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The 50th Anniversary of the TET Offensive at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum
This event was managed by the Bob “Hoppy” Hopkins from start to finish: the concept, the artist, the financing, getting Udvar-Hazy approval, dinner, et al. The airplane, the lightbox, the airfoils, the now-enshrined and engraved Wall of Honor are all a fitting SSS monument to our legacies and heritage.
The Misty Pilot’s bank account was used to buy a pig-in-the-poke, just trusting the Smithsonian staff with $10,000 and a couple of concept sketches rushed into production. The museum came through and the lightbox dramatically enhances the painting![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1505008687826{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”22261″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”22260″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][vc_single_image image=”22258″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”22259″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]