Kathi's Pin-up TREK Ticket 3

The painting of the frame is inspired by the design of an aircraft. Usually the military painted their airplanes for practical reasons of identifying friendly units or to evoke memories of home and peacetime life against the stresses of war and the probability of death.The flight crew believed that the nose art was bringing luck to the planes.
The first personalized decorations on aircrafts began in 1913 during World War I. by the Italian and German pilots. But the most famous of all nose art is the shark-face insignia debut from Hell’s Angels, the 3rd Squadron of the 1st American Volunteer Group „Flying Tigers“ in 1942. After that the „sharkmouth“ was spotted on German, British and Chinese fighters during World War II.
The shark-face is still used to this day, most commonly seen on the A-10 Thunderbolt and on Kathi’s Trek Ticket to be lucky during airtime.

And in one of the darkest, most violent and bloody periods in human history, could there be one specific idea, more powerful than freedom or life itself, that could act as an encouraging light at the end of the tunnel? Scantily clad women, of course. These heroic pilots were faced with hours of loneliness in a sky full with bullets. These airmen needed something to keep them strong, something to motivate and they usually portrayed a specific woman. Maybe a sweetheart back home who is flying with the brave pilot as a painting near the cockpit.
The pin-up girl on Kathi’s bike shall portray her and encourage her to keep learning as one of the little girls who have fun on dirtjumps.

If you want to create your very own bike, do it with with Project One, Trek’s custom bike programme. Customise, personalise, sensationalise: the choice is yours. Just select the model, fit, styling and components you desire. Pics by Alexander Keil