1964 ... 'Habu'


... long - live the legendary SR-71 'Blackbird'. Also known as 'Habu'; a nasty venomous snake. Illustration by Adam Tooby.

... next year I plan on doing some of my own illustrations of the similar F-12C; because who wouldn't want a Blackbird that was built to shoot things down?!

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... forecasts of ASW* to come!


... artist: Frank Tinsley

* Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW)

 


...GI's in a box!


... from 'Popular Mechanics'. The writing and illustration work of Frank Tinsley.
Old Frank never had any shortage of imagination; and doing both art and text gave him enough rope to go right over the edge!

... here's a Link to an album of his work
at one of my other blogs 'X-Ray Delta One'

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(1964) ... TSR-2 headed for home!


... illustration by Ronnie Olsthdoprn   LINK for TSR-2


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1960 ... dogs of confusion!




1960 ... oily submarines!



... still amazes me how 'artistic' advertising was in the 1950's and early 60's.