Missing Man Canvas Print

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The Rocky Mountain Renegades preform a "Missing Man" flyby at the recent Longmont, Colorado Air Expo at Vance Brand airport. The missing man formation is an aerial salute performed as part of an aircraft flyby at a funeral or memorial event, typically in memory of a fallen pilot. In the movie Hell Divers from 1932, the closing flyby shows a missing man formation. U.S. Navy F/A-18 jets flew a missing man formation at a memorial service for astronaut Neil Armstrong on 31 August 2012.

In 1936, King George V received the first recorded flyby for a non-RAF funeral. The United States adopted the tradition in 1938 during the funeral for Major General Oscar Westover with over 50 aircraft and one blank position. By the end of World War II, the missing man formation had evolved to include the pull-up of the aircraft representing the missing pilot. In April 1954, United States Air Force General Hoyt Vandenberg was buried at Arlington National Cemetery without the traditional horse-drawn ar...

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...