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Fast and Furious by Stan Stokes. Thomas Sopwith was a distinguished British aviator who organized the Sopwith Aviation Company. Sopwith produced an aircraft which won the coveted Schneider Trophy race. With the start of WW I, Sopwith Aviation shifted its focus to military aircraft, and was to become one the major suppliers to both the Royal Air Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. In October of 1914 two Sopwith Tabloids flew a 200-mile round trip strike against the airship sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne. The Sopwith Strutter firmly entrenched Sopwith as a producer of quality-built aircraft. The Strutter was a precursor of the Sopwith Pup, which would serve as the Royal Navys first carrier aircraft. The first production Pup was delivered to the Royal Navy in 1916. Most Pups were powered by a 80-HP Le Rhone radial engine, which gave the Pup a top speed of 115-MPH and an endurance of three hours. Many Navy Pups were modified to utilize a tripod mounted Lewis gun which could be fired forward or upwards through a cutou......... More Text... Item Code : STK0005 Fast and Furious by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. for £160 - Save £100 Buy With : HMS Furious with HMS Revenge by Ivan Berryman. for £110 - Save £60 Off to the Turkey Shoot by Stan Stokes. At the time of the attack of Pearl Harbor the Japanese had superior aircraft and plenty of experienced pilots fresh from combat in China. By 1944 the roles were reversed. Anxious to commence B-29 bombing missions against the Japanese homeland Rear Admiral Marc Mitschers Task Force 58 was given the assignment of supporting the recapture of the Marianas. This proved to be the last major carrier battle of World War II. On June 11, 1944 large formations of Hellcats were dispatched to lure Japanese land-based fighters into combat. Enough Japanese fighters were destroyed to allow the Fifth Fleet to land 140,000 troops on Saipan and Guam on June 15th. Also on June 15th the Japanese main fleet joined up with its mobile fleet about 300-400 miles from Task Force 58. Vice Admiral Ozawa detached a force to use as bait to lure the Americans within range of the main fleet. His bait not taken, on June 19th Ozawa launched three air strikes with about 250 aircraft. The relatively inexperienced Japanes......... More Text... Item Code : STK0076 Off to the Turkey Shoot by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) McCampbell, David + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £70 £20 Off! Now : £209.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) McCampbell, David + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £70 £50 Off! Now : £179.00 The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes. Stunt pilot Eugene B. Ely, a former race car driver, worked for the Curtiss Aircraft Company as a demonstration pilot in 1910, only seven years after the Wright Brothers first flight. Ely, a tall, lantern-jawed, individual was excited about the possibility of flying an aircraft off a ship. Glen Curtiss believed that such an attempt wood be fool hearty, and the Secretary of the Navy refused to allocate any funds for such a stunt. Although Ely couldn't swim, the pilot exuded the cocky self-confidence typical of early flyers. Ely persisted in his quest and finally got the Navys first Director of Aviation to allow Ely to utilize the USS Birmingham for one day. On November 14, 1910 an 83-foot ramp was constructed over the ships forecastle. Ely readied his Curtiss pusher biplane for the momentous attempt. As bad weather began to close in the impatient flyer decided that he could not wait for the Birmingham to get underway. Ely, appropriately suited in a football helmet, fired up the eng......... More Text... Item Code : STK0178 The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 Midway: The Turning Point by Stan Stokes. The Battle of Midway in June of 1942 marked the turning point in the War in the Pacific, and the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the aircraft which provided the punch in this decisive victory for America. The SBD, which earned the nickname Slow, But Deadly, entered service with the USN and USMC in 1940. Powered by a 1,000 HP, 9-cylinder, Cyclone radial engine the SBD was capable of a maximum speed of 250 MPH. The Dauntless could stay airborne for a long time with its 1,300 mile range and slow cruising speed, and it was capable of delivering a 1,200 pound bomb load. Because of its slow speed the SBD needed armament to discourage attack by enemy fighters. Two forward firing machine guns and either one or two rear firing guns mounted in the gunners cockpit behind the pilot, gave the SBD enough firepower to make it a challenging target for enemy fighters. The Japanese plan for invading Midway, a strategically-located small island about 1,100 miles northwest of Hawaii, involved the use of a deco......... More Text... Item Code : STK0099 Midway: The Turning Point by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Elder, Robert M + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £50 £10 Off! Now : £130.00 PRINT Limited edition of 100 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £10 Off! Now : £140.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Elder, Robert M + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £50 £20 Off! Now : £90.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 45 inches x 30 inches (114cm x 76cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Dash for Freedom by Stan Stokes. The USS Nevada, the only capital ship to get underway during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor is the subject of this dramatic painting. The burning hull of The USS Arizona is in the background as the Nevada, under the command of L Cdr. Francis Thomas makes its dash for the channel. Fearing that the Nevada would be sunk in the channel, the decision was made to beach the ship near Hospital Point. More Text... Item Code : STK0210 Dash for Freedom by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 200 giclee art prints. Signed by 8 survivors of the the attack on Pearl Harbour Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £70 Off! Now : £170.00 PRINT Signature edition of 200 prints from the edition of 750 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 49 inches x 21 inches (99cm x 53cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 35 inches x 15 inches (89cm x 38cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Stung by the Wasp by Stan Stokes. The Axis attack on the British controlled island of Malta commenced in 1940 only one day after Mussolini committed Italy's forces on the side of the Germans during WW II. This strategically located island was a thorn in the side of Axis plans to dominate the Mediterranean and win control of North Africa. Malta would be attacked thousands of times by waves of both Italian and German bombers during the course of the War. On a per acre basis it may be one of the most bombed targets of WW II. In the early phases of the defense of the island a handful of Gloster Gladiators which were supplemented eventually by RAF Hurricanes carried on the brunt of the islands defense. Spitfires were sorely needed. The first Fifteen Spitfires arrived in Malta on March 7, 1942, and a second group of Spits arrived on March 29. In both cases they were launched from the HMS Eagle, and had to fly more than 600 miles over the Mediterranean to reach the island. In April of 1942, Churchill asked Roosevelt for......... More Text... Item Code : STK0135 Stung by the Wasp by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Tilley, Reade F + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £60 £30 Off! Now : £120.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Tilley, Reade F + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £60 £40 Off! Now : £90.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Operation Calendar by Simon Atack. for £140 - Save £180 Buy With : Victory Over Malta by Ivan Berryman. for £115 - Save £110 Buy With : Maltese Falcons by Anthony Saunders. (C) for £175 - Save £135 Sink the Bismarck by Stan Stokes. Commissioned on August 24, 1940, the German battleship Bismarck was the epitome of naval power. The great ship was 823 feet in length, had a beam of 118 feet, and a displacement of 50,000 tons. After nine months of sea trials the Bismarck embarked on its first mission accompanied by the cruiser Prinz Eugen on May 19, 1941. The Bismarcks mission was to destroy and disrupt convoys carrying war relief supplies to Britain from North America. On May 20th the Bismarck was spotted and reported to British intelligence as it passed through the narrow straits between Denmark and Sweden. The British presumed correctly that the Bismarck was headed for the North Atlantic, but by which route? Dividing its naval forces in an attempt to intercept the mighty German battleship, four ships were sent to patrol the Denmark strait, including the newly commissioned battleship Prince of Wales, and the H.M.S. Hood, a heavily armed battle cruiser, pride of the British fleet. On may 23rd the Bismarck was spotte......... More Text... Item Code : STK0131 Sink the Bismarck by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £70.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Mullenheim-Rechberg, Burkard von + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £65 £20 Off! Now : £140.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and crewman. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Mullenheim-Rechberg, Burkard von + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £65 £50 Off! Now : £100.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 12 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 12 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) none £400.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Clipped Signature - Otto Peters. for £85 - Save £35 Buy With : Battle of the Denmark Straits by Randall Wilson. for £80 - Save £70 Buy With : Bismarck by Randall Wilson. for £120 - Save £70 Buy With : Bismarck by Ivan Berryman (B) for £195 - Save £105 Fallen Eagle by Stan Stokes. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was designed by Ed Heinemann as a successor to the Skyraider attack bomber. The prototype aircraft first flew in 1954. The diminutive Skyhawk was only 42 feet in length, with a carrier friendly wingspan of 27 feet. The Skyhawk was capable of speeds close to 700 MPH, and was produced in several variants through 1979. The Skyhawk was utilized extensively in Vietnam for ground attack and support. As depicted in Stan Stokes painting entitled Fallen Eagle, the A-4 of a young Navy aviator, Everett Alvarez, has just taken off from the USS Constellation at 2:30 PM on August 5, 1964. Alvarez, a native of Salinas California, had attended the University of Santa Clara before joining the Navy. It was a day that Alvarez would not soon forget. About midnight that day the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy were under attack from North Vietnamese patrol boats in international waters sixty miles off the coast of North Vietnam. Alvarez unit, the VA-144 Roadrunner......... More Text... Item Code : STK0055 Fallen Eagle by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Alvarez, Everrett + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £40 £25 Off! Now : £105.00 PRINT Limited edition of 25 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £10 Off! Now : £135.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Alvarez, Everrett + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £40 £45 Off! Now : £85.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 45 inches x 30 inches (114cm x 76cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Alfa-Strike by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) for £290 - Save £60 Buy With : Alfa-Strike by Nicolas Trudgian. for £180 - Save £150 Hook Down and Homeward Bound by Stan Stokes. The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair was arguably the finest naval aviation fighter of its era. Work on this design dates to 1938 and was headed-up by Voughts Chief Engineer, Rex Biesel. The initial prototype was powered by an 1800-HP Pratt & Whitney double Wasp radial engine. This was the third Vought aircraft to carry the Corsair name. The graceful and highly recognizable gull-wing design of the F4U permitted the aircraft to utilize a 13-foot, three-blade, Hamilton Standard propeller, while not having to lengthen the landing gear. Because of the rigors of carrier landings, this was a very important design consideration. Folding wings were also required for carrier operations. The F4U was thirty feet long, had a wingspan of 41 feet and an empty weight of approximately 7,500 pounds. Another interesting feature was the way the F4Us gear rotated 90 degrees, so it would lay flush within the wing when in the up position. In 1939 the Navy approved the design, and production commenced. The Corsair......... More Text... Item Code : STK0066 Hook Down and Homeward Bound by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. ONE AVAILABLE. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £50.00 PRINT Limited edition of 100 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Artist : Stan Stokes SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 45 inches x 30 inches (114cm x 76cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Angels of Okinawa by Stan Stokes. for £0 - Save £100 Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. The 74,000 ton Yamato and the Musashi were the two largest battleships ever built, and typified the Imperial Japanese Navys attitude that their ships should be superior to anything the United States had. As a comparison the German Battleship Deutschland displaced a mere 15,500 tons. Each of these ships carried nine 18.1 inch guns, the most powerful armament available on any ship at that point in time. The Yamato participated in the attack on Midway, serving as Admiral Yamamotos flag ship, and many of the other significant sea battles in the Pacific. By the time the Allies were preparing to invade Okinawa, the Japanese had been forced to utilize Kikusui tactics which would involve mass suicide attacks and individual suicide missions. The army had made numerous sacrifices, and senior Japanese naval officers realized that the Yamato would need to be sacrificed in the defense of Okinawa, as a matter of pride. The Yamatos 350-mile trip to Okinawa without any meaningful air cover would be ......... More Text... Item Code : STK0090 Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Patterson, William Web + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £45 £30 Off! Now : £120.00 PRINT Limited edition of 25 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £10 Off! Now : £135.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Patterson, William Web + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £45 £50 Off! Now : £100.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) none £400.00 Battleship Row by Stan Stokes. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto attended Harvard University where he gained a good understanding of American culture and developed an avid interest in the game of poker. Yamamoto played his cards when he outlined a plan to attack Pearl Harbor in January 1941. In April the Japanese organized a First Air Fleet with Vice Admiral Nagumo as its Commander in Chief. Commander Minoru Genda was appointed air staff officer, and because Nagumo was unfamiliar with air tactics, Genda was given responsibility for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor. Cdr. Genda immediately began perfecting the Pearl Harbor plan, and few details were overlooked. The Imperial Navys First Air Fleet consisted of six carriers. The Akagi, flagship of the strike force, was a converted cruiser which carried 63 aircraft. The Kaga also carried 63 aircraft, and was a converted battleship. The Soryu was the first carrier built from the ground up and was similar to the Hiryu. Each carrier had a compliment of 54 aircraft. With two addit......... More Text... Item Code : STK0111 Battleship Row by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Kalina, Stanley A + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £30 £20 Off! Now : £110.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and crewman. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Kalina, Stanley A + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £30 £45 Off! Now : £85.00 America's First Flat Top by Stan Stokes. Although the US Navy had been an early leader in supporting naval aviation, during WWI the Navy had emphasized float planes, and with the end of the War, America found itself well behind the British who had several aircraft carriers in service. In April of 1919 the Navy decided to convert a new collier, the USS Jupiter, into a flush deck aircraft carrier, the navy's first. Redesignated as the USS Langley (CV-1), the ship was commissioned in March of 1922. The Langley was the Navy's only carrier until 1928, and would serve in this role until 1936. With the introduction of faster and larger naval aircraft, the Langley's small size and slow speed would result in a decision to change her mission to seaplane tender. The Langley displaced only 13,000 tons, had an open hangar deck, and no island. The ships two stacks were swiveled outwards during air operations, giving pilots a small but unobstructed flight deck. Two catapults were incorporated in the initial design, but were la......... More Text... Item Code : STK0159 America's First Flat Top by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 The Last Navy Biplane Fighter by Stan Stokes. The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. was organized in late 1929. The US Navy ordered 27 production Grumman FF-1 biplane fighters in 1932, the beginning of a relationship that has endured for more than seventy years. The FF-1 was a diminutive staggerwing fighter capable of a top speed of 207-MPH. A large number of aircraft were produced for export by Grumman in the early 1930s, but the company wanted to win a contract for a new and improved USN fighter. In May of 1934 the company succeeded with a contract for 54 F2F-1s. In 1934 the company also won a contract for a new and improved F3F-1. The latter was aerodynamically improved design which overcame some of the design inadequacies of the earlier aircraft. The F3F-2 was delivered in 1937. Three units were equipped with the aircraft, VF-6 operating off the USS Enterprise, VMF-2 based in San Diego, California, and VMF-1 based in Quantico, Virginia. Grumman was working on another variant, but they became concerned about the monoplane des......... More Text... Item Code : STK0162 The Last Navy Biplane Fighter by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT Limited edition of 100 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £10 Off! Now : £160.00 Flight for Freedom by Stan Stokes. USN F/A-18 Hornet. More Text... Item Code : STK0146 Flight for Freedom by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Limited edition of 950 prints. Full Item Details Print size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £150.00 The Eagle in San Francisco by Stan Stokes. The USCG tall ship Eagle is shown under full sail in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz Island, site of the infamous federal prison, is in view and in the distance is the waterfront of downtown San Francisco. The Eagle, originally named the Horst Vessel and built in Germany in 1936, was received as a war reparation payment. The Eagle represents America in many tall ship events, and serves as a primary USCG training vessel. More Text... Item Code : STK0213 The Eagle in San Francisco by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 giclee art prints. ONE FINAL PRINT AVAILABLE. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £30 Off! Now : £170.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 49 inches x 21 inches (99cm x 53cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 35 inches x 15 inches (89cm x 38cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Practice Makes Perfect by Stan Stokes. The first successful carrier landing and take off took place on January 18, 1911 in San Francisco Bay. It was performed using a Curtiss biplane, which was flown by Eugene Ely, a demonstration pilot who worked for Curtiss Aircraft. A flying platform was built on the stern of the USS Pennsylvania, and a primitive arresting gear was provided by a series of ropes with sandbags attached to each end. Ely took off from Selfridge Field and made the first trap on the Pennsylvania. Following a pleasant lunch he took off from the deck and returned to Selfridge Field. This event was a watershed in the history of naval aviation. Ely would be followed over the next 9 decades by tens of thousands of naval aviators who would experience both the fear and ecstasy of a carrier landing at sea. By the time America was involved in WW II, carrier-based aviation had matured. Victory in WW II, especially in the Pacific, was influenced more by carrier-based aviation then any other factor. By the end of WW II ......... More Text... Item Code : STK0073 Practice Makes Perfect by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 Guardian of the Fleet by Stan Stokes. The USS Kidd, a Fletcher Class destroyer, takes off in rough seas after an unwanted intruder while the USS San Francisco cruises off its port side. More Text... Item Code : STK0212 Guardian of the Fleet by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £150.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 49 inches x 21 inches (99cm x 53cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 35 inches x 15 inches (89cm x 38cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Teddys Great White Fleet by Stan Stokes. Teddy Roosevelts Big Stick included a worldwide tour of the American Fleet to project American power. More Text... Item Code : STK0205 Teddys Great White Fleet by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £150.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 49 inches x 21 inches (99cm x 53cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 35 inches x 15 inches (89cm x 38cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. On July 24, 1945, Air Group 87 on board the USS Ticonderoga was informed that the Hyuga, anchored off a small island near Kure, Japan, would be its target. The ship, a WW I vintage battleship which had been modernized in 1936, and later converted to part battleship and part sea plane tender, would be a formidable objective with its impressive firepower and the fact that its location would place the attackers in the line of fire of numerous shore batteries. The ship was 704 feet in length, displaced 39,000 tons, and carried a compliment of Aichi E16A1 Zuiun reconaissance aircraft which were code named Paul by the Allies. Lt Cdr. Kanaga would lead the squadrons Curtiss SB2C Helldivers on the attack. Each of the twelve Helldivers would carry a 1,000 pound bomb in the internal bomb bay, a 260 pound fragmentation bomb under one wing and a droppable wing tank under the other wing. The drop tank weighed substantially more than the 260 pounder so it was anticipated that the Helldivers might b......... More Text... Item Code : STK0072 Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Full Item Details Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £35.00 PRINT 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot, and a remarque. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Brehm, Paul + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £50 £20 Off! Now : £110.00 PRINT Prints from the 225 prints from the signed limited edition of 4750 prints, with signature of Stan Stokes and pilot. Full Item Details Image size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Brehm, Paul + Artist : Stan Stokes Signature(s) value alone : £50 £15 Off! Now : £95.00 Christmas in New York by Stan Stokes. Depicts the return of the USS Arizona to Brooklyn in 1916, where it was commissioned in May of that year. The Arizona would be sunk twenty-five years later during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This painting is a tribute to the hundreds of USN officers and seamen still entombed on the ship. More Text... Item Code : STK0209 Christmas in New York by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £150.00 GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 49 inches x 21 inches (99cm x 53cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE GICLEE CANVAS Limited edition of giclee canvas prints. Full Item Details Size 35 inches x 15 inches (89cm x 38cm) none SOLD OUT NOT AVAILABLE Remember the Maine by Stan Stokes. More Text... Item Code : STK0207 Remember the Maine by Stan Stokes. - Editions Available TYPE DESCRIPTION SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 750 giclee art prints. Full Item Details Image size 20 inches x 9 inches (51cm x 23cm) Artist : Stan Stokes £15 Off! Now : £150.00

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