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Feelin' Blue Art Print
by Adam Burch
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Feelin' Blue art print by Adam Burch. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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BW-1 or Bluie West One was a remote airfield located near Narsarsuraq, Greenland. During World War II, the airfield served as a stopover point for... more
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BW-1 or "Bluie West One" was a remote airfield located near Narsarsuraq, Greenland. During World War II, the airfield served as a stopover point for aircraft making the treacherous Atlantic Crossing from Goose Bay, Newfoundland, to England or Scotland.
Successfully navigating to Bluie West One required skill, prospective customers had to first select the correct fjord to gain access. Only one of three nearly identical fjord mouths would lead to the airfield. The other two would terminate at the end of a dead end canyon, with walls too high to climb over, and without enough room to turn around!
Thus it was that the act of "Feelin' Blue" became a mating dance more intricate and ultimately satisfying than any other local variety of aviator's dalliance. Hundreds of thousands of aircraft passed through Bluie West One (some safely, some not) until it's closure as a military base in 1958.
Today, the airport at Narsarsuraq still serves civilian air traffic, but has never...
About Adam Burch
An aerospace art, engineering and visualization company located in Colorado. We pride ourselves on bringing history to life!
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