The Sundowners - Limited Edition

‘The Sundowners’ by Anthony Saunders is the artist's first-ever jet painting depicting a colourful F-4 Phantom from VF- 111 as it launches from the carrier USS Coral Sea. The date was 6 March 1972 and the Phantom was NL201, call sign ‘Old Nick Two Zero One’, flown on this mission by experienced pilot Lt Garry L. Weigand and his back-seater, Radar Intercept Officer Ltjg. William C. Freckleton. They were part of a two-ship team tasked to intercept MiGs that had just clashed with Phantoms of VF-51 on a strike force escorting a photo-reconnaissance RA-5C Vigilante over Quang Lang airfield. They found a MiG-17, and in a ‘nasty turning fight with the scrappy little plane’, Weigand manage to roll in on the MiG from the rear and in a dramatic victory, downed it with a Sidewinder.

Editions:

• 600 Limited Edition, signed and numbered by the Artist
• 50 Artist's Proofs, signed and numbered by the Artist
• 50 Remarques, signed and numbered by the Artist
• 20 Double Remarques, signed and numbered by the Artist
• 75 Giclée Studio Proofs, signed and numbered by the Artist, (Overall canvas size ca. 91 cm x 61 cm)