Going For the Gold Unlimited Air Racer Print
Item Number: 110
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Value: $139
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Description
As the nine Unlimiteds charge down the “chute” at maximum power, the T-33 pace plane, leaving a marking trail from its wingtips, pulls up and away, beginning what some consider (for those who have witnessed it), the most exciting moment in all of motor sports racing, even including the start of the “Indianapolis 500”. This was the inspiration behind the piece created here, which depicts the beginning of the Unlimited Championship Final at the 1991 Reno Air Races. Former two-time Unlimited Champion, Steve Hinton, pilots the T-33 Red Knight pace plane, as another former Unlimited Champion, John Crocker, rides along as a passenger in the back seat. Gentlemen, you have a race!
Special Instructions
Denver Kissinger
Before embarking on his quest to portray aircraft, mainly the Unlimited Air Racers, Denver was employed by the May Company, doing advertising design, a rather unimaginative and uninspiring occupation. Automotive artist, Harold James Cleworth, served as part of the inspiration behind Denver’s concept to create, Racing Aircraft Portraits. Cleworth traveled to the U.S., and to California in particular, to paint his first love – automobiles. Denver felt he could do the same, only with aircraft, and those with visually striking and colorful schemes – primarily, race planes.