November 23, 2002
Photo: Flight's End
Georges Schreiber #8
Oil on Canvas, 1943
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
47h" x 35w"
88-159-JA
His parachute swung comfortably over his shoulder, a Navy pilot returns to squadron headquarters to check in after a flight at Pensacola, Florida. Behind him, a beaching crew hoists a Vought-Sikorsky observation-scout onto the concrete hangar ramp. This operation is the same as that followed at sea, where scouting planes are hoisted back aboard after being catapulted from the deck of cruiser or battleship.
Nothing is given to man on earth --
struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible --
the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him
from pursuing the values he has chosen.... Andrew Bernstein.
song playing....Every Breath You Take