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Artist gives colorful new face to aging, mothballed airplanes

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By Daryl Bjoraas

Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
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Old airplanes stored at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Tucson are being turned into works of art. Instead of painting on canvas, an artist is using airplanes as his canvas. Museum officials say they hope the airplane art will bring more tourists to the aviation boneyard. Cronkite News Reporter Daryl Bjoraas explains.

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