SIGNED TEX JOHNSTON PHOTOGRAPH JET AGE MAVERIC TEST PILOT BOEING YB-52 STRAT For Sale
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SIGNED TEX JOHNSTON PHOTOGRAPH JET AGE MAVERIC TEST PILOT BOEING YB-52 STRAT:
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Signed Tex Johnston Photograph, Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress, Jet Age Maveric Test Pilot
VINTAGE
BOEING STRATOFORTRESS PHOTO SIGNED BY TEX JOHNSTON
The
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long
range, subsonic, jet-powered bomber capable of carrying 70,000 pounds of
weapons. Before it assumed its present form, it went through several
prototypes, including the YB-52 first flown by the daring maverick jet-age test
pilot, Tex Johnston; Tex is best
remembered for his barrel-roll of a Boeing 367-80 over Lake Washington on
August 7, 1955. His cowboy style of dress and his daring approach to flying is
said to have inspired the character of Major T. J. “King” Kong played by Slim
Pickens in Kubrick’s Dr. Strangeglove. For
your consideration is this vintage 1950s photo of the Boeing YB-52
Stratofortress, landing parachute in tow,
boldly SIGNED by Tex Johnston.
Condition
notes: Good+. This vintage photograph, measuring 19 ¾ inches by 15 ¾ inches, is
printed in matte black and white. There are multiple small margin tears and
creases. The image and the autograph of Tex Johnston are in Very good
condition.
