The SE-5A is generally considered one of the most successful British single-seat fighters of the First World War.  First seeing combat in April 1917, the SE-5A quickly proved itself the equal of the German Albatros, helping the Allies regain air superiority in early 1918.

The legendary Sopwith Camel was certainly one of the best fighters of the First World War. The concentration of engine, guns, fuel and pilot in the extreme front of the aircraft, caused the airplane to be extremely sensitive in turns. Once mastered, these sensitive quirks gave the aircraft exceptional maneuverability.

For the Empire of Japan, the Sun is no longer rising. Out of desperation, the Japanese air forces develop the plan of “The Divine Wind” or Kamikaze attacks, to break the stranglehold of U.S. Navy Task Forces. The primary targets: U.S. carriers. An Essex Class Carrier off Okinawa has taken a Kamikaze hit that penetrated the flight deck into the hangar deck below. At flank speed she goes into an evasive turn. An escorting Fletcher Class destroyer crosses the carrier’s bow with all guns turning toward the next wave of Japanese suicide planes. Corsairs of VF-84 from the USS Bunker Hill race to the defense of the crippled ship.

Like Wagner’s musical masterpiece Gotterdammerung (“Twilight of the Gods”), the final months of air combat would attain heroic proportions for German pilots. Knowing that an overall victory was unattainable, the pilots of the “Blue Max” pushed themselves beyond the impossible. Replacement pilots were as good as useless, so veteran pilots Lothar von Richthofen, Erich Lowenhardt, and Ernst Udet, leaders of Jastas 11, 10, and 4, took to hunting together. On the evening of August 8, 1918, von Richthofen, Lowenhardt, and Udet open the ball with a flight of RAF SE5s of No. 84 Squadron. By the end of the patrol the deadly trio would bag nine enemy planes.  

A-20K Number 6085 was manufactured in August 1944 and shipped to Brazil in September 1944. It was assigned to the 2nd Light Bombardment Group based in Sao Paolo. In 1952 all Air Force Havocs changed their operational profile to reconnaissance and attack as the RA-20K. In 1955 it was decommissioned and in 1976 it was sent to the Air Force Museum-Musal where it was restored for static exhibit. The 85 is one of the sixteen A-20Ks still surviving in the world.

A pair of Morane N fighters fly above the battlefield at dawn. The machine-gun firing through the propeller system being not completely safe, that knight of the air chose to wear a helmet! 

A team of AH-64 Apaches receives a final mission-update and situation report as the crew members make final operational and weapons checks.

The Sikorsky S-65 is a heavy transport helicopter originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps who designated it the CH-53 Sea Stallion. This painting depicts a peaceful moment just before missile lock flares were activated during a flight from Kunduz to Feyzabad in North East Afghanistan.  

A few impressions from a ride on the EAA's flying museum "Aluminum Overcast.” Due to the name, I chose to work the montage of inside flight scenes into the dawn shadows cast by the plane at rest. 

This painting was inspired by a solo flight I made through a broken cloud layer in our 1957 Piper Tripacer.  

When the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (BUFF) first flew in 1952, no one imagined that it would still be a credible battlefield combatant, updated with modern weapons and electronic systems, more than 50 years later. The BUFF may be agin', but it's still ragin'.

This Aerocature© was created for the Tailhook Association’s 2005 Symposium Program. It depicts a carrier air wing aircraft superimposed on a carrier deck sporting the "Don't Tread on Me" Navy jack.

Two McDonnell F-101C Voodoos of the 81st TFW fly above the clouds over a well-lit West German city in 1962. The sky is filled with several constellations, including Orion just behind the banking fighter on top.

Two AV-8B Harriers from VMA-513 are shown over Japan's Inland Sea. 

Escuadron 201 of the Mexican Air Force was trained in the United States and attached to the 58th Fighter Group, 5th USAAF. It fought the Japanese in the Philippines, seen here above Ifugao Province in the Central Luzon Highlands. 

Minimum altitude attack on Japanese shipping targets in Wewak Harbour by elements of the 405th Bomb Sqdn./38th Bomb Group/5USAAF on 2 Sept.1943. Aircraft pictured:''TOKYO SLEEPER'', pilot: Roy Grover. 

After years of careful design conceptualization and project planning between strongly bonded China and Pakistan, the first prototype of the HF-17 Thunder fighter flew in 2003. Making rapid progress under dedicated teams for both countries, the JF-17 emerged as the world’s front-line fighter of the new century. On 23 March 2007, a pair of JF-17’s made their first public appearance over Islamabad during the Pakistan Day Parade, reviewed by the President. This painting shows one of the two Thunders, painted in the striking colors of China and Pakistan, as its pilot, Wing Commander Ashan, passes before the spectator stands during a rolling maneuver.

This is a bronze version of the aircraft I flew 17 hours solo, non-stop from New York to Paris on the 75th anniversary of my Grandfather’s historic 1927 flight. The gorgeous Blue Marble Patina appears as if it was carved from stone. A Signed Limited Edition of 75 

VF-17 Jolly Rogers commanding officer LCDR Tommy Blackburn flies his "Big Hog" F4U Corsair, circa late November 1943. VF-17 played a large role during their training period in preparing the Corsair for fleet-wide use. Eliminating the F4U's tendency to "bounce" during carrier landings and taming the plane's nasty stall characteristics were two important VF-17 technical innovations. In combat they scored a record 152 victories in only 76 days of combat during the Solomon’s campaign

New Jersey’s Lt. Valentine Burger, flying with French Escadrille C.46, downs German ace and commanding officer of Jagdstaffel 19, Leutnant Hans Pippart on 11 August 1918

Crew members of an F/A-18D (R/A) Hornet discuss a mission, perhaps over Iraq where this aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps squadron VMFA-242 served.

The 449th Bomb Group crosses the Austrian Alps after departing from Grottaglie, Italy in February, 1944. Captain Al Issacs, aircraft commander, painted the “Racy Tomato”, and later pursued a successful commercial art career. “Racy Tomato” and her crew rest at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea, lost on December 25, 1944. 

This is a portrait of the nose cone of a Beech 17 (Staggerwing). The polished chrome finish reflects the owners care and pride making a pleasing composition.

The Cessna Caravan is preparing for another busy day at work in the North, transporting fishermen and their supplies to various destinations.

My work is focused on the utility of things and trying to represent the ordinary in ways that leave the viewer room to fill in the blanks

The yearning for flight is world-wide and hot-air ballooning is an answer to this primal desire. Balloons can take us “out of this world” in the gentlest of styles, and the change of perspective is unforgettable. Descent, whereupon the wicker basket again touches the earth, can be the most testing portion of the flight, the return to mere earthboundness….

Custom-formed isolator fittings bolted to this Piper Twin Comanche PA-30/39 engine mount support a glass top. Its undercarriage has been modified with the addition of tubular cantilever leg extensions, accommodating a lower glass shelf. Both glass surfaces and legs are adjustable for leveling. Finish is powder-coated chrome and black. 

The Morning Job depicts a Royal Aircraft Factory FE-2b. Used primarily as an observation/bomber, this “pusher” design was an early solution to the problem of firing through the propeller. This particular FE-2, #4852 was shot down by Hauptmann Martin Zander on September 17, 1916.

The Stand depicts Lt. Frank Luke during the final, controversial moments prior to his death on September 29, 1918. Mortally wounded and under fire, Luke managed to struggle free of his downed airplane and make his way to a nearby creek where he died soon after.

“Brave Bessie” Coleman, daughter of sharecroppers, thrilled two continents with her mastery of daredevil skills. Amelia Earhart braved the skies, becoming America’s sweetheart, only to be lost in a shroud of mystery.

Chance Vought F4U Corsair of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. Painted on site. 

While flying his heavily damaged P-47 back to England, Robert S. Johnson turned to see the FW-190 of Egon Mayer closing in on him. The German unloaded his guns on the weary American with no success. Then he flew along side Johnson observing the heavily damaged plane, saluted, and pulled away. 

To create travel adventure films, photographers Martin and Osa Johnson traveled in Africa in their Sikorsky S-38 and S-39 during the 1920s and 1930s. They further flew this S-39, in its giraffe paint scheme, a single-engine amphibian powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp Jr., throughout Borneo. The mountain in the painting is known as the Chinese Widow.

Spitfire Mk.IX's of the nascent Israeli Air Force overfly the Masada plateau during the struggle for Palestine. Masada was heavily symbolic of the struggle to establish the nation of Israel. 

Maintenance crews stop work to watch the first of their Group’s B-17 aircraft take off at dawn for another long and hazardous daylight bombing raid over enemy territory.