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There are over twenty-five top aviation artists in the world. There are over 100 P-38 Lightning limited edition art prints on the market today. Yet I do not know of one artist who has painted an F-5 photo-reconn version of the P-38. WHY? Not one of the over 100 limited edition art prints I know of, is a F-5 print. WHY? The F-5 was a highly specialized aircraft and contributed significantly to winning WWII. Hundreds of F-5 pilots won medicals and special citations for bravery in these unarmed "spy planes". Many others lost their lives trying to get vital photographs of enemy instillations and positions. These pilots and the F-5 were the pioneers of the U-2 Black Dragons and the SR-71 Blackbirds. Why has the aviation art industry ignored these valiant pilots and the valuable work they did?
Thus, I would like to "challenge" an aviaiton artist (or two or three) to contact me and discuss a number of ideas for creating a limited edition aviation art print(s) depicting the F-5 photo-reconn version of Lockheed's famous P-38 Lightning. I know of a number of F-5 photo-recon pilots who would be willing to sign such a print(s). It would be nice to have a print for each of the four significant theatres of war... Aleutians, Europe, South Pacific, Med-Africa ...where the F-5 flew. However, this is a challenge to the aviaiton art industry and the artists, to honour many brave pilots who have, for too long, been ignored. |
(alphabetically)
Andy Andres:
C.S. Bailey:
Robert Bailey:
Ross Buckland:
Robert Carlin:
Francis Che:
Domenic DeNardo:
Ron Divilbiss:
Jack Fellows:
Thomas Flemming:
Nixon Galloway:
Roy Grinnell:
Rick Herter:
Keith Hill:
John Hum:
Dan Kelly:
Craig Kodera:
Shigeo Koike:
Hienz Krebs:
Jim Laurier:
Mike Machat:
Raymond Moats:
Gil Ortega:
Lonnie Ortega:
William Phillips:
Hugh Polder:
John Shaw:
R.K. Smith:
Marcus Stewart:
Stan Stokes:
Robert Taylor:
Nicolas Trudgian:
John Valo:
Tony Weddel:
Mathew Waki:
Philip West:
John Young:
. . . more in the future. . .
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