Seattle, WA

I had the honour of being chosen to be part of the 24th annual 2026 Air Force One Museum Preservation Project.

Every year for the last 24 years a hand picked team of detailers are chosen to spend one week in Seattle, Washington at the Museum of Flight in July and tasked with preserving some of the most iconic and recognisable aircraft in the world.

Of these aircraft most notably is the original Air Force One, a specially built Boeing 707-153 known as SAM (Special Air Missions) delivered in 1959 and was the first jet powered presidential aircraft which served presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Eisenhower and Johnson and now sits on display at the museum.

Other notable aircraft that will be preserved by the team include the museum’s B-29 Super Fortress known as T-Square 54 (one of 22 left in the world) which fought in the Pacific during WW2 flying at least 37 combat missions. It was two B-29’s that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan helping to end World War 2.

Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation “Connie”

Thank-you Renny & Diane Doyle for your friendship, guidance and mentorship and giving me the opportunity to be part of such an amazing project. This was an honour of a lifetime and the highlight of my career.