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an old airplane flying in the sky above land and water, with text reading ordinance survey aviation map scale four miles to one inch from the border

In the 1920s the Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency, realised that in the face of commercial competition they needed to up their game and better market existing and new products. One of the rarer and more specialist sheets were the overprinted quarter inch map issued as Civil Aviation maps for pilots and using this superb Ellis Martin cover - Martin was, effectively, the OS's 'official artist' who designed many covers and publication covers. Martin did both illustration and…

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a small airplane flying over a lush green hillside

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two airplanes flying side by side in the sky

They're environmentally damaging, and can be frighteningly lethal – by accident, or by design. But they are also things of beauty. Here are 10 of the best examples of aeronautical artistry in history.

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an airplane flying over the ocean with clouds and planes in the sky behind it that says hellship

Muralt’s penchant for history and caricature is perhaps most evidenced in his long-term comic book project, Hellship. Detailing scenes from WWII, the comic tells a historical and action-packed account of battle, military life and the perils of war. Booken...

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