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Paint Locker Magic: A History of Naval Aviation Special Markings and Artwork
Jim Meehan
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Description for Paint Locker Magic: A History of Naval Aviation Special Markings and Artwork
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 102 black and white illustrations, 278 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFT; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 256 x 22. Weight in Grams: 856.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
SC, United States
ISBN
9781625450418
SKU
V9781625450418
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Jim Meehan
Jim Meehan is a retired engineer employed by the Department of Defense in the repair, modification and maintenance of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. Meehan is a member of the American Aviation Historical Society, Tailhook Association, Marine Corps Aviation Association and various aviation museums and societies.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more