High Flight

I created this painting as a tribute to the poem "High Flight" by John Magee. I found this inspirational during my career as an Air Force Pilot.

To paraphrase the sentiment: I soared the lofty heights and reached up and touched the face of God.

This painting has been sold.

The painting was a pastel and the aircraft was a ryan trainer. A couple of weeks ago I met an elderly gentleman (even older than me) and he purchase a print of this painting. In his youth he had had pilot training classes in this aircraft. It was a beautiful aircraft. I wish I could have flow some of the older aircraft such as the Ryan, and any of the biwings. The age in which I learned to fly was almost excussively jet. I only have thirty hours of piston time all the rest was jet.