Skyway Sign & Design

04/14/2026

Installed big letters on an aircraft hangar today

04/10/2026

Around 2001. I enjoy window painting, but too much driving around got annoying.

01/08/2026

Our new pounce machine. Wand/cord was purchased retail, everything else was scrounged together. Used an old neon beer sign transformer

12/04/2025

Our book is now shipping!
BEST PRACTICES for AIRCRAFT BLOCK ALPHABET MARKING and LETTERING.

An essential design reference for classic aircraft painters and restorers, this comprehensive guide by Skyway Sign and Design (SkywaySign.com) is a long-overdue study of the angled-corner alphabet markings that identified generations of American aircraft. This isn’t just “a” book about vintage aircraft lettering, it is THE book.

Explore this lettering tradition from a visual designer’s perspective. Packed with over 30 pages of sample alphabets, reference drawings, design and layout tips, highly-opinionated commentary, and interesting historical context, it’s a must-have resource for anyone interested in learning about or creating well-designed vintage aircraft markings. Included are several master number and letter references that are visually consistent, historically appropriate, and suitable for nearly any vintage American aircraft, and look better than many of the current “aircraft” fonts often seen today.

Once you read this book, you’ll never see vintage aircraft markings the same way again! Includes detailed advice about laying out and masking large wing numbers on vintage aircraft.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER: http://SkywaySign.com

08/25/2025

07/11/2025

Info sign we just made for a cool airplane

05/25/2025

Just finished painting the tail on a lovely Pietenpol Air Camper. Painted with Consolidated Aircraft Coatings Poly-Tone aircraft paint

02/13/2025

Just completed the rebranding of the Star Tribune print facility lobby with their new logo, using router-cut dimensional letters

01/07/2025

Recreating a 1940s vintage aircraft placard from scratch for an aircraft display, shown with and without distressed paper effects. Done with Affinity Photo

12/18/2024

We designed over 60 custom diagrams for the excellent book Fighter Combat World War II by Steve Church.