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To celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial in 2026, FedEx applied large America 250 titles to 767-300F N245FE “Emily.” This 767 also features FedEx’s “new” markings which delete the Express titles and engine logos. -
To celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial in 2026, American Airlines applied “250” titles to 737-800 N953NN. -
In 2025, the Qatari government gifted their 747-8i to the United States and President Donald Trump to be used as a “bridge” aircraft until the two “new” VC-25Bs are completed. The 747-8i was painted in the USAF’s new red, white and blue VIP scheme and unveiled in time for America’s 250th birthday celebration in 2026. -
Northwest Orient, later Northwest Airlines, was the launch customer for the Pratt & Whitney-powered version of the DC-10, the DC-10-20. Northwest wanted fleet commonality with it’s 747 fleet, so the longer-ranged DC-10 was developed with JT9D engines, and per Northwest’s request became the DC-10-40 so to not be considered inferior to the DC-10-30 which Douglas was also developing. The final irony to follow was Northwest obtaining second-hand DC-10-30s which were all operated past the DC-10-40s retirement. -
Launched in 2020, ZIPAIR Tokyo is the first Trans-Pacific low-cost, long-haul airline. A part of the Japan Airlines family, ZIPAIR utilizes 787-8s leased from JAL. Not wanted to be confused with the “Z” Russian forces are using in their invasion of Ukraine, ZIPAIR updated the tail livery of their scheme a second time in 2022 by replacing the “Z” with a vertical stripe pattern which our decal depicts. -
Based at Joint Base Andrews, the USAF’s 89th Air Wing’s mission is providing transportation services for the President and other high-level US Government officials. In 2026, the USAF updated the scheme for the VIP fleet from the prior Kennedy-era colors to a new red, white and blue scheme with a large US flag on the tail. This decal provides the markings for the four C-32A airframes delivered new from Boeing. There is a 1:72 scale kit of the C-32A available from Titan Models: https://www.titanmodelkits.com/store/p68/1%3A72_USAF_C-32A.html -
In August 1974, The Flying Tiger Line, better known simply as Flying Tigers, took delivery of its first Boeing 747. The aircraft was a former American Airlines frame. In honor of the airline's roots in the famed American Volunteer Group (AVG) in World War II China, the first aircraft, N800FT, was initially adorned with a shark's mouth on the nose like the world famous P-40s had worn. Three aircraft were delivered in these colors before a revised scheme was implemented.
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.