Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The PBY on the hill

 
This is the PBY plane that greeted us at the top of the (cold, windy!) hill at NAS Oak Harbor at the Memorial.  It, and all the other memorabilia in the building, is quite stirring.  We were given a WARM, friendly royal welcome by the Docent volunteers and it was an altogether enjoyable experience. 

5 comments:

  1. Judi, your sketch is so appropriate for the era. The flag in background adds to the nostalgia of these planes. My husband rode in one of these while in Alaska many years past. They also used to be based on Lake Ozette located in Olympic Nat'l Park since they used them for anti submarine patrols during WWII.

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  2. Such a beautiful job, Judi. Tough subject but you sketched it skillfully.

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  3. Great job, Judi. The flag waving in the background is a great touch! Everyone did such beautiful work yesterday. . . I'm itching to get back up there and sketch everything I missed!

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  4. Hi Judi,

    I'm the webmaster for the PBY Memorial Foundation Navy History Center. I'm so impressed with the sketches done by you and the rest of your group while on your visit to the Center. We'll be posting Sue Van Etten's review and sketch on our website "in the news" page and would like your permission to include your beautiful work. This is a stunning sketch of the PBY! I know our members and the board will be very please to see it!

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