"Pirate's Bounty" by Mike Machat

"When you're out of F8s, you're out of fighters." So goes the saying espoused proudly by all those associated with the F8 Crusader… one of the Navy's finest aircraft. Developed in the supersonic era of the mid l950s, the F8 we went on to earn a reputation for reliability and performance unmatched in the skys over Vietnam, being credited with 20 MiG kills between June 1966 and September 1968. One such event is depicted in this print as Lt. Cdr. John "Pirate" Nichols of VF-191 is about to fire his 20mm cannon to finish off a MiG-17 he tried to down with two Sidewinders. Even a direct hit by the missile didn’t stop the MiG, but turning in front of the Crusaders guns was a fatal error.

L/E of 1000 24" x 18"
Signed and numbered by the artist $65