Military Aviation Art
On September 7, 1956, USAF Captain Iven C.
Kincheloe flew the exotic Bell X-2 research craft to a new world altitude
record of 126,000 feet - the first time a manned airplane had ever flown
outside the earth's atmosphere. Considered as pioneering in 1956 as the
moon landing was in 1969, this flight earned Capt. Kincheloe the
well-deserved nickname of "First of the Spacemen." Machat's
original painting contains actual granules of white paint obtained from
the Bell X-2, which was also the first airplane to fly at Mach 3, or 2,100
mph. |
