Twilight Gator - by Mike Machat

Twilight Gator
by Mike Machat

Conceived as a carrier-based fleet defense fighter, the sleek and deadly F8U-1 Crusader became the U.S. Navy's first operational supersonic aircraft in 1957. Flown during the Vietnam War, the re-designated F-8 Crusader - affectionately nicknamed "Gator" by its pilots soon earned the enviable reputation as being one of the most effective MiG killers of that conflict, having made the last aerial kill in naval aviation history to be accomplished using machine guns. As the saying went, "When you're out of F-8s, you're out of fighters!"

Edition size: 100

Available in the following formats

Ltd ed. signed by the artist

Open edition on paper	Image size: 20" x 25"	$145
Giclée on canvas - stretched - small	Image size: 16" x 20"	$245
Giclée on canvas - stretched - small	Image size: 16" x 20"	$320
Giclée on canvas - unstretched - medium	Image size: 24" x 30"	$445
Giclée on canvas - stretched - medium	Image size: 24" x 30"	$530
Giclée on canvas - unstretched - large	Image size: 32" x 40"	$645
Giclée on canvas - stretched - large	Image size: 32" x 40"	$745
Giclée on canvas - unstretched - X large	Image size: 36" x 45"	$1045