1958 — The "Silver Sliver" Meets a Challenge: Hubbell 1963

Title: 1958 — The "Silver Sliver" Meets a Challenge Author: Charles Hubbell Date: 1963 Medium: Chromolithograph Condition: Excellent Inches: 16 x 13 1/4 [Paper] Centimeters: 40.64 x 33.66 [Paper] Product ID: 314006 (Average Speed, 1,404.19 MPH - Lockheed F-104A "Starfighter") Air flight aviation prints created by artist Charles H. Hubbell for Thompson Products, Inc., a manufacturer of automotive and aircraft parts in Cleveland, Ohio.Charles H. Hubbell was one of the most renowned commercial aviation artists in U. S. history, with more than 500 paintings in his body of work. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he entered the Naval Air Service during World War I. While stationed in Buffalo, New York, he redesigned airplanes at the Curtiss airplane factory. After the war, he returned to Cleveland and graduated from the Cleveland School of Art, later earning his pilot's license in 1927. In 1934, Hubbell was commissioned by Fred Crawford, the chairman of Thompson Products, to paint past w