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Chico, California based Aero Union was the largest air tanker operation in the United States. Over the years, Aero Union has operated a variety of types including the B-17, DC-4 and the P-3 Orion. Aero Union operated a fleet of eight P-3s under contract to the US Forest Service until shutting down in 2012. Our Next Generation DIGITAL Silk decal features double-struck white ink in order for this decal to remain opaque over the high visibility red markings. -
For just over a year in 1970-1971, Braniff DC-8-62 N1803 was leased by Pan Am to be used on the Pan Am / Braniff South American interchange route. The aircraft wore full Pan Am colors and was named "Jet Clipper Golden Light." -
In the late 1970s, there was an interesting mix of aircraft operating for Airborne Express. The fleet included the German Hansa jet, the French Corvette, and American Learjets and even a Cessna Citation I. This decal provides the markings for the Citation, use the 1:48 version on the venerable Minicraft - Revell Citation kit. -
In 1991, the Dutch government sold the Rijksluchtvaartschool (RLS) to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Eventually, KLM's Luchtvaartschool (Flight Academy) painted the newly-acquired former RLS Cessna Citations in the airline's new color scheme. This decal provides the markings for these aircraft used for flight instruction. -
Set depicts the restored Alaska Airline DC-3 NC91008 as depicted by the one on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
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.