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After his narrow defeat in the 1947 Bendix at the hands of Paul Mantz in a P-51C Joe DeBona knew that he would have to acquire a similar Mustang if he was to beat the veteran Hollywood stunt pilot and Bendix Trophy competitor. For the 1948 Bendix DeBona was able to acquire such an aircraft. DeBona ran out of fuel in the 1948 race, but his fortunes turned and won the 1949 Bendix race. -
In the late 1970s and early 80s ex-RCAF Canadair F-86 MK.5 Sabre was owned by TWA Senior Vice President of Flight Operations Captain Ron Reynolds and painted in a scheme similar to the TWA scheme of the day. In 1982 the Sabre was acquired by Flight Systems, Inc and re-registered as N91FS. -
Wiley Post began flying as a barnstormer in mid 1920s. By the 1930s he had set several records in the “Winnie Mae”. Most notable he flew around the world twice in her. The first time in 1931 with a navigator, Harold Gatty, in 8 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes. Please note this decal was previously issued by Red Pegasus Decals. We have updated the printing and re-issued the decal exactly in the form you see in the images. There are NO profile drawings included. -
"Witchcraft" is operated by the Collings Foundation and represents the aircraft which flew the most missions of any 8th Air Force bomber. The restored aircraft is characterised by a large number of sponsor names on the right side. The sponsor markings have varied over the years. These markings depict the aircraft as it appeared in 2017. N224J was recovered from India and, after restoration, has operated as "All American" and "Dragon And His Tail". -
B-24 ‘Witchcraft’ joined the 467th Bomb Group in 1944. She flew the first mission of the 467th. Over the the next year, with various different crews, Witchcraft completed 130 combat missions. Over these missions, she never once turned back, and no crewman was injured or killed. She flew her last combat mission on April 25 1945, which was none other than the last mission flown by the 467th. Our decal depicts the restored aircraft markings on the Collings Foundation N224J which may vary from the original markings.
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.