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| "I Will Glory in My Duty" |
"I Will Glory in My Duty" is the latest addition to the gallery at Casa la Cottom. It's Tom Kalina's print of a USMC RS-3, which is the military version of the Sikorsky S-38.
Here is how Tom describes the painting on his web site: "A United States Marine Corps Sikorsky RS-3 flies low across the water on a mission in Nicaragua, circa 1932. The USMC operated only two of the military version of the Sikorsky civil S-38 amphibious aircraft. Unlike its Navy counterpart that was painted dark gray with a black hull, this Marine Corps RS-3 fuselage was painted solid light gray."
I'm a huge fan of aviation art. I like Tom's work because he specializes in airliners, specifically the prop-liners and early jets of the post World War II era. I also have an affinity for flying boats. The Consolidated Commodores, and Sikorsky S-38s, of NYRBA Line and Pan American Airways, are particularly fascinating to me. I'm constantly on the lookout for new material. When I saw Tom's rendering of the Marine Corps RS-3, my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
I'm not the only aviation art enthusiast in the family. My wife Nancy is as well. I used to think she was just humoring me; but when she insisted we hang Tom's print of a Panagra DC-7 (a gift from The EG) in the living room, I knew she was hooked. When she saw the RS-3 on Tom's web site last summer, she said: "Wow, that's nice! You should buy that for me!" Yes; it was that easy!
Here is how Tom describes the painting on his web site: "A United States Marine Corps Sikorsky RS-3 flies low across the water on a mission in Nicaragua, circa 1932. The USMC operated only two of the military version of the Sikorsky civil S-38 amphibious aircraft. Unlike its Navy counterpart that was painted dark gray with a black hull, this Marine Corps RS-3 fuselage was painted solid light gray."
I'm a huge fan of aviation art. I like Tom's work because he specializes in airliners, specifically the prop-liners and early jets of the post World War II era. I also have an affinity for flying boats. The Consolidated Commodores, and Sikorsky S-38s, of NYRBA Line and Pan American Airways, are particularly fascinating to me. I'm constantly on the lookout for new material. When I saw Tom's rendering of the Marine Corps RS-3, my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
I'm not the only aviation art enthusiast in the family. My wife Nancy is as well. I used to think she was just humoring me; but when she insisted we hang Tom's print of a Panagra DC-7 (a gift from The EG) in the living room, I knew she was hooked. When she saw the RS-3 on Tom's web site last summer, she said: "Wow, that's nice! You should buy that for me!" Yes; it was that easy!
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