Ron Cole combines authenticated parts of these historic aircraft with his original art in these handmade wall-hanging & desktop limited edition displays - only available in this online store!
Editions sell out every week. New editions introduced every week.
$300.00
Space-flown Space Shuttle Endeavor high-temp heat shielding relic display, combining a 1x1.3-inch piece of this unique material with original artwork of Endeavor in this 13x19-inch wall-hanging framed display - signed...
$450.00
Ron Cole presents American Aerospace throughout the 20th Century: Flown and authenticated relics from the original 1903 Wright Flyer (Pride of the West muslin), World War 2 P-51D Mustang with...
$200.00
Consolidated B-24H Liberator 'BUTTERCUP' s/n 42-52256 of the 739th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group, based out of San Giovanni, Italy. Shot down in action on April 12th, 1944, during a...
$300.00
On October 12, 2022, Ukrainian ‘Ace’ pilot Vadym Voroshylov destroyed five Shahed 136 drones: three in southern Ukraine and two over Vinnytsia, and two Russian Federation cruise missiles, making him...
$200.00
Own a piece of this very rare Flying Fortress that was lost in action against Japanese forces in the Aleutian Islands in 1943. Built in Boeing’s Seattle plant as Construction...
$230.00
Own and display an authentic piece of the first aircraft ever to fly from a battleship: US Navy Sopwith Camel assigned to the USS Texas (BB-35) c. 1919. Although the...
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Special 24x36 framed canvas one-of-a-kind relic display with large section of aluminum skin bearing part of this aircraft's star insignia! Rare North American B-25G-3 s/n 42-65035 (delivered 7-3-1943) 75...
$220.00
Own an authenticated piece of an F-16 'Fighting Falcon' that served with the famous 310th Fighter Squadron - combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this epic fighter aircraft! The...
$230.00
Own an extremely rare original sample of RAF 'Special Night' powder coat night fighter coating on linen from the rudder of a DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk.II by the famous Col....
$150.00
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau. It was originally developed to transport the Soviet Space Shuttle, and...
$300.00
The Mach 2+ ‘Blackjack’ strategic bomber entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1987, shortly before the dissolution of the USSR. Built in limited numbers, the Tu-160 established 78...
$220.00
Own a rare and historically important flown piece of Chuck Yeager's Lockheed NF-104A, combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this aircraft during Yeager's attempt to break the world's altitude...
You want more than just a pretty picture on the wall - you want a conversation piece:
For over thirty years Ron Cole has combed the globe to accumulate some of the rarest and best-preserved parts from historic aircraft to combine with his award-winning aviation artwork and airplane paintings. No one else combines these elements as Cole's Aircraft does. These F4F Hellcat parts were discovered on Espiritu Santo in the remote South Pacific and arrived here in Ohio via Australia six months later.
In March 2022 Cole's Aircraft acquired its first complete warbird: this Japanese A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter, built by Nakajima in 1943 and served with the famous 201st Kokutai out of Tobera, Rabaul. Recovered from Balalae in the Solomon Islands in 2019, it now has a permanent home in our Zanesville Ohio studio while Ron works to restore its cockpit section.
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Boeing B-17F ‘Memphis Belle’ Limited Edition Relic Display This aircraft needs no introduction; probably one of the most famous aircraft of World War II, and certainly the best-known of the...
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We, at Cole's Aircraft, have been blessed to acquire one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of authenticated LZ 129 Hindenburg airship relics, including the largest duraluminum girder...
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Own, display, and preserve an authentic aluminum skin section from one of the most famous and important participants in the D-Day invasion of France. Ron Cole has combined his original...
$200.00
Own an authenticated piece of A-10 Warthog skin combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this epic ground attack aircraft. . These large 1x4-inch pieces of green-camouflaged composite aircraft skin...
$230.00
A rare opportunity to own and display an authentic piece of original flown linen from Amelia Earhart's record-breaking Lockheed Vega 5B combined with the artwork of Ron Cole in this...
$200.00
Special limited edition 'Allied & Axis' World War II aircraft relic display with authentic aluminum parts from a combat loss USAAF P-51 Mustang and a combat loss German Luftwaffe Me...
$200.00
John F. Kennedy’s VC-137C ‘SAM 26000’ - known by its call sign ‘Air Force One’ - was the first official presidential aircraft in U.S. history, and its now iconic livery...
$150.00
Authentic fragment from P-51B Mustang European Theater combat loss combined in a nice ready-to-hand display with original artwork of this specific aircraft by Ron Cole. This P-51B (s/n 43-12391)...
$400.00
This P-40B Tomahawk, serial number 41-13297 of the 18th Pursuit Group, 19th Pursuit Squadron, was present at Wheeler Field, Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941....
$300.00
Own and display an exceptionally rare piece this Japanese A6M2 Zero! History of Our A6M2 Zero: . This aircraft was built under license by Nakajima in April of 1943, and...
$200.00
Own an authenticated piece of F-4E Phantom II skin combined with Ron Cole's original artwork of this epic aircraft. . These large 1x4-inch pieces of gray-camouflaged aluminum skin have been...
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Aviation history you can touch with Ron Cole's free-standing two-sided acrylic relic displays. Perfect 6x8-inch size for desk or bookshelf. Handmade in the USA, right here in Zanesville, Ohio! ....
Ron Cole built his career in Los Angeles, California as an industrial designer and product development engineer, with companies such as Disney, Pixar, Mattel, Boeing, JPL, and many others. He also worked as a model maker on such films as Terminator III, The Aviator, Cat in the Hat, and Madagascar. While in LA, Ron also worked as an artist and renderer for architects and developers. The unique demands of that competitive industry led him to create a new and proprietary means of creating his imagery - one that combined the best of acrylic-on-canvas media and the versatility of digital painting.
Ron founded Cole's Aircraft in 2006. A fan of historic aviation since childhood, he combined that passion with his professional experience to market aircraft-themed products; traditional limited edition prints and his unique line of 'relic displays'. The latter combined actual pieces of famous aircraft with his artwork. "People want more than just a pretty picture on the wall," he says. "I offer them that. I provide people with real history that they can reach out and touch".
Cole's Aircraft (and REC@War) incorporated in 2019. Based in Zanesville, Ohio, Ron Cole also runs Gallery Luminaria and is very active in his local art community.