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Sam Lyons became a full-time aviation artist in 1985. Today, his prints and paintings can be found at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Air Force Museum, Blue Angels headquarters, Naval Aviation Museum, and the Royal Air Force Museum as well as at military bases and in other art collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Lead Solo depicts a USAF Thunderbird going vertical. The original is hanging in the Air Force Art Hall in the Pentagon. "A lot of people look at the painting and think the pilot’s head should be against the headrest," Lyons explains. "But anyone who has actually flown vertical knows that you can move around comfortably at that attitude." Lyons went vertical in an F-16 himself last November at the 93rd Fighter Squadron at Homestead AFB, Florida, and is completing a new F-16 painting to commemorate the experience.
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