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Limited-edition Prints by Lou Drendel

Limited-edition print "T-34" available from the T-34 Association Merchandise Manager, Skip Aldous. (Contact Skip at Mentor53JA@aol.com) Text at the bottom of the print contains a brief history of the T-34 Mentor (left of patch) and the founding of the T-34 Association by Charlie Nogle. Prints are signed by the artist and by Charlie Nogle.

Limited-edition print "River Rats", available from The Country Store at the Red River Valley Association.  Overall print size is 20 x 26", image size is 16" x 23-1/2", including the following caption; "The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association - "River Rats" -  are aircrews who flew combat missions over North Vietnam , into the most heavily defended airspace in the history of aerial warfare. Their association is dedicated to preserving the memory of  fallen comrades and providing scholarship support for the children of those who did not return; to educating American youth and the public in the purpose and potential of military aviation, and to minimizing losses in future conflicts. This print is dedicated to the spirit of those whose professionalism during this unprecedented aerial warfare is a source of pride for all Americans." Prints are signed and numbered.

Limited-edition print  "Splash Three, Splash Four", depicting the action in which Steve Ritchie shot down two Mig-21s enroute to becoming an Ace in the Vietnam War. Overall print  size is 29" x 21-1/2", image size is 25" x 16". Copies are available from the artist at $150 Very limited-edition print of  4 only! 18" x 10" pencil on paper. VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" F-4B Phantom being positioned on the catapult for launch from the USS Independence in 1964. Prints signed, numbered, and (if requested) personalized by the artist. $45 each incl shpping.

The MIG that didn’t get away.

On 16 April 1972, Major Dan Cherry, with 1/Lt Jeff Feinstein of the 432nd TRW, in F-4D 67-550, shot down a MIG-21 of the North Vietnamese Air Force. This 26" x 15-1/4"  limited (to 500) edition print is available  for $50.00 from:

 

Aviation Heritage Park, Inc.

P.O. Box 1526

Bowling Green, KY 42102-1526

 

Proceeds from the sale of these prints will be used to restore and display this Phantom at the Bowling Green airport.

Original Art: Gallery One 

F-4E Phantom on the ramp after a rainstorm. Oil on canvas 30" x 24" $500

Cover: T-34 In Action (1990) 24" x 18" acrylic on illustration board. $750

EF-111 Raven. Published in "F-111 In Action" acrylic on board 20" x 8" $150

"Reflections" MC-130 24" x 18" acrylic on gessobord. Published in C-130 Walk Around. $500

A-10 Warthog diving on Iraqi positions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Published as rear cover to "Operation Iraqi Freedom" 18" x 24" acrylic on gessobord. $800 "Peleliu Harrier" An AV-8B Harrier over USS Peleliu (LHA-5) during Operation Iraqi Freedom Operations. Custom framed under UV glass. $700 A-4C landing on USS Ticonderoga on Yankee Station, 1965. 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas board. $600 C-130 dropping troops during operation Junction City, South Vietnam. Published in Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, 1967. Oil on canvas 30" x 24" $500

F-4E of the Israeli Air Force kills a tank during the 1973 war. 16" x 24" acrylic on hard board. unpublished.$250 F/A-18C of VFA-25 "Fist Of The Fleet" trapping after an Operation Iraqi Freedom combat mission. 24" x 14" acrylic on illustration board. $350 C-130 dropping paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division over Fort Bragg, N.C. in 1958. Published in "C-130 Walk Around. Acrylic on board, 24" x 18" $700 Iraqi Mig-21 and SU-25 were casualties of Operation Desert Storm. Published in "....And Kill Migs!, 4th edition" acrylic on board 20" x 15" $325

RF-4C of the 17th TRS and F-4/c of the 58th TFTW. Published in "Phantom II" acrylic on board 20" x 10" $350 Grumman E-2 Hawkeye of VAW-11 on initial approach to USS Kitty Hawk, 1968. Oil on Canvas 24" x 12" $400

WC-121-N "Warning Star" Super Constellation of VW-4 about to penetrate a hurricane. The six Constellations used by Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Four were used exclusively for aerial hurricane reconnaissance from l958 to 1962. 16” x 20” Acrylic on hardboard. $650

 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy in original livery. Freetime Publications Acrylic on illustration board 15" x 10" $250

F-4 chases a MIG-17. Oil on Canvas, unpublished.. $375 Sold Sunday Punchers A-6A on first combat missions, Vietnam, 1965. Published in Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, 1967. 24" x 30" Oil on Canvas $600 Marine F-8 Crusader rolls in on enemy target in I Corps, 1966. Published in Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, 1967. 24" x 30" Oil on Canvas $500

Cover of "Eagle" (first edition) 15 x 20" acrylic on illustration board. $500



A-7Bs of VA-82 Marauders break to attack targets in Vietnam. Unpublished 24" x 18" acrylic on masonite. $500 SP-5H Patrol Bomber. Published in "Air War Southeast Asia, Vol I" acrylic on board 12" x 5" $125 "Whaleback Attack" ..an F/A-18C of VFA-97 rolls in on the Whaleback, a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, 2003. Selected for display in the National Museum of Naval Aviation 2004. Custom framed under UV glass.  $700 MIG-killer F/A-18A of VFA-81 "Sunliners" Published in "....And Kill Migs, 4th Edition" 20" x 8" acrylic on board. $150

A-1H Skyraider bombing VC positions in South Vietnam, 1965. 24" x 18" Oil on Canvas $600 DC-130 nose detail, C-130H of the Iranian Air Force, 1974 and KC-130H of 123 Escuadron, Spanish AF. 20" x 15" acrylic on board. C-130 In Action. $300 DC-130A of VC-3. acrylic on board 20" x  9", C-130 In Action. $175 F-104G of the Luftwaffe. 20" x 15" acrylic on illustration board. Unpublished. $250