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Hewa Bora Airways was the national airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hewa Bora was shut down in 2011 after a fatal crash of a 727-100. This decal depicts the 727-200s operated by Hewa Bora prior to their demise. -
On July 10, 1938 Howard Hughes with a crew of four departed from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. They landed four days later flying approximately 14,8000 miles, making six stops before landing on July 14th back in Brooklyn. The aircraft used was a highly modified Lockheed Super Electra Model 14-N2 that Lockheed donated and our decal depicts. -
Beginning in 1976, Hughes Airwest added 727-200 aircraft to its fleet of DC-9s and Fokker F-27s. The fleet would reach 11 frames, before the merger with Republic. Two additional frames from the Hughes order were delivered to Republic. This decal provides the markings for the Hughes 727-200 fleet, including transition Republic markings during the merger period. -
Prior to its merger with Republic Airlines, Hughes Airwest operated a fleet of 16 "Baby-9s" - Douglas DC-9-14s and -15s. Ten of these aircraft were DC-9-15RCs with cargo doors and a second overwing exit on each side of the fuselage. This set allows you to model either variant of the Baby Banana. -
Prior to its merger with Republic Airlines, Hughes Airwest operated a fleet of 32 Douglas DC-9-30 Series aircraft. This decal provides the markings for these airframes, including the transition markings worn during the merger period. -
In June 2021, Nigerian carrier Ibom Air placed a pair of wet-leased Airbus A220-300s into service. The two A220s are operated by Egypt Air for Ibom Air prior to the expected delivery of Ibom Air’s own A220s in the second half of 2022. -
After wet-leasing a pair of A220-300s from Egypt Air, Nigerian carrier Ibom Air received their own A220-300s in 2024 in an updated and more colorful scheme which our decal depicts.
About Draw Decal
Offering High Quality and Unique Aircraft Decals Since 1999!
How did we get our Name?
My father is a US Army-trained draftsman, and he always signed his drawings with the initials “DRAW.” Since we have to DRAW our decals, and DRAW is also the first four letters of my last name, it seemed to be a natural name for our company.
What is the idea behind DRAW Decal?
I produce airline decals that normally would not be popular enough to justify mass producing. Each decal is printed as demand warrants, one page at a time by a professional print house. This makes for slow production, but it allows us to individually inspect each decal and to also update the decal sets as the need arises. While these production sets are all currently available, they are only produced (i.e. printed) as they are ordered. I have no large pile of unsold, unpopular decals to contend with this way. Our decals are as close to custom-made as possible.
Who creates your art?
The art work for our decals is created by a group of artists, with each one contributing sets of their own unique design and preference. Currently, DRAW Decal offers decals designed by: Tim Bradley, Mike Egan, Norm Filer, Mike Jernfors, Jeff Thomsen and yours truly, Greg Drawbaugh. Each set is identified by whom designed it unless I was the one who designed it.
How do I do that?
Our decals are printed in our exclusive Next Generation DIGITAL Silk process using a large format digital printer that prints white ink. We do NOT sell ANY laser-printed decals. Laser printers are for printing instruction sheets, not printing decals.
We are made the switch to our latest Next Generation DIGITAL Silk process to provide what we believe to be among the highest quality decals in the industry. We also want to be able to provide subjects that just would not print well using any other process. Quality and value have always been our driving force, and we continue to push the limits of what our printer and artwork is capable of producing. We operate under a continual improvement process for all of our decals.
Do you run out of stock?
No, as I print decals only as they are ordered. This ensures that the decals are fresh and never out of stock. This also allows me to make corrections and additions to each set as they occur.
Once applied, these decals will look just like they were painted on, rather than just “stickers” applied over a paint job. Remember, the art of decaling is making it look like you did not use any decals!
Thanks for stopping by, and come back often to see what we have added.