Rolfe, himself a pilot, created illustrations and covers for numerous periodicals between world wars. He went on to publish his own comprehensive illustrated listing of aircraft, Airplanes of the World, 1490 to 1962.
Aero Poster
In 1933 British artist Douglas Rolfe created this tour de force of homebuilt aircraft for the Flying and Glider Manual, published annually by Modern Mechanics and Inventions. He included Bernard Pietenpol's Sky Scout along with the first airplane ever offered for sale as plans, Orland Corben's Baby Ace, produced by the Ace Manufacturing Company in Wichita, Kansas.
Rolfe, himself a pilot, created illustrations and covers for numerous periodicals between world wars. He went on to publish his own comprehensive illustrated listing of aircraft, Airplanes of the World, 1490 to 1962.
Rolfe, himself a pilot, created illustrations and covers for numerous periodicals between world wars. He went on to publish his own comprehensive illustrated listing of aircraft, Airplanes of the World, 1490 to 1962.
