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THE LISTING BELOW IS THE TYPE AIRCRAFT SHOWN ON THIS POSTER & THE PERSONALITIES PAINTED IN THAT FLEW THESE AIRCRAFT.
THE PERSONALITIES:
1.ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT
2.EDDIE RICKENBACKER
3.LT. CMDR.ALBERT C. READ
4.CHARLES LINDBERGH
5.AMELIA EARHART
6.GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE
7.WYLIE POST
8.WILLIAM T. PIPER
9.CAPT.CHARLES YEAGER
10.JAMES S. KINDLEBERGER
11.EDWARD H. HEINEMANN
12.CLARENCE JOHNSON
13.JOHN H. GLENN
14.NEIL A. ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL COLLINS, EDWIN "BUZZ" ALDRIN
THE AIRCRAFT:
1.WRIGHT FLYER
2.NIEUPORT 28
3.FORD DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISER
4.CURTIS NC-4
5.SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
6.LOCKHEED MODEL 10 ELECTRA
7.FORD TRI-MOTOR
8.BEE GEE
9.LOCKHEED VEGA
10.PIPER CUB
11.DOUGLAS DC-3
12.XR-4 HEILCOPTER
13.P-51 MUSTANG
14.VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR
15.BELL X-1
16.NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE
17.DOUGLAS F3D SKYNIGHT NIGHT FIGHTER
18.McDONNELL F-4 PHANTOM II
19.LOCKHEED SR-71
20. BOEING 707
21.BOEING 747
22.NORTH AMERICAN F-15
23.LUNAR MODULE "EAGLE"
24.SPACE SHIP COLUMBIA
25.CORVI QUADRILATERAL CONSTELLATION
26.VOYAGER
"Once An Eagle" AVIATION ART has been discovered in the controlled storage unit of Joe Corvi Jr., the son of Dr. Joseph Achilles Corvi, Sr. Chief Apollo Engineer, North American Aviation, also designer of the Sparrow & Eagle Missiles & a USMC night fighter pilot in Korea, call sign "EAGLE" LEGEND OF THE EAGLE - A GREAT BIRD
" A Great Bird will take it's first and last flight......filling the world with amazement and all records of Fame and it will bring eternal glory to the nest where it was born - da Vinci 1490
Greg Dortch has obtained Priceless & Extremely Rare Drew Struzan Aviation Art so rare it is likend to the Lost City.. & the Dead Sea Scrolls & truely one of the most modern day discoveries of aviation history.
Joe Corvi Jr. and his Father's dearest friend, former Deputy Administrator of Public Relations for NASA Mr. Julian Scheer who approved the name for the Apollo 11 LM (Lunar Module) - ("EAGLE") wished to build a visual Force Field of Dreams dedicated to Mankind. It would be called...
ONCE AN EAGLE
Powerful images of the Knights of the air, Eagles of the sky, Honor, Courage, Sacrifice, days of thunder, nights of fire and rockets blazing a trail to the moon. "The Eagle must have wings, If these accomplishments be not for me, some other" - J Corvi Jr.
This poster is now available
"ONCE AN EAGLE"
ONLY $19.95
2001
Drew Struzan accepted the commission (from Joe Corvi Jr.) for "Once An Eagle".
DREW STRUZAN INSPECTING POSTERS - DREW'S CREATION OF "ONCE AN EAGLE"
On the eve of the Millennium 2000, artist extraordinare Drew "Star Wars" Struzan anticipated there should be & would be Global Interest & Anticipation for artwork celebrating the coming "Centennial of Controlled Powered Flight and Aviation" on December, 17 2003.
Joe Corvi, Jr.(right) with Julian Scheer on the (Left) are prepairing contracts for Giclee's and posters to raise funds for "THE CORVI NIGHTFIGHTER AWARD" From Dr. Corvi's will...."these funds will be donated annually to the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas to the student earning the highest Graduation marks in Mathematics" Like Dr. Corvi Sr., Julian Scheer dedicated all his dreams and energy to advance space exploration and MANKIND. Julian Scheer died Labor Day September 3, 2001.
Alan Shepard (L) and Scott Carpenter listen carefully
as the Eagle presents the Inertial Guidance System.
  
Joe & Julian signing & prepairing EAGLES HEADSTONE ("tried to benefit mankind")
2002 - 2003
The United States Air Force makes a request of Mr. Struzan to print a Limited Edition for attendees only of "Once An Eagle" Poster for the Air Force Ball in Yakota Japan September 2003. Mr. Struzan and Corvi gratefully grant's the USAF's Request.
2003 - 2006
Mr Struzan's Oeuvre (Collection of Life's Works/art) is published. Mr. Struzan would strategically and appropriately place "Once An Eagle" on page 128 directly across from Star Trek - The Next Generation on page 129.
 
Vice Admiral John "Jack" Fetterman (President & CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation) contacts Joe Corvi, Jr. after discovering aviation art extraordinare "Once An Eagle"
Quote - Vice Admiral Fetterman, "There is equal genius in what Mr. Struzan selects and what he creates" Fetterman proposed several Commissions for Mr. Struzan to create aviation art for the Museum and Licensing of "Once An Eagle" for the up coming Centennial of Naval aviation
2007 -
Retired USMC Charles "One Shot - One Kill" Henderson (author of the Extraordinary book - Marine Sniper) while editing and researching a non-fiction story of "Marine Night Fighters". During his research he came across Struzans Oeuvre/book. Mr. Henderson would immediately deliver Mr. Struzan's book (containing the picture of "Once An Eagle") to the Commandant of the USMC, General Conway and too the highest levels of Command, suggesting that it be considered as the Flagship Art for the Celebration of the Centennial of Marine Aviation in 2011-12. "Once An Eagle" started out as a 500 Limited Edition Poster, 36x24 on a 100lb stock paper, aqueous coated. General Conway authorized 500 posters be printed (via Joe Corvi Jr.) and that 200 would be distributed to all Marine Corp VIP's, dignitaries, aerospace engineers, astronauts, test pilots, entertainers, art and aviation collectors and aficionados:(all unanimously responding with shock and awe, praise and admiration. Another 200 for their gift shops & agreed that Corvi would keep 100 for himself.
The Poster is now avaiable for Just $19.95. Unbeknownst to Mr. Corvi Jr. Mr Scheer and Drew Struzan secretly conspired to add the quadrilateral Corvi Constellation (clearly visible at 3 o'clock from the Columbia Shuttle.)
Mr. Drew Struzan strategically placed "Once an Eagle" painting in his collection of "Life's Works" Oeuvre (book) on page 128 (across from Star Trek-The Next Generation) in memory of Julian Scheer and Dr. Joe "Eagle" Corvi.
MCAA - Marine Corps Aviation Association immediately accepted the original aforementioned "Once an Eagle" as the flagship art for their Centennial of Marine Aviation 2011-12. MCAA also made a careful and respectful request of both Joe Corvi Jr. & Drew Struzan to add Marine specific elements to his original "Once an Eagle" & with this Drew Struzan is willing to come out of his retirement since Septmeber 5, 2008 (Master Jedi Struzan Returns) to create a New "Force Field of Dreams" poster for the Marine Corps.
2010
Joe Corvi Jr. makes a presentation to the Board of Directors for The Marine Corps Aviation Association.
The highest levels of Command for the USMC and MCAA select "Once an Eagle" for their flagship art to celebrate their Centennial of Aviation
Two signed (below) canvas Giclees to be presented to artist Drew Struzan and Steven Spielberg
- USMC 34th Commandant - General James Conway
- USMC 35th Commandant - General James Amos
- Deputy Commandant for Aviation - Lt. General G.J. Trautman III
- Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff - General James Cartwright, USMC
License/contracts for posters and signed canvas Giclees are completed.
January 1, 2011- see tab - "MARINE & NAVY GICLEE ARTWORK ON CANVAS" BY THE RENOWED ARTIST "DREW STRUZAN"
Kickoff- pre published prices for the aforementioned Art will be announced here on Mr. Dorctch's site.
"ONCE AN EAGLE"
In Dr. Ben Kristy's (USMC Historian) History Thesis, probably the most remarkable NCAP (NIght Combat Air Patrol) engagements made by a VMF(N)-513 crew occurred on 10 December 1952. According to Kristy's History Thesis, 1995 (p128-129) a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight all-weather jet fighter of VMF(N)-513 piloted by Marine 1st Lieutenant Joseph Achilles Corvi (Call Sign - EAGLE) and his radar intercept officer (R/O) M/Sgt. Dan R. George engaged and shot down two PO-2s using the APQ-35 radar system of his F3D-2.... The F3Ds APG-26 gun radar locked onto the contact at a range of one and a half miles, and at a range of 1000 yards, Corvi opened fire though he could not actually see the target. After a second burst, the F3Ds radar unlocked from target, and Corvi & George flew under a PO-2 whose wings had separated from the fuselage. The two men watched the plane spiral into the water off Cho-do Island. Moments after this, "Dutchboy" vectored the F3D toward another target. In a repeat of the first encounter, George established contact on the F3D's search radar and then locked in target on the targeting radar. Corvi only had time to fire a single burst due to his high airspeed, but "DUTCHBOY" had reported that this contact too disappeared from his scope... Corvi's double kill marked the first time enemy aircraft had been destroyed without visual references, using only the lock-on capability of the APG-26 gun radar. This would be the only kills of the PO-2 by the F-3D. This was one of the first times when an aircraft destroyed an enemy that the crew could not see. The Po-2 was a difficult target, since it flew low and slow, it was small and agile, and its mostly wooden construction did not show up well on radar.
 
"Sons wander life in semi-darkness where they cannot distinguish the brilliance and courage of their fathers soon enough. In a microsecond they are gone and we begin a desperate search to discover our purpose and build our dream. Hopefully, they will stand before us again, if only for a moment , illuminated like a flash of lightning, we see them as they really were and we have the chance to tell them how proud we are to be their son."
devoted son - Joseph Achilles Corvi Jr.
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