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Veteran’s Mural at Lancaster Complete!

Jerri — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:28:10 +0000

Whew! We’ve finished the Lancaster High School mural, and just in time too! We’re quickly moving into the 3-digit-temperature summer months and Ive already earned more than a few more freckles standing in front of this wall…. The ‘Keep On Keepin On’ mural honors WWII veterans from the Lancaster area, including Ty Hughes Killan, WWII …

NO Victory Girl Booth at Chino Airshow!!

Jerri — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:56:51 +0000

With The Doolittle Reunion trip, two large scale murals to complete, as well as other customer commitments, we will NOT have our booth at the Chino Airport, going on this weekend 5, 6th, in Chino California. Im very sorry if we missed you. I will be at the airshow on SUNDAY from about 1-6pm. If you want …

B25s lining up!

Jerri — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:23:58 +0000

Grimes Field-Doolittle Reunion Begins

Jerri — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:36:58 +0000

Only a few B25s were able to beat the weather into Grimes field. We watched radar for severe storm cells on Friday and Saturday, while die-hard B25 fans braved the rain. Large crowds have come out Sunday to watch the B25s with high clouds and a brisk 20 knot breeze.

Touch ups on “Princess”

Jerri — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:20:48 +0000

We’ve added a few mission dates to the b25 “Princess” nose, after reaching Grimes field in Urbana, Ohio. Of course I want a “do over”- and crew chief Larry Scarpa has to scrub my wobbly text off three times!

70th Doolittle Raiders Trip Underway

Jerri — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:21:19 +0000

We’re off to Urbana, Ohio, near Dayton, and the 70th reunion of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, on April 18, 1942. I’ll be helping out the crew of “Pacific Princess”, one of the 30 B25 Mitchell’s scheduled to be there to commemorate the event. This weekend we’ll spend at Grimes field, and Wednesday will be …

Lancaster High mural progress

Jerri — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:19:41 +0000

The mural is moving along! We’ve had to slow down or stop due to weather several times: I hadn’t realized how hard it is to paint in a stiff breeze! We’ve even done some painting at night, to avoid disturbing the students during the day. We’ll shoot to have this done by the end of …

Winging it aviation store in Lancaster

Jerri — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:09:58 +0000

Evan and Jacinta Valeri have opened a great little aviation store at the Antelope Valley Mall, in Lancaster, Ca -”Winging It”. They have cool aviation Hawaiian shirts, clocks, accessories, toys, hats and yes, hand painted jackets ! Stop in and browse, and talk aviation with some great folks!

Mural work begins at Lancaster High

Jerri — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:49:13 +0000

We’ve gotten several days work into the mural, even painting into the evening, racing to wrap up before a coming rainstorm. The 20 mph winds in the afternoons blow paint in unexpected directions. Hold on to your paint can! After months of design discussions, composition updates, fundraisers and talks with veterans, we’ve begun putting paint …

Supersize It!

Jerri — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:38:48 +0000

We had the opportunity to create artwork on the largest A-2 jacket we have EVER seen – a 5X! Evan Valeri, owner of a great aviation store in Palmdale (Winging It, at the Antelope Valley Mall), had this jacket custom made as a donation to a local charity. We created ‘Lil Texan’ artwork on it as part of …