The United Airlines Collector Series of Aircraft Prints by Nixon Gallaway

The Nixon Galloway Aircraft Prints (United Airlines Collector Series) was a reward provided to the so-called "Executive Air Traveler" for his continued loyalty to United Airlines before the arrival of the "frequent-flier points" reward system. This set of fifteen (15) full color lithographs were all done by the renowned aircraft artist Nixon Galloway and represented historic aircraft that were associated with United and its predecessor companies.

The prints, suitable for framing, are all on a white background and measure approximately 11 x 8 ½ inches. Associated with each print is a 2 ½ x 7 inch card which provides a description of the aircraft, including a table of its Technical Data. Although there were apparently of total of 43 prints distributed throughout the United Airlines program, this offered lot consists of only 15 prints, of which one is a duplicate copy.

The aircraft prints in the lot are:

Aerial Mercury – 1926; Swallow Mailplane, C-6 – 1926; Pitcairn PA-5 "Mailwing" – 1927-1928; Douglas M-3 – 1927-1928; Travel Air BM-4000 – 1929; Stearman M-2 "Speedmail";
Curtiss Carrier Pigeon, Model 2; Northrop "Alpha" 2 – 1931 (2 copies); Stinson SM-8A –1931-33; Douglas Super DC-3 – 1950-1953; Douglas DC-8 – 1959; Boeing 720 – 1960-1972;
Boeing 727-100 – 1964; Boeing 747 – 1970.

All of the prints and descriptive cards are in fine condition.

The illustrations accompanying this description show two of the aircraft prints and their associated Technical Data cards.

Nixon Galloway, ( 1927 - 2003) was an experienced professional who is well known for the broad scope of work he had produced for corporations and the prints and the paintings he has created for galleries and individual commissions. He had an extensive background in aviation and over fifty years experience as an artist. For many of those years he worked as a freelance illustrator with clients such as Boeing, Hughes, NASA, Northrop, Allied Signal, American, Hawaiian, Continental and United Airlines. Two notable series he produced were the UNITED AIRLINES COLLECTOR SERIES (43 paintings) and the WINGS OF AGRICULTURE calendars. (60 paintings on the history of crop-dusting). He had been President of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, and a graduate of Art Center College of Design. His paintings are held in many private collections and have been exhibited at the Air Force Museum, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Kennedy Space Center, EAA Museum, RAF Museum in London, and the White House.