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Picture
   Over the Heartland
   15x30 Oil on Canvas
​   $1550

Picture
   Dawn of the Jet Age
   15 x 30 Oil on Linen
   $1550
​   Prints Available

Picture
   Short Hauler
   15 x 30 Oil on Linen
​   Sold

Picture
Ford Tri-Motor
15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
$1550



Picture
  Stratoliner
   15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
   $1550
   Prints Available
   
   The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the world’s first high-altitude commercial transport and the first four-
   engine airliner in scheduled domestic service. Its pressurized cabin allowed the airplane to soar above rough
                                                                        weather at an altitude of 20,000 feet, higher than any other transport of its time. It had five crew members and 33
​                                                                        passengers. Boeing built 10 Stratoliners, but production stopped at the onset of World War II.

Picture
DC-4
15x30 Oil on Canvas
​$1550



Picture
   Western Route
   24 x 40 Oil on Canvas
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​   This painting depicts a TWA DC-3 leaving the Albuquerque airport in the late 1940s. It was commissioned as a
   monochromatic presentation to capture the period look and to complement the decor of the location in which it is
​   being hung.

Picture
   End of an Era
   15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
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   Prints Available 

  
​   This painting was inspired by a photo taken by my mother during 
dad’s last trip before retirement. Mom was supposed to
   be on the airplane the night before to fly to Detroit and back, but the plane was full and she stayed in St. Louis. After the
                                                                        flight left, St. Louis got hit with a snowstorm and dad ended up spending the night in Detroit. Mom snapped the photo  
                                                                        early the next morning as dad prepares to pull his 727 into a gate back at Lambert Field in St. Louis. Mom was able to
                                                                        fly the rest of the trip with dad as his TWA career ended. A few years later TWA was purchased by American Airlines.

Picture
   Connie
​   
18 x 36 Oil on Canvas
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   Prints Available
   
​   In 1955 the Constellation Super-G entered service with TWA and is depicted here at the Kansas City Municipal Airport    
   with TWA headquarters and the distinctive Kansas City skyline in the background. The first ever Constellation to visit
                                                                        Kansas City was TWA NC86500 “Star of the Mediterranean” a L-049 model, which landed on the 15th of November  
                                                                        1945. Only three month’s later, TWA inaugurated it’s international services from Washington, DC to Paris via New York,
                                                                        Gander and Shannon. Constellations would continue to fly with TWA until May 11,1967, when the airline became “all jet.” 

Picture
Dawn Patrol
18 x 36 Oil on Canvas
$2275
Prints Available

The first launch out of St. Louis early one dreary, overcast morning, air traffic control directs this TWA flight to level off at an intermediate altitude of 10,000′ due to traffic in their climb out path. Just as the captain is leveling, the aircraft pops
​                                                                         out of the undercast into a beautiful sunrise. At or above 10,000′ there is no longer a 250 knot speed restriction, so the
                                                                         captain leaves the throttles set and begins to accelerate rapidly in the smooth, clear air just a few feet above the clouds,
                                                                         giving everyone on board an accurate depiction of how fast they are really going. Once cleared higher, the captain
                                                                         exchanges the airspeed for altitude with a dramatic climb as the cloud tops quickly fall away.

Picture
N44V
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas
$1130
​Prints Available

​In 1986, Piedmont Airlines acquired this aircraft, which was declared surplus after World War II and had since belonged to several air cargo companies. Piedmont restored it to its original airline configuration and repainted the exterior in the color scheme and insignia used by Piedmont from 1948 to 1963. In the process, the aircraft’s civil registration was changed to N44V. N44V was the number of the fifth DC-3 purchased by the airline.

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