviation Art Contest, sponsored by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, ...

From vintage propellers to fighter jet drop tanks, this av-geek transforms retired aircraft into rare, functional pieces of art for collectors and enthusiasts We first met Akshay Sharma five years ago ...