cartoon plane that actually flies

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check this lovely cute plane straight out of a Moebius cartoon – and it flies!

The Stipa-Caproni was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design was an important step in the development of jet propulsion.

work in progress

shiel's mommywith only 2 days to finish the thing, the background stencil is done, and looks OK. in the middle of re-doing one eye so hopefully will hit the deadline – still a little wet.

image is of my mommy when she was younger and lived in Saudi, which was taken from an old skool black and white passport photo (which I can’t seem to find now).

it is crazy the volume, or glut, of photos we all produce now compared to our parents generation. I can hardly find any photos of me growing up but my daughter – I could create a stop motion movie of her entire life so far. The sharing, but not so caring, generation.

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