Mustang P-51C-10NT - Ina The Macon Belle

Lilypon, on November 20, 2007, said:

Spent some time here to see if you were in the relections on the plane....no luck. :( The fellow near the tail had me hopeful for 2 seconds. BTW what happened here I wonder....those planes usually featured a woman?

Panamon_Creel, on November 20, 2007, said:

Hahaha there actually is a Photo with me beside this Plane but You're not going to see it :) But the name of it is about a women.

Lilypon, on November 20, 2007, said:

:( :( :( Well at least I know where one is. :D

I knew Belle stands for a woman but......

"The sultry, wonderful world of warrant is as varied as the individuals who dressed up and decorated the aircraft and the feelings of the men who flew them into combat. Though this variety is staggering, common themes run through them all from World War II to the end of the Korean War when the genre all but left the scene.

Humor, pathos, slogans, girls, cartoons, nicknames, hometowns, girls, patriotism, dishing it to the enemy, warriors, girls, youthful bravado, girls...these transcended nationality as both Allies and Axis pilots went to war in their individually marked chariots. Men at war separated from home, family, loved ones and a familiar way of life sought ways to personalize and escape the very harsh business surrounding them. For the most part they thought about women, represented on the sides of aircraft in the most tender of ways to the most degrading. These men spent many hours longing for the tenderness a woman could bring to their lives...and for the sexual pleasure they could provide. Whether top level commanders ordered it off the aircraft or not, the men let their feelings flow onto their machines."

There isn't a Woman painted on that plane!

Lilypon, on November 20, 2007, said:

Well I searched the internet and discovered it's a fedora-wearing hipster on Ina the Macon Belle. I sure expected to see one of the ladies, that the pilot and/or crew normally painted on planes, over that fellow. ;)

Lilypon, on November 22, 2007, said:

BTW I discovered the pilot named her after his wife (which probably explains the lack of girlie pictures on her ;).

Panamon_Creel, on November 22, 2007, said:

Well you know who had the pants on in that family :)

Lilypon, on November 22, 2007, said:

Humph maybe he didn't do it because he respected her too much!!!! :)