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Commemorative Tattoo for the 40th Anniversary of the Boeing 747 Airliner...
Easily the world’s most recognizable airliner – the Boeing 747 turned 40 years old on February 9th. On that day in 1969, test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle took the aircraft aloft from the new...
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Air Racing Art: Gee Bee R-2 Air Racer Tattoo
For many aviation enthusiasts, it’s one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. With its short wings, tiny cockpit at the tail, and massive engine compartment, the Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster...
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Crop Dusting in Ink: Ayres Thrush Ag Plane Tattoo
To feed the growing baby boom that followed World War II, farmers used new advances in pesticides and fertilizers to decrease crop failure from insects and increase yields. Along with new chemicals, a...
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Taildragger Tribute: Piper J-3 Cub Airplane Tattoo
It’s the end of the summer and for many pilots in the Midwest and Northeast, it’s also nearing the end of lazy-day summer fun flying as winter approaches. In tribute to fair weather flying fun, we...
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Aviatrix Tattoo Redux: Amelia Earhart Backpiece
I completely realize that we have featured this fantastic black and gray back tattoo honoring famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart before, but in honor of the opening weekend of the movie Amelia by Mira Nair...
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Bush Pilot Ink: Piper PA-18 Super Cub Tattoo
One of the best uses of aviation is the supply and support of camps and settlements where traditional “over-road” travel isn’t possible due to distance, terrain, or weather conditions. The hard...
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Airliner Lines: Boeing 757 Airline Aircraft Rib Tattoo
Tattoos In Flight features a unique black and grey rib tattoo of the well-known Boeing 757 airliner with contrails artistically transforming into feathers. It is a tribute to the freedom afforded by...
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Jumbo Journey: Boeing 747 / USAF E-4 Nightwatch Tattoo
Tattoos In Flight features this colorful tattoo of a Boeing 747 airliner & commercial aircraft, the airplane also known as a “Jumbo Jet”, with the lettering “Taught Me to Fly” in script around it....
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Amelia’s Mystery: Amelia Earhart & Lockheed 10E Electra Airplane Backpiece...
Seventy-five years ago world famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared without a trace somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on one of the last legs of their ambitious around...
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Skin Art Skyhawk: Cessna 172 Skyhawk Memorial Airplane Tattoo
One of the most iconic and most produced general aviation aircraft of all time is the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. A favorite of flying clubs, flight schools, and aircraft owners looking for an entry-level...
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Daddy’s Little Copilot: Cessna 182 Memorial Tattoo
As tattooing becomes more and more popular in today’s society, so too does the use of the artform to memorialize and honor loved ones who have passed on. Due to their permanance, tattoos become a...
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She Flies with Her Own Wings: Inspirational Cessna 152 Flight Training Tattoo
To many people, earning a pilots license is a major life goal. Considered by many to be a “bucket list” item, the pilots license is not only hard work, but also major obstacles must be overcome in the...
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The Editor Got New Ink: Icarus and Flying Backpiece Saga Continues
Well folks, we are celebrating our eighth anniversary here at Tattoos In Flight this week. Back in February of 2008, I started designing the concept that would become the first website devoted...
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A Tattooed Tribute to a Career as an Air Traffic Controller
This featured tattoo today on Tattoos In Flight is a first for us! We even had to create a new category for it, as it was so unique! This colorful half sleeve tattoo is a tribute to an important career...
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Triple-Seven Tattoo: Colorful Boeing 777 Airliner Forearm Tattoo
The Boeing 777 was the first of it’s kind, a large wide-body commercial aircraft designed entirely by computer, with each design drawing created on a three-dimensional CAD software system known as...
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