Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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LotusOmega375D said:
What amazes me is that Disney didn't charge an extortionate copyright fee for allowing the images to be used, or even send the lawyers in to the airbase to paint over them!
The USA holds its armed forces in very high esteem and Disney is probably proud that its characters adorn military aircraft. And even in the dark Vietnam days Playboy supported the troops.
These days Disney are rather more circumspect about who uses their images. On the whole, they don't let ANYBODY use any of their IP without extracting large sums of money - and they often just don't give permission. The tale of the recently restored B-29 "Doc" is a case in point,.
In period (early 1950s) the aircraft carried the cartoon figure of "Doc" on the nose. When it was being restored, it was assumed it would be OK to retain the "Doc" image on the aircraft. Disney initially had other ideas and told the restorers that they would not be able to use the image. However, eventually they did relent and here is how it looks now -
One of the first Airfix kits I ever made was their Handley Page Hampden. It depicted an aircraft of RAF 49 Squadron aircraft and featured a well known cartoon character on the nose -
In the 1970s, the US Navy operated two Lockheed P-3 Orions on Antarctic duty - one had teh Road Runner on its nose and the other El Coyote -
In period (early 1950s) the aircraft carried the cartoon figure of "Doc" on the nose. When it was being restored, it was assumed it would be OK to retain the "Doc" image on the aircraft. Disney initially had other ideas and told the restorers that they would not be able to use the image. However, eventually they did relent and here is how it looks now -
One of the first Airfix kits I ever made was their Handley Page Hampden. It depicted an aircraft of RAF 49 Squadron aircraft and featured a well known cartoon character on the nose -
In the 1970s, the US Navy operated two Lockheed P-3 Orions on Antarctic duty - one had teh Road Runner on its nose and the other El Coyote -
Ayahuasca said:
LotusOmega375D said:
What amazes me is that Disney didn't charge an extortionate copyright fee for allowing the images to be used, or even send the lawyers in to the airbase to paint over them!
The USA holds its armed forces in very high esteem and Disney is probably proud that its characters adorn military aircraft. And even in the dark Vietnam days Playboy supported the troops.
El stovey said:
Didn’t Disney do a lot of pro military films and recruiting ads and propaganda etc around ww2. I’m sure there’s been Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck fighting the Nazis and Japanese films etc.
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