Flight Centennial Portfolio, Over Lordsburg

Artist's Statement:
"Over Lordsburg" is dedicated to the memory of C.A. Lindburgh, who, at 7:45 AM on September 24, 1927 departed the Davis-Monthan Airfield in Tucson, in the "Spirit of St. Louis", bound for Lordsburg, NM on his goodwill tour of the United States.

To fly the southwest on bright days.... Warm, high sun pierces cockpit.... Is it a dream as I drift, or is it the panorama outside? Pastel brown; pale sepia; green irrigations; red mountains that have watched planes pass for decades over dry lake beds west of Lordsburg. "I've seen Lindburgh!" they say. "And Wiley and Amelia, too! They loved it, just like you."


"Over Lordsburg"
Flight Centennial Collection Works on Wood Fabric and Metal Assemblage on Aviation-grade Plywood 16"x24" (41cm x 61cm) Jo-Ann Lizio O'Brien Large Image
Artist's Statement: "Over Lordsburg" is dedicated to the memory of C.A. Lindburgh, who, at 7:45 AM on September 24, 1927 departed the Davis-Monthan Airfield in Tucson, in the "Spirit of St. Louis", bound for Lordsburg, NM on his goodwill tour of the United States. To fly the southwest on bright days.... Warm, high sun pierces cockpit.... Is it a dream as I drift, or is it the panorama outside? Pastel brown; pale sepia; green irrigations; red mountains that have watched planes pass for decades over dry lake beds west of Lordsburg. "I've seen Lindburgh!" they say. "And Wiley and Amelia, too! They loved it, just like you."