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"AT-6: Wings"
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| Flight Centennial Collection Private Collections Assemblage 24" x 64" (61 x 163 cm) |
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| Artist's Statement: "AT-6: Wings" represents, the North American AT-6 "Texan" trainer. The wing panels, which give "AT-6: Wings" its name, were removed from an airplane that suffered damage in a gear-up landing. Abrasion can be seen from the contact of these lower wing skins with the runway. Hinged panels enable the viewer alternately to see the interior and exterior of critical flight structures. Folded, the inside seams and rivet lines show interesting patterns of light-colored corrosion so common on aircraft of this age. Open, the panels reveal the outer surface, with original yellow and green pigments. Thousands of young men, aspiring to fly Mustang and Lightning fighters, and early jets, received advanced flight instruction in the Texan. The airplane was made from 1935 to 1954, and many are still flying today. It is truly one of the premier aircraft of the first century of flight. About the Flight Centennial Collection:
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