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Jet Pilot is a 1962 pop art work done in graphite pencil by Roy Lichtenstein. Like many of Lichtenstein's works from this time period, it was inspired by a comic book image, but he made notable modifications of the source in his work.
At the end of 1933, the Ministry of Aviation issued an order for a "high speed aircraft with double tail," and for a "freight aircraft with special equipment," in other words, a bomber. The original design (the Do 17 V1) configuration in 1932 had sported a single vertical stabilizer , and Dornier continued developing that model.
Gee Bee Super Sportster 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile Salon 1932. Data from The Influence of Racing Types on Commercial Aircraft Design. [16] General characteristics. Crew: 1; Length: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) Wingspan: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) Height: 8 ft 2 in (2.48 m) Wing area: 75 sq ft (6.97 m 2) Airfoil: NACA M6 (modified) Empty weight: 1,840 lb ...
Lichtenstein began his war imagery efforts with single frame pictures such as BLAM. [2] Blam uses quintessential war imagery. Although the text is limited to one four-letter word, the narrative is unnecessary owing to the eminent realism presented. The canvas is loaded with images surrounding the focal figure, of the aircraft under attack. [12]
The Granville Gee Bee R-6 International Super Sportster, named "Q.E.D." (latin: quod erat demonstrandum "it is proven"), and later named "Conquistador del Cielo" (Spanish: "sky conqueror"), was the last in a series of racing and touring monoplane aircraft from the Granville Brothers. The R-6H was dogged with bad luck throughout its career and ...
Flying pencil may refer to: Dornier Do 17, A German WWII-era light bomber Dornier Do 215, a successor to the Do 17; Boeing 757, a narrow-body twinjet airliner;
Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2760 and Simpson, 2001, p.442. General characteristics Crew: 2 Length: 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m) Wingspan: 34 ft 9 in (10.59 m) Height: 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Wing area: 168.80 sq ft (15.68 m 2) Empty weight: 671 lb (304 kg) Gross weight: 1,160 lb (526 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65-8/9 flat ...