Our featured aviation tattoo on Tattoos In Flight today honors a revolutionary aircraft that never truly had the opportunity to take shape — the Avro CF-105 Arrow high-altitude jet interceptor aircraft designed for the Royal Canadian Air Force by Avro Aircraft Limited in Ontario, Canada in the late 1950′s.  This tattoo by Canadian tattoo artist Derek Dufresne of Fleshworks Tattoo Studio in Victoria, British Columbia pays tribute to the aircraft that many aviation historians felt could have been the pride of the Canadian aerospace industry.

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The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is one of our most featured aircraft on Tattoos In Flight and it’s no mystery why aviation enthusiasts choose the P-40 as the subject of their tattoo. Because of this popularity, it takes a really outstanding tattooed version of the P-40 to catch our attention… and this upper back tattoo is indeed one of the most outstanding examples we have seen!  Created by tattoo artist Phil Garcia at Ink Philler Studios in Port Hueneme, CA, just North of Los Angeles in Ventura County, this P-40 Warhawk tattoo is a clear example of how far tattooing as an artform has come in modern days.  The vibrancy of the piece, the level of detail, and the amazing use of layered and blended colors and negative space to define the tattoo makes this piece stand out for sure.

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