Nose Art Question.

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DMoon · Nov 04, 2004 09:47 PM

A couple of years ago there was a music video out by a guy named Moby. The song is "Bird of Prey" The video has a crazy guy in it who thinks he is flying in a Hawker jet. There is a nose art on it that says "Bird of Prey" and it is a red badge with an eagle holding a bomb. It is so cool! Do any of you nose art guys know of this? I have been keeping my eye out for it but I have never seen it.

Thanks

Doug Moon

aaronl · Nov 04, 2004 10:27 PM

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LAST EDITED ON Nov-04-04 AT 10:29 PM (CDT)

All this talk about nose art...
here is a few links i found

http://www.zap16.com/aviation%20art.htm

http://decals.kitreview.com/decals/esp48148reviewjk_1.htm

http://www.library.arizona.edu/noseart/photo.htm

http://www.nose-art.net/

http://www.bombergirl.com/links/links.htm

http://www.historicwings.com/features98/noseart/

etc...

Steve Helmick · Nov 04, 2004 10:31 PM

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You tried Googling for Moby, right? http://www.moby.org should be a way to find what you need. I didn't see "Bird of Prey", but there is a forum, so you might find what you need, same as here.

Steve

http://www.nwskyraiders.com/index.html

Gary Weaver · Nov 06, 2004 11:18 AM

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godzilla · Nov 05, 2004 06:43 AM

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The City Smasher

wcrane · Nov 08, 2004 10:46 AM

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Fill me up BABY!!!!

From somewhere near Parkville, Mo.
William Crane
AMA 6733

Stooge · Nov 05, 2004 12:31 PM

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The song is by Fatboy Slim.
Google "Fatboy Slim and Bird of Prey" You'll find the
video on a site called 'theonenetwork'.

Stooge

DMoon · Nov 08, 2004 01:06 AM

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LAST EDITED ON Nov-08-04 AT 01:08 AM (CDT)

Here is a pic of the Hawker in question. This was the day of filming. You can see the Badge on the side of the plane. I just need a good straight on shot and I can draw it from there.

This is the best I have found so far.

PS the guy in the pic dressed as a pilot is the camera man. He was filming the cockpit scenes. He was all smiles before getting in. But after 16 full tilt rolls he doesnt look so great.

Doug Moon

ama21835 · Nov 08, 2004 09:16 AM

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Here is a bit of actual nose art from the Selfridge (first to fly-first to die) airshow.

B-24 and A-26. Those WW2 artists sure beat the more modern stuff. Not much from VN except stenciled names and crude cartoons.