Randy Carfagno Productions

James Vogel was born and raised in Dayton Ohio.  The opportunity to create this mascot for the Dayton Air Force Museum was a huge honor.  

INVENTING FLIGHT DAYTON 2003 THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION; IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S TURBO

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)
December 7, 2002

Inventing Flight’s feathered mascot will be everywhere next year

Turbo facts!

Everything you ever wanted to know about Turbo, but were afraid to ask. . . . Inventing Flight’s Madeline Iseli sets the record straight.

* Does he have super powers? `No,’ says Iseli, but he can fly. And he has very keen eyesight. He is a peregrine falcon, after all.

* What’s with Rudy Flyer wearing a similar outfit? `We all want to be associated with that barnstorming era – back when flight was magical, when it was magic.’

* Is there a Mrs. Turbo? `He’s a barnstorming bird, so he’s away a lot and he hasn’t attached himself to any one damsel. But he likes to impress the …