Panthers by David Pentland  Grumman panther F9F / 5's of Marine Squadron VM311 flown by Boston Redsox Baseball star Ted Williams and future Astronaut John Glenn take off from K3 Airbase Pohang, on a ground support mission.  Turning Point by David Pentland 6th August 1945, Col. Paul Tibbets puts his aircraft, Enolo Gay, into a violent turn to evade the blast of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This marked a turning point in the war and history. Mission to Yokahama, Japan, June 1944 by David Pentland  Boeing B29 Superfortresses of the USAAF 40th Bomb Group come under attack from a Kawasaki Ki64 Hein (Tony) of the Japanese Army Airforces 244th Sentai. Alfa-Strike by Nicholas Trudgian  Wynn Foster leads a typical ground attack near Haiphong in June 1966. Zigzagging out of the target area at low level, the A-4 Skyhawks are going flat out just a few feet above the spectacular coastal landscape of North Vietnam, close to the border with China.  The battle accomplishments of US Navy Squadron VA-163 during the Vietnam war, was the stuff of legends. Stationed aboard the carrier Oriskany on its second cruise, VA163's A-4 Skyhawks were led by Commander Wynn Foster, one of the navy's most aggressive strike leaders, and under Air Wing Commander James Stockdale, the A-4 pilots racked up a formidable record as a top fighting unit. The Hunt for U-boat 134 by David Pentland  Lockheed Vega PV-1 (VB32 Squadron) in the Santaren Channel. From this point on the U-boat was hunted and harassed only to be sunk in the Bay of Biscay. Cuba Crisis 1960's by David Pentland  Martin Mauler in a hypothetical attack on a Soviet Cruiser. The aircraft attained limited production and use, but never saw action. "Doolittle Raider" Tokyo, April 18th 1942 by David Pentland  Aircraft number 2247, flown by Lt McElroy, attacks the Yokosuka Yard near Tokyo. He was one of the 18 B25 Mitchell bombers which took part in the famous retaliatory raid on Japan. Century of Aviation Series No1 by Keith Woodcock  North American F100 Super Sabre.

Excelsior III - the Long, Lonely Leap by Stuart Brown    (below Colonel Joe W Kittinger ) Excelsior III - the Long, Lonely Leap by Stuart Brown  The most incredible 614mph freefall from the edge of space, celebrated in this superb limited edition print signed by the skydiving legend himself, Colonel Joe W Kittinger. Kittinger performed three extreme altitude jumps during August 1960 as part of the USAF research project 'Excelsior' - a precursor to the US space race designed to test human survivability. Excelsior III was the climax of the operation. Leaping from the gondola of a 200ft diameter helium balloon, Kittinger spent four minutes, thirty six seconds in freefall. Passing through 90,000ft, his speed reached an incredible 614mph (almost the speed of sound in the thin freezing air of the upper atmosphere) before his multi-stage parachute slowed descent - opening the 'main' at 18,000ft. This historic jump set an altitude record that still stands at the time of writing.