It’s no secret that the North American P-51 Mustang is one of the most popular aircraft found in aviation-related tattoos today.  We have featured more than a fair share of the famous fighter here at Tattoos In Flight and have actually created a sub-category just for the P-51 Mustang.  Despite the fact that P-51 tattoos seem to be as “common as chips”, we are still proud to feature spectacular tattoos that take the P-51 “above and beyond” the norm.  Such is the case of our feature today: a fantastic montage of P-51 Mustangs in a colorful leg sleeve (or sock?) created by British tattoo artist Oliver Jerrold of Hope and Glory Tattoo.

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Tattoos In Flight features a unique black and grey rib tattoo of the well-known Boeing 757 airliner with contrails artistically transforming into feathers.  It is a tribute to the freedom afforded by modern commercial aviation, allowing humankind to fly upon feathered wings of our own design.

Looking back to only a century ago, those who had the need and ability to travel long distances over oceans or vast expanses of land knew that their journeys could take weeks, if not months, to complete.  Though powered flight had advanced greatly in the eight years since Orville & Wilbur Wright first flew in 1903, the concept of reliable and safe passenger travel by air was still a dream and aspiration that would take several more decades to realize in the form we are familiar with today.  It wasn’t until the birth of the jet age in the late 1950′s that fast, reliable, safe and affordable airline travel became possible — thus making destinations on the other side of the world accessible within the span of a day.

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