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	Military Aircraft Nose Art
		Because of the photographs nose art generated--pictures taken of the crew in front of their planes--the art indirectly personalizes the military war effort, allowing civilians and servicemen alike to identify with the people engaged in it.
		Nose art is often all that remains as a reminder of the past because the paintings are sometimes preserved when the rest of the plane is scrapped.
		Nose art is also regarded as a form of folk art because it was an individual icon that was nonofficial and sometimes nonapproved--sponsored and undertaken by the combat crews.
	parentseyes.arizona.edu /militarynoseart/overview3.htm (1803 words)

	Nose art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nose art is a painting or design done on the fuselage near the nose of a warplane, usually for decorative purposes.
		Nose art is a form of aircraft graffiti.
		Nose art is largely a military tradition, but airliners operated by the airlines of Virgin Group feature "Virgin Girls" on the nose as part of their livery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nose_art (672 words)

	What Is Nose Art?
		Nose Art is the genre of art used to decorate combat aircraft.
		The reasons for decorating the airplane with this form of art, during the Twentieth Century were also numerous and include: sexual deprivation, a battle cry, teasing the enemy, for good luck, etc. Nose art made the aircraft easier to identify other than just simply using the serial number.
		Nose art took on many forms such as: cartoon characters, graffiti, animals and of course the female pin-up.
	www.bombergirl.com /flightline/nosearticles/whatisnose.htm (512 words)

	Military Aircraft Nose Art
		Not to be confused with official markings or insignia, nose art personalizes a plane for its crew, because it is the crew members who name the plane and create the art, imbuing the plane with an identity of its own.
		Nose art is important as an historical and societal indicator over time, an example of folk art or popular expression, and a record of the past.
		Griffith photographed the nose art when he learned that aircraft recently flown into the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base were scheduled to be destroyed, in compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
	parentseyes.arizona.edu /militarynoseart (383 words)

	Military Aircraft Nose Art
		Nose art thrived in its infancy largely because servicemen had more freedom to alter their aircraft.
		The art reflects the attitude of the people involved in the war--both at home and on the front, and, in the case of World War II, the attitude was positive (Davis v.
		Nose art's portrayal of women in the World War II era can be characterized as free-spirited and daring.
	parentseyes.arizona.edu /militarynoseart/ww2-3.htm (1098 words)

	WAPA - Nose Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nose art is the vernacular term for original works of art painted on the fuselages of aircraft for the purpose of individualizing the aircraft.
		Yet it was not just pin-up art that made its way onto the noses of bombers and fighters in the different theaters of war; nose art featured American popular culture in many forms.
		Primarily a morale booster, nose art was also a way for the men to identify and separate themselves from other crews or planes within their unit.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/PacTheatTopics/noseart.htm (1858 words)

	176th Assault Helicopter Company - Nose Art
		The famous nose art of UH-1M 66-00618 with the skull and cross bones over 1%.
		Blacksmith - Nice nose art, but sadly this aircraft crashed after a tail rotor failure which ocurred while flying down the beach.
		The nose art on this ship was changed later to look like this picture.
	hometown.aol.com /mm27176th/176noseart.html (811 words)

	Girls at War > Nose Art
		Nose art is the practice in which pilots have images of female or other icons painted onto the noses of their planes.
		Nose art was also not restricted to pin-up girls.
		An art form that might typically be ridiculed or disdained if seen on the street became a symbol of American fighters.
	www.tufts.edu /programs/mma/fah189/2005/picache/noseart.html (189 words)

	Sensuality in World War II Bomber Girl Nose Art - Northstar Gallery
		Nose art, perhaps modeled on the "Flying Ladies" served as the aviator's unique calling card and as personal escorts during missions of great danger and uncertainty.
		Nose art emerged as a defining element of the era, gracing everything from war airplanes, to leather flight jackets, to the walls of barracks, huts and Officer and NCO Clubs across Europe and the Pacific.
		In some ways, "nose art" was indeed memorial art, for over half of the young men serving in bomber crews would be killed or captured during their 20 mission tours.
	northstargallery.com /Aircraft/sensualilty.htm (5428 words)

	Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter Nose Art.
		The nose art of 89-00138, circa July 2002.
		Click-N-Go Here to view Nose Art from F Company, 159th Aviation Regiment - "Big Windy" during their involvement in the War on Terrorism.
		It doesn't have to be from the nose either, a cabin window, aft pylon shot, anything is most certainly welcome and very much appreciated.
	www.chinook-helicopter.com /nose_art/nose_art.html (409 words)

	Nose Cone Art - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		Much of today's nose art is based not on pin-ups but on science fiction and fantasy art.
		In the end, it emerged as a defining element of the era, gracing everything from the noses of airplanes, to leather jackets, to the walls of barracks huts and O-Clubs across Europe and the Pacific.
		Considered by many to be the finest technical example of nose art from the Gulf War, this beautifully rendered pig carries the motto, "Ol Lightnen" and the plane's tail number 0005.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?t=19004 (828 words)

	Nose Art, Insignia, Patches, Pin art, For Authentic Flight Leather Jacket, WWII Art.
		There is thousands of nose art related to WWII, and we will be happy to make any painting limited by your imagination only.
		The difference was the nose artwork painted on the cockpit which expressed the personalities and imagination of the fighters.
		The ideas for nose art came from girlfriends, wives, posters, calendars, the comics and some event related to the history of the aircraft.
	www.flightjacket.com /noseart.asp (965 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Gogol's nose goes
		A statue of a giant nose in St Petersburg, inspired by Gogol's story of a man's pursuit of his escaped nose, has also vanished.
		In it a civil servant's nose detaches itself and he has to pursue it all over the city as it conducts a bizarre walkabout.
		Russia is a hotspot for organised art theft, with St Petersburg a particular focus for gangs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2291483.stm (309 words)

	WWII Plane Nose Art - Aircraft Nose Art
		One of the greatest 'non-military' fixtures of WWII was the creation of nose art on airplanes.
		Nose art was the exception on the Navy and Marine aircraft because of the directives prohibiting it.
		Nonetheless, WWII is often considered the heyday of airplane nose art.
	www.armyaircorps.us /Nose_Art.cfm (114 words)

	rhinoplasty articles
		In addition, the Rhinoplasty procedure should be performed with minimal surgical trauma to the nose, no external incisions, match and blend all facial features, look very natural and unoperated, cause minimal pain and discomfort to the patient, and be performed under the highest standards of safety.
		Clavin does not send patients home with packing of the nose, even when septal work is being done, however their are physicians that do use packing and that is their own personal choice.
		The "new" approach to cosmetic nose surgery, that being an "open rhinoplasty" should only be reserved for very special cases of revision rhinoplasty, since it can cause extensive swelling and trauma to the nose.
	www.cosmetic-nose-surgery.com /rhinoplasty/rhinoplasty_article.html (292 words)

	The Fine Art of Nosepicking, Volume 3, Enhanced
		From all accounts, it was not considered uncouth to pick one's nose at table; and we find even the poorest baron could count among his possessions a gilded nose-picking spoon.
		While many other arts and sciences found their fulfillment in the greatest of their proponents--da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Shakespeare, Cervantes, and so on--nose-picking fell to men of much shorter stature for its advancement and nurture.
		In addition, several powerful world leaders were photographed shamelessly digging deep into their nostrils during public ceremonies; these photos, though well-publicized, were not received with the acrimony the publishers had expected, and in fact most of those leaders are still alive today.
	jubal.westnet.com /hyperdiscordia/nosepicking.html (1407 words)

	WAPA - Hal Olsen: Famed Nose Art Artist
		Some of Olsen’s nose art paintings were modified, not by enemy bullets, but by the commanding officers of the unit.
		Nose art also drew on some very old traditions.
		Of the 100 pieces of nose art that Hal Olsen painted on bombers both big and small, only one remains today.
	www.nps.gov /archive/wapa/indepth/PacTheatTopics/HalOlsen.htm (958 words)

	Origins of Nose Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Like the ancient charioteers, air and ground crews set to work to create an identity for their craft and perfected what has become known as "Nose Art" because it was generally found on or about the nose of an aircraft.
		While Nose Art took many forms, it was largely inspired by many of the Disney characters, popular comic strips and pinup calendars.
		Just as the Nose Art came in all sizes, the quality of the art work varied from truly professional work to simple but no less powerful images.
	www.arts-letters.com /warbirds/Nose_art_text.html (390 words)

	Aircraft Nose Art
		Aircraft 'Nose Art' played a vital role in military aviation history — inspired by the brave pilots who flew them.
		Aircraft Nose Art are unique designs inspired in spirit by some of America's toughest air combat teams of the twentieth century.
		Although some of the designs push conventional boundaries, the ideas for nose art came from many sources and still live, albeit more conservatively, on the aircraft nose sections of the most powerful war machines on the planet.
	www.tabloidcolumn.com /nose-art.html (235 words)

	welcome to cosmetic surgery, rhinoplasty (nose surgery)
		In addition, the nasal cosmetic procedure should be performed with minimal surgical trauma to the nose, no external incisions, match and blend all facial features, look very natural and unoperated, cause minimal pain and discomfort to the patient, and be performed under the highest standards of safety.
		He creates this nose by recontouring the nasal profile, reshaping the nasal tip, and changing the angle between the nose and the upper lip.
		Clavin is able to reshape your nose through small incisions made inside of your nose so that they will not be visible.
	www.cosmetic-nose-surgery.com /rhinoplasty/nose-surgery.htm (279 words)

	USAAF Nose Art Research Project
		The first, Plane Names & Fancy Noses - 91BG, is a detailed study of 300+ named B17 Flying Fortresses which served with 91st Bomb Group (Heavy) flying from Bassingbourn in England.
		The second, Tales to Noses over Berlin, is devoted of the twenty daylight raids made by the 8th Air Force on Berlin during 1944 and 1945, supplementing official US and German archives records with the stories of some of the named planes associated which flew to or were lost over that target.
		Information on the origin of specific nose arts or themes is also being gathered.
	www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk /contents2.htm (376 words)

	WAPA - Hal Olsen: Famed Nose Art Artist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shortly after Olsen landed on Tinian, a Japanese bomb attack destroyed the paint shed on the island and with it the paints used by the resident nose artist.
		“Nose art for the crew was a personalized reference to a piece of military hardware.
		The painting is now on display at the American Airpower Heritage Museum’s Aviation Nose Art Gallery in Midland; a fitting tribute to Hal Olsen, other Nose artists, and the sacrifices of all the young men and women of the “greatest generation.”
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/PacTheatTopics/HalOlsen.htm (958 words)

	381st.org: Nose Art
		Most of these photos are from the wonderful collections of David Osborne and George W. Porter, and others have been sent in by individual contributors.
		In most cases, nose art is simply the nickname of the aircraft painted on the aircraft's nose.
		Pin-up or "Vargas" style art work was popular but took talent and time to apply.
	www.381st.org /noseart.html (184 words)

	Testemonial and discussion WWII Nose Art, patches.
		It is an A-2 signed by Col. Robert Morgan with the Memphis Belle nose art, bomb group and squadron patches.
		You people have made a loyal customer of me. It's nice knowing that my next purchase of this type of product will not have to involve the extensive research and agonizing worry and disappointment which almost always follows, but will be quick and made with confidence.
		The custom art work for the Flying Tigers jacket I had done as well as the Memphis Belle jackets came out beyond my expectations they are simply perfect.
	www.flightjacket.com /peopletalkingNoseArt.htm (2919 words)

	Vintage Aircraft Nose Art - Wal-Mart
		Here is an unprecendented collection of the unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War.
		Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas and Brinkman, the art typically featured alluring women whose charms belied the deadly cargo the crew hoped to deliver to its targets.
		Hundreds of examples are shown in a combination of archival photos from the wars and current photos of artwork in museum collections.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1570092 (529 words)

	ArtWanted.com \| Carla Klosowski \| Nose Art
		I painted my version of WWII "Nose Art" that was popular on the aircraft of the time...I created this image on a jacket for the client...SOLD
		Airbrush art on leather is a lot of work before you start to actually paint.
		i would love to see all of the nose art that was made, you have shown the veteran's real respect by doing this for them.
	www.artwanted.com /imageview.cfm?ID=324377 (115 words)

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		Okay, we know what some of you are saying: There will be no “next time” you’re in an art museum.
		That’s right, our friend, art imitates life, and life is all about perspective.
		Right now your nose might be pressed up against an ugly mishmash of colors and textures that make no sense—and are frightening, to boot.
	www.cbn.com /family/youth/devo_pizzaNoseArt.aspx (865 words)

	Nose Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Rarey's nose art appeared on all the aircraft of the 379th FS, as well as on many of the planes in the 377th and 378th.
		The nose art and portraits below have been scanned from the originals.
		His aircraft bore the only example of "cheesecake" nose art that Rarey did.
	www.rareybird.com /cowling.html (922 words)

	Roland Scheck's Nose Art Collection
		I believe the patch on the nose of #18 is from the 11th ACR.
		Also, note that there is a hat next to first graphic of horse insignia thats says "Blackhorse" with amini version of this inisignia.
		#18b- I'm right in regards to the nose art that is numbered as #18.
	hometown.aol.com /minutman27/rscheck_noseart.htm (399 words)

	Nose Art
		Aircrews in World War II decorated their planes with pictures of pinups and pretty girls, typically modelled after the "cheesecake" art of Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargo, and George Petty.
		Army Air Force airplanes were assigned to individual pilots (or in the case of bombers, to particular air crews).
		Thus, some of the most lavish and imaginative nose art adorned USAAF planes.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/nose_art.html (394 words)

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