{"id":399824,"date":"2014-08-19T15:24:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T20:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=399824"},"modified":"2020-09-26T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T12:39:38","slug":"aviation-inspiration-5-best-sneakers-influenced-airplanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/aviation-inspiration-5-best-sneakers-influenced-airplanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Inspiration: The 5 Best Sneakers Influenced by Airplanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate <strong>National Aviation Day<\/strong>, we take a look back at five of the most notable sneaker designs that were inspired by airplanes. Throughout the years, many silhouettes have utilized different elements from planes and fighter jets and incorporated them into their own designs. Since the aerial performers are regarded as the ultimate sleek speedsters, the characteristic that many sneakers strive for, fighter jets directly deviate to the world of sneaker silhouettes. From the iconic <a href=\"\/air-jordans\/air-jordan-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Jordan 5<\/a>, to the classic <a href=\"\/tag\/nike-air-max-90\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nike Air Max 90<\/a>, click through the following pages to see the top five airplane-inspired models, and keep flying to Snkrs Day for everything sneakers.<\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan 5<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Model:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/air-jordans\/air-jordan-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Jordan 5<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 1990<br \/>\n<strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> Mustang Fighter Jet<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Nike Air Foamposite One &#8220;Fighter Jet&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Model:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/fighter-jet-foamposites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nike Air Foamposite One &#8220;Fighter Jet&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 2013<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan 15<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Model:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/air-jordans\/air-jordan-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Jordan 15<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 1999<br \/>\n<strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> X-15 Fighter Jet<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Nike Air Max 90 &#8220;Warhawk&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Model:<\/strong> Nike Air Max 90 &#8220;Warhawk&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 2007<br \/>\n<strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> P-40 Warhawk<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan XX2<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Model:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/air-jordans\/air-jordan-xx2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Jordan XX2<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 2007<br \/>\n<strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> F-22 Raptor Jet<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kicksonfire.com\/what-are-air-jordans\/air-jordan-15-xv\/air-jordan-15-xv-retro-black-varsity-red\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KOF<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/complex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Complex<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.posterenvy.com\/servlet\/the-164\/p40-mustang-fighter-ww2\/Detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poster Envy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate National Aviation Day, we take a look back at five of the most notable sneaker designs that were&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":399859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1232704,3,1225574],"tags":[1225510,1225508,137],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - 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