The First Rocket-Plane Flight: Hubbell, 1946

Title: The First Rocket-Plane Flight Author: Charles Hubbell Date: 1946 Medium: Lithograph Condition: Excellent Inches: 13" x 16" Centimeters: 33.33 x 41.03 Product ID: 308366 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 US 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, and he received a pilot's license in 1927. In 1934, Hubbell was commissioned by Fred Crawford, the chairman of Thompson Products, to paint past winners of the Thompson Trophy Air Race. This was the beginning of a long career as Thompson's free-lance ar