Mike Machat Biography
Mike designed and produced aviation murals for the Bob Hope Airport terminal building in Burbank, California, and created the centerpiece display for the new Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
His paintings are displayed in airline
corporate headquarters worldwide,
and have been accepted into the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, National Soaring Museum, and National Museum of Naval Aviation.
(October 23, 2012)  The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) awarded its 11th Annual Combs Gates Award to aviation artist, Mike Machat, of Woodland Hills, California.