ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

... B-58 with a bang!

... ironically, here I am a life-long photographer, pushing for the re-emergence of painting style illustration. These examples I have worked up on my computer prove it doesn't have to take gobs of time, money or oil paint to put excitement and creativity back into aerospace illustration.

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... fastest, highest!

... two versions of one of my recent Photo-Illustration projects. Although done on a computer; I am trying to recreate the soul and emotion of illustrative painting. An alternative to the trend of bland and sterile CAD illus. that aerospace industry and agencies are using these days.

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1951 ... wild blue yonder!

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2011 ... say "cheese"!

... groups selfie of the team leaders for the disassembly of the last of the B53 10 megaton hydrogen-bombs in the US stockpile. LINK

... just look in your Yellow Pages!

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1954 and 1955 ... from the Dept. of Silly Designs!

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1953 ... and now: a word from our sponsors!

1959 ... here's your new reactor!

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1956 and 1954 ... selling those missiles!

1958 and 1961 ... Cold War melodrama!

... (beep) advice for (beep) family fallout (beep) shelters!

... old style slide show with soundtrack and cues for advancing the image.

1958 ... nuked at school!

... information on what's being done for Civil Defense safety in public schools (with suitably somber and scary or silly cheerful music included).

1951 ... nuked at sea!

"... arrr - them scurvy Commies have popped a nuke on us and we be glowing like an electric eel!"

1952 ... weird words from Conrad!

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1952 ... selling the Stratofortress!

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1961 ... bad day for LA!

1959 ... "The Missile Mission" with Jimmy Stewart

... not only did Jimmy Stewart volunteer to do heroic work as a WWII B-24 bomber pilot; but over the years he served as a tireless spokesman for the Air Force and rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserves. Never the less, every once in awhile, I see the image of the crazed George Bailey slipping and sliding down the Main St. of Bedford Falls chasing an Angel named Clarence; and I wonder, is this a guy we should give a B-52 and a couple of H-bombs to?