Post by oldchopperguy on Nov 16, 2018 1:53:42 GMT -5
With Pearl Harbor Day fast approaching, the missus and I thought this incredibly well-executed painting would fit right in.
OK, it's NOT a bike, but... THIS warbird has the "You wanna piece of me?... Then Let's dance!" biker attitude in spades, and I don't mean Kymco Spades... LOL!
I've been an artist/art-director and biker all my adult life, and the quality of this painting knocks my socks off... Flames from the stacks, white-hot blasts from the muzzles of the P-40's six Browning fifties... Empties streaming back in the wind and the canopy pulled open for a fast exit "just in case"...
The fellows who flew machines like this made America secure for those of us who still value our beloved country... And they (and also GALS today) still do!
Call them "NATIONALISTS"? Abso-freakin-lootley... And despite the media's bias, there are White Nationalists, Black Nationalists, Brown Nationalists, etc... A "Nationalist" is simply a "Patriot" who may love the world "globally" but loves America first.
They come in ALL colors, sizes, sexes, religions, and whatever "flavor" you might conceive. Many flew warbirds like this over Asia and Europe, or the Persian Gulf... and many rode bikes when they retired their wings. If the valiant warrior portrayed here survived the war, I'll bet he rode a chopper soon after coming home...
You just gotta admire this rendition of a "Zero's eye view" of a "Flying Tiger"... Of course, THIS P-40 would be chasing a Zeke over China, not Pearl Harbor, but y'all get the picture.
Yee-Ha and Sah-Loot!!!
Leo in Texas
