LOFTY MURAL HIGHLIGHTS PAVILION.Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - In 1943, the Dixie Clipper flew Franklin D. Roosevelt to a wartime conference in Casablanca - marking the first time any U.S. president had ever traveled by air while in office. President Harry S. Truman For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). Harry S. Truman (May 8 1884 – December 26 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. replaced the original presidential aircraft with a DC-6, dubbed the Independence. But it wasn't until Dwight D. Eisenhower that the military aircraft transporting U.S. leaders around the globe would be known as Air Force One. A 120-foot mural depicts the history of the ``Flying White House'' in a backdrop of fluffy clouds and azure azure /az·ure/ (azh´er) one of three metachromatic basic dyes (A, B, and C). az·ure n. Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining. sky at the new Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs and Museum. ``This is what came of a lot of nights without sleep,'' joked artist Stan Stokes, 55. ``I never dreamt I'd be doing things that would be at museums of this stature.'' Stokes is an aviation artist who has more than 36 years of professional experience and who has produced hundreds of aviation-related paintings. His originals are displayed at aviation museums around the country, including the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums. It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. , the Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, and the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Field. A painting of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush , an aircraft carrier that is being built, hangs in the former president's library in College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San . Currently, he is working on another piece for the library. He also painted a 12-foot-by-60-foot mural in the Palm Springs Air Museum The Palm Springs Air Museum, is a non-profit educational institution, whose mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in winning the war. honoring the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. The Palm Desert man also has completed 15 paintings for NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. as part of a collection that travels all over. Stokes' other works include portraits, landscapes, aviation and space, ships and cars. Stokes spent countless hours working on the large mural at the Reagan Library that depicts the 22 aircraft in which sitting presidents have flown. One of the presidents was John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in , whose wife, Jacqueline, is credited with having the Boeing 707's white-and-orange color scheme changed to the current blue-and-white. The airliner, tail number 26000, flew JFK to Germany and later carried his coffin out of Dallas to Washington, D.C. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office aboard Air Force One following Kennedy's assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. . The journey continues with tail number 27000, first used by Richard Nixon and now on permanent display at the Reagan Library. The story ends with the present Boeing 747s, which Reagan ordered to replace the aging aircraft that carried him to 26 foreign countries while president. ``It's a great story,'' said R. Duke Blackwood, executive director of the Reagan Library. ``It's a wonderful way to tell that story. ``It's spectacular. It gives a great history. We love it. The mural also includes a U.S. Air Force C-17 that flew President Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton to Bosnia and the only commercial flight ever used by any president while in office. Two years ago, library officials tapped him to create the mural there. `'They turned me loose,'' he said of the oil canvas painting he completed at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The 20 panels were transported to the library this year. It took two trucks, two trips and eight men to bring it home, he added. ``I'm extremely pleased with it,'' Stokes said. ``This is our nation's memorial to President Reagan.'' The Air Force One Pavilion opened to the public in October. A Boeing 707, tail number 27000, is the centerpiece of the 87,000-square-foot building, which also includes a Marine One helicopter and presidential motorcade, an Irish pub and a gift shop. The retired jet transported Reagan during his two presidential terms as well as six other presidents, including George W. Bush. In his eight years, Reagan logged more than 631,000 miles. Fifth-graders from Monlux Elementary in North Hollywood got a treat last week when they unexpectedly got the chance to meet the award-winning artist. Although many of them had questions, only one student was able to ask one. ``Did you draw this all alone?'' the impressed student asked. Angie Valencia-Martinez, (805) 583-7604 angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative edition only) (``I'm extremely pleased with it,'' said artist Stan Stokes of his Air ForceOne Pavilion mural. ``This is our nation's memorial to President Reagan.'') (2 -- ran in Simi edition only) (Grade school students get an up-close look at the Air Force One Pavilion mural, painted by artist Stan Stokes.) Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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