"Last Pass"
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"Last Pass" by Dick Levesque This painting depicts the PanAm aircraft as she makes a low level pass over the USCGC Pontchartrain soon after the fire retardant foam path was laid. She then rapidly gained altitude and went around for her final approach for ditching. I was able to complete this with the invaluable input from my friend and former shipmate Doak Walker, a Radioman aboard the ship. On her last leg of an around the world flight everything was calm as the passengers settled in for the night. At about 3:32am the pilot, Capt Dick Ogg, radioed the CGC Pontchartrain who was assigned to Ocean Station November located midway between Hawaii and California. The plane had a runaway engine, soon followed by another one completely quitting. Shortly came the dreaded announcement that she would have to ditch. After realizing that the aircraft could probably stay aloft until sunrise, Capt Ogg elected to wait until daylight before attempting a ditch and had all passengers moved forward as he feared the tail might break off on impact. At 8:15am the aircraft ditched a few hundred yards short of the foam, bounced once and turned sharply to the left and the tail section completely broke off, as Capt Ogg had feared. Within moments passengers had exited onto the wings and rafts while the Pontchartrain’s small boats raced to the scene. MM2 Ronald Christian entered the wreckage and found no persons remained aboard. All passengers and crew survived with only a few receiving cuts and scrapes. At 8:35am she sank in position 30-01.5' N 140-09 ' W. The Sovereign of the Skies was gone forever. Print Details: Size: 16x20 (this includes a two-inch white border around the painting) Paper: Paper: 100% Cotton Acid Free Rag Paper 310g Giclee Edition of 150 signed and numbered Shipping & Handling: Please allow two to three weeks for shipping. All prints are shipped priority mail in a heavy duty mailing tube with a Certificate of Authenticity. Return Policy: All prints are fully guaranteed. If not completely satisfied, return it in the original tube within 10 days of receipt for a full refund, less postage.