Sunday, February 3, 2008

The Greatest Aircraft Depicted in Postage Stamps

In August 12, 2004, 50 postage stamps from the Marshall Islands were featured as the World’s Greatest Aircraft. The postage stamps were illustrated by renowned aviation artists Jack Fellows and Steve Ferguson. It depicted 50 aircraft that have been pivotal in the history of powered flight. The subject of the stamps was selected by the History of Powered Flight Advisory Board chaired by Colonel Walter J. Boyne (USAF, Ret.), former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Click here to read more http://www.warplanes.com or visit http://community.warplanes.com for more airplane flight news and aviation related articles.

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