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"GOBLIN TRACK" by Mike Ray

The subject shows a Sikorsky HSS-1N (SH34-B) "Seabat" and a Grumman S2-F-1 operating with the USS Epperson (DD-719) on a coordinated anti-submarine exercise called a W-2-U. The undersea track of the prey (called a goblin) can be traced by the line of floating smoke flares.

This beautiful "giclee" print is archival for 200 years.
Available in three print sizes. Signed by the artist.

"A-13 OVER L-1" by Mike Ray

In those days, young naval aviators cut their teeth on the Beechcraft T-34b "Mentor". The nuggets called it the "Teeny-weeny." The scene depicted is the first solo flight (the A-13) in the syllabus and the area where that flight was to be conducted was called the "L-1 area."

"A TRIBUTE TO SKIP" by Mike Ray

On 22 January 1966, a Grumman S-2D (Stoof) operating in the Gulf of Tonkin disappeared from the radar screen of the controlling destroyer while investigating a potentially hostile surface target. They were, perhaps, the only S-2 ever shot down in combat. The poster is a tribute to that crew and to the many others who lost their lives in the Vietnam conflict.

"COMMANDER'S MOON" by Mike Ray

Whenever the sky is clear, the seas are calm, and the moon is bright and full; it is time for the senior pilots to bag some night landings. It is called a Commander's moon. Painted from the viewpoint of the plane guard.  This beautiful "giclee" print is archival for 200 years. Available in three print sizes. Signed by the artist.
"CVSG-57: THE AIRGROUP" by Mike Ray

The USS Hornet Westpac cruise of 1965 had embarked a complement of ASW airplanes known as CVSG-57. This poster remembers that cruise.