Air Force Museum displaying aviation art

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DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) --  More than 250 original paintings by aviation artists will be featured when the Air Force Museum here offers "A Centennial Celebration of Aviation Art" for a limited engagement during 2003.

To commemorate the Centennial of Flight, this art collection epitomizes the aviation history and recalls a century of courage and pioneer spirit, according to museum officials. The collection involves five separate and consecutive exhibits.

The first exhibit, "A Century of Flight," will be unveiled Jan. 16 and features 60 paintings by Keith Ferris. The second exhibit, "Air Power," begins April 12 and contains pieces from Wilson Hurley, William Phillips, Roy Grinnell, Dru Blair, Ronald Wong and Craig Kodera.

On June 6, "Aviation Art Worldwide" features works by Robert Taylor, Tiro Vorster, Don Connolly and the French artists "Les Peintres De L'Air." The fourth exhibit, "Those Magnificent Flyers," begins Aug. 26 and is dedicated to the art of James Dietz.

The final exhibit, "Fly Me to the Future," begins Oct. 9, and showcases pieces by John Clark, Robert McCall and Mark Waki.

The Air Force Museum, the largest and oldest military aviation museum in the world, is located on Springfield Pike, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton. It is open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

For more information on "A Centennial Celebration of Aviation Art," call Denise Bollinger at (937) 255-8046, Ext. 492. (Courtesy of Air Force Materiel Command News Service)