These are aircraft drawings I did in the eighties when you could just walk up to any aircraft parked on the premises and check it out. Nowadays, you\\\\’d probably get arrested! I found a whole sketchbook full of stuff, but only about a dozen or so of these sketches are interesting enough to share. They are mostly aircraft I drew at Van Nuys airport.

1. presents Sketches from Van Nuys Airport Ben Bensen’s

2. Sketches from Van Nuys Airport These are sketches of the varied and many aircraft parked in and around the runways at Van Nuys Airport. The airport once hosted the Air National Guard as well as the Confederate/Hollywood Air Force. I did these pictures when you could just walk up to any aircraft parked on the premises and check it out. Nowadays, you'd probably get arrested! There's a whole sketchbook full of stuff, but only about a dozen or so of these sketches/drawings that I want to share. They are mostly aircraft I drew at Van Nuys airport sometime between 1980 and 1986. I scanned these drawings with parts of the sketchbook showing purposely to quell any misconceptions and with minimal use of Photoshop tools.

4. Derelict Model 18

6. Model 18 and the Doves

8. Tail View of Beechcraft Model 18

10. DeHavilland DH-104 “Dove”

12. Piper”Cub”

14. B-25 Mitchell… Bits and Pieces

16. “ A Stairway to Anywhere”

18. The Westland “Lizzie” Lysander

20. Another “Brit”…

22. Checkboard AT-6

24. Pratt & Whitney R-2800 “Double Wasp”

26. Bonanza and a Warbird

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