Way Ahead of its Time by Stan Stokes. SHC1 launch their attack on the

launch their attack on the main US 7th Army landing beach at Gela

Produced with the co-operation and agreement of 801 Naval Fighter Squadron

One exponent of this purposeful looking machine was Canadian Major A D Carter who claimed many of his 31 victories flying the Dolphin

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Way Ahead of its Time by Stan Stokes. SHC1 launch their attack on theSTK0151. Way Ahead of its Time by Stan Stokes. Aviation artist Stan Stokes has appropriately entitled his outstanding painting of an SR 71 Blackbird as, Way Ahead of its Time. The Blackbirds origins, amazingly, date back to the 1950s. At that time the U. S. government was very concerned about nuclear developments in the Soviet Union, and a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft was needed to overfly the Soviet Union. The Lockheed Corporation responded