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==Kotula, Jo (1910-1998)== Was a popular aviation and female figure artist. Kotula created poster ads during the Second World War for the US Army Air Corps. Before the war, in 1936, Kotula got his pilot's license at Roosevelt Field near Garden City, NY. Here, he found an interest in flight safety and attempted to develop some creative inventions to help save the lives of pilots and passengers of aircraft. While none of his ideas ever got into the production phase, he spent many hours in consultation with the Medical Research laboratory at Cornell University. After the war, Kotula created many of the images that graced the "box-art" on commercially produced aircraft models. Kotula helped found the American Society of Aviation Artists in 1986. Contact
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