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Published: 2021-03-17 18:32:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 7294; Favourites: 165; Downloads: 0
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Description Smallish and still drying 8" x 10" commissioned oil painting on panel. Vought F-8 Crusader of VF-84, flying off the USS Independence, near Mt. Vesuvius (lower left), sometime in the early 1960's.
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GingerGorillia [2021-06-30 17:19:46 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to GingerGorillia [2021-06-30 18:18:42 +0000 UTC]

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AlCaponeSC [2021-05-11 16:28:06 +0000 UTC]

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BenRG [2021-04-07 09:12:35 +0000 UTC]

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icanriggit [2021-03-18 17:30:08 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. My dad flew F-8's for the Navy in Vietnam out of Okinawa. He actually broke his back ejecting from an F-8 out of Miramar.

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DouglasCastleman In reply to icanriggit [2021-03-18 17:36:56 +0000 UTC]

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Aquila200 [2021-03-18 09:55:55 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to Aquila200 [2021-03-18 16:17:20 +0000 UTC]

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Aquila200 In reply to DouglasCastleman [2021-03-19 12:36:38 +0000 UTC]

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DexyBouie [2021-03-18 03:29:59 +0000 UTC]

One day I will draw like this. But for now I have a long road ahead

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DouglasCastleman In reply to DexyBouie [2021-03-18 04:12:22 +0000 UTC]

Keep at it, you’ll get there.

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TaeyunJung [2021-03-18 02:26:16 +0000 UTC]

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MviluUatusun [2021-03-18 00:23:27 +0000 UTC]

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Elor1 In reply to MviluUatusun [2021-03-18 18:13:49 +0000 UTC]

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MviluUatusun In reply to Elor1 [2021-03-18 23:27:07 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to MviluUatusun [2021-03-18 04:11:48 +0000 UTC]

The F-14 entered service a bit before the 15.

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MviluUatusun In reply to DouglasCastleman [2021-03-18 23:14:04 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to MviluUatusun [2021-03-19 13:14:06 +0000 UTC]

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AviGebal [2021-03-18 00:02:25 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to AviGebal [2021-03-18 04:10:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. For it’s day, this was an excellent airplane, the pilots always say.

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davincipoppalag [2021-03-17 20:40:52 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to davincipoppalag [2021-03-17 21:53:34 +0000 UTC]

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davincipoppalag In reply to DouglasCastleman [2021-03-17 22:13:42 +0000 UTC]

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MiG-OKb [2021-03-17 20:37:46 +0000 UTC]

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080Pater-Tenebrarum [2021-03-17 20:24:20 +0000 UTC]

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DouglasCastleman In reply to 080Pater-Tenebrarum [2021-03-17 21:53:16 +0000 UTC]

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