Mario's faithful plane in Super Mario Land and Mario & Wario! The faithful Sky Pop, a monowing propeller plane that's banana yellow. The original art for the Sky Pop is the most cartoon idea of a plane, just something vaguely plane shape. Perfect for a cartoony character like Mario that's compacted on the small, lime-colored screen of the OG brick, but not for me, the casual airplane enjoyer who loves hearing people blabber on and on about aerospace mechanics.

So, I decided to revisit my childhood and question "if Mario has a pilot's license, then what type of plane is the Sky Pop?" I don't know a lot of planes that fits the description to a tee - I'm sure there's PLENTY of monowing propeller planes to choose from, but I went with the first thing I found on google when I punched that in: the Hawker Sea Fury. Then I painted it the Sky Pop's colors, giving it a handful of artistic licenses, gave it a background of the Mushroom Kingdom landscape, and added a Mario.

Now, why is Mario, a Japanese character who is an Italian-American plumber from Brooklyn, doing flying a British Plane?

That's a good question. And I don't have an answer. :P Again, could of picked another plane, but didn't and was married to the idea of the Hawker Sea Fury, so here we are.