Mario’s Artistry
Friday, May 8th, 2009Mario Alanis has built a big foam jet-like plane which flies like a dream.
His planes look like folk art, I thought the other day, admiring Mario’s fleet.
They’re colorful, imaginative, cheerful and bold. They look hand-crafted.
With its bulbous nose, this one slightly resembles a Predator, but it has a different wing shape with more fins and vanes going on. Contrasting with a bright red nose, the camouflage paint job is its own work of art.
When I asked Mario what this plane is modeled after, he shrugged. Its closest reference point is a blue-core foam plane Mario built last year, but he modified the wings and ailerons for his latest design.





