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12.00" x 8.00"
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17.50" x 13.50"
Valkyrie - Mach 3 At 70000 Feet Framed Print
by Mark Karvon
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Valkyrie - Mach 3 At 70000 Feet framed print by Mark Karvon. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Designed and constructed during the Cold War, the Valkyrie first flew in 1964. The United States issued a requirement for a heavy bomber capable of... more
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Artist's Description
Designed and constructed during the "Cold War", the Valkyrie first flew in 1964. The United States issued a requirement for a heavy bomber capable of cruising at Mach 3 with range enough to reach the USSR to deliver a nuclear weapon. Rapid progress of intercontinental ballistic missile programs soon negated the role for which the Valkyrie was intended and the program was cancelled. Two prototypes were constructed however, the number two ship was lost in a tragic accident in 1966 when a chase plane collided with it during a test flight. The first airplane continued to fly with NASA until her retirement in 1969 and is now on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force near Dayton, OH.
About Mark Karvon
Prints of all artworks are available at www.markkarvon.com. All artworks are copyright Mark Karvon. As a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, I always was interested in the mechanical creations of man. There is something about a purpose of design and the engineering solution to achieve that purpose that always created a spark in my mind. The forms those machines took were captivating to me - the pointed nose of a fighter jet; the exposed driving wheels of a mighty steam engine, the streamlined shape of a submarine. And the stories of the incredible experiences of the men who operated those machines are the stuff of legends and sometimes nightmares. From an early age I tried to express my fascination through drawing. I suppose my first...
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Sunil Kapadia
Congratulations !
Poet's Eye
A WOW moment if ever I saw one. Congratulations.
Mark Karvon
Thanks Dan.
Dan Mills
This is a beautiful illustration, Mark. My step father worked on the XB70 in the 1960s and couldn't say enought good things about it. Too bad they shelved the project.