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NOSE ART, from 18 painting following art school.
“I’ve been honored to have produced nearly 30 Edwards-related artworks since 1978. My favorites are the ‘Gold- en Age of Flight Test’ mural at the Air Force Flight Test Museum and the 50th Anniversary painting of the Bell X-1’s first supersonic flight.”
Machat’s most recent work is the 70th Anniversary commemorative painting for the U.S. Air Force Test Pi- lot School. He’s contributed dozens of paintings to the U.S. Air Force Docu- mentary Art Program and currently has eight paintings on display in the Penta-
gon. He’s also produced two paintings for NASA and has four paintings in the permanent collection of the Smithson- ian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
“While working as a staff artist for McDonnell Douglas, I designed nose art for the A-4M Skyhawk and KC-10 Extender. I’ve also been heavily in- volved in the Warbird community de- signing nose art and color schemes for the North American T-6 Texan, T-28 Trojan, and P-51 Mustang, Northrop’s T-38 Talon, the L-39 Albatross, and several Reno racers including a Hawk-
er Sea Fury,” said Machat.
Peralta said another project is in
the works to re-apply the “Tagboard Flyer” nose art to Edwards B-52 Stra- tofortress #0036, which was used for
Project Tagboard in the 1960s and is still in service to this day as one of the B-52 test beds here.
“I believe that most maintainers would agree that nose art and main-
tainer names on the planes enhance pride and ownership. It is a great way to honor Air Force history, and in these cases, Edwards history,” Per- alta said.
Mike Machat is a renowned aviation artist with dozens of paintings hanging on walls across Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and throughout the Air Force, or as nose art on aircraft.
Air Force photograph by Kenji Thuloweit
Air Force photograph by Kenji Thuloweit
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