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A Visit to the Aviation Hall of Fame Museum in Teterboro, NJ

shark motif nose art on a World War II airplaneArtsology visited the Aviation Museum in Teterboro, and came away with this visual diary from our trip. While we do not have all of the background information on everything pictured here, we hope you'll enjoy the imagery.     

Pictured at right is a custom-painted shark face on a World War II airplane. Doing such a paint job on a military plane is referred to as “nose art.” Painting the plane’s “nose” was not officially approved by the military, although they didn’t enforce regulations about it either. It was a practice most widespread during World War II, although the roots of the practice originated earlier during World War I and the Spanish Civil War. The painting of these motifs was sometimes done by professional civilian artists and other times created by talented amateur servicemen. Click here for another look at this plane.


custom painted airplane wing at the Teterboro Aviation Museum
Custom painted airplane wing with flying demon motif
The German zeppelyn Hindenburg flying over NYC
The zeppelin Hindenburg floats past lower Manhattan on Aug. 8, 1936. The German airship was en route to Lakehurst, NJ, from Germany.


Red Cross logo on the side of a military jeepmilitary logoanchor logo
Red Cross logo, Army Air Corp logo, and unidentified naval logo
 
bronze portrait of Charles Lindbergh
Portrait of Charles Lindburgh		painting of airplane battle between USA and Japan, World War II
Painting of a USA plane going after a Japanese plane in WWII		ceramic pilot sculptureA little ceramic pilot sculpture

concept model spaceships for Air Force and NASA
Concept model spaceships with logos for the Air Force and NASA on the side
astronaut patches
Astronaut patches.


We enjoyed our visit to the Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro, NJ. If you would like to learn more about this institution, visit their website at www.njahof.org.






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