Mike Machat

[1][4] He attended Pratt Institute from 1965 to 1966, then served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1970 as an airman.

Machat then began working at the Douglas Aircraft Company[2] as a Staff Artist and Corporate Representative.

[7] Machat previously served as president of Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles.

[3] One of Machat's drawings hangs on a wall at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.

[12] In 2012, Machat was selected to restore a painting by Douglas Ettridge of an Lockheed NF-104A at the Air Force Test Pilot School.

Machat's painting honoring the world speed record flight of the North American X-15 A-2 flown by the late Colonel Pete Knight
The General Dynamics NF-16D VISTA in 2019 after receiving a new paint scheme designed by Machat
Mike Machat personally signs the NF-16D for the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in March 2019