Notables. . .
Aug. 22nd, 2005 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doodlemaierFrom images.google.com, search 'soviet, mandrake'. The first two images retrieved are this one:
The fact that I was able to find it displayed at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in Washington, DC after a couple years of searching is part of it . . .
The fact that I found another painting, a rendering of a soviet Scud-b missle system done before anyone outside the intelligence community even knew what one was, by the same artist hanging next to it is only part of it.
What I think is cool, in particular, about these two paintings is that they were both done by Dennis Mosher during his tenure with U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. . .
. . .who happens to be my dad (or 'Pops' as he's commonly referred to in this journal).
Fortunately, I was able to locate the paintings before the Smithsonian removed them from their permanent exhibition, which happened only a couple months ago. So, I've included the links to the webpages with details about each weapon (click on the thumbnails for a larger view)
Yak-25RD Mandrake
Soviet Scud-B
(Based on the likeness of the background in the latter with other paintings of his of his home state, I like to tease Pops about the notion of Iraqis driving a couple of scud missles around the black hills of a big red state like North Dakota. He claims its Siberia. I wonder: What's the difference?
The fact that I was able to find it displayed at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in Washington, DC after a couple years of searching is part of it . . .
The fact that I found another painting, a rendering of a soviet Scud-b missle system done before anyone outside the intelligence community even knew what one was, by the same artist hanging next to it is only part of it.
What I think is cool, in particular, about these two paintings is that they were both done by Dennis Mosher during his tenure with U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. . .
. . .who happens to be my dad (or 'Pops' as he's commonly referred to in this journal).
Fortunately, I was able to locate the paintings before the Smithsonian removed them from their permanent exhibition, which happened only a couple months ago. So, I've included the links to the webpages with details about each weapon (click on the thumbnails for a larger view)
Yak-25RD Mandrake
Soviet Scud-B
(Based on the likeness of the background in the latter with other paintings of his of his home state, I like to tease Pops about the notion of Iraqis driving a couple of scud missles around the black hills of a big red state like North Dakota. He claims its Siberia. I wonder: What's the difference?
