I woke up on the morning of my birthday and found out that John Mosley had died. John, the owner of Clinton Body Shop, was also a huge supporter of aviation (and painted planes as well). He was a good, good man who gave so much back to his family and community. A few days later, Dan Fordice called me and said that there would be a 14-person honor flight over John’s funeral. He then said I was welcome to ride with him in his P-51D Mustang, Charlotte’s Chariott II.
I, of course, said, “YES!!”
We flew with Paul Barnett’s Mustang Rosalie on our wingtip. It was incredible experience and I have created two paintings to remember it by. One is of the two Mustangs together on the tarmac — I painted it pretty quickly and it is more lose. But I wanted to do a really nice photo realistic version of CC II for Dan to say thank you for taking me up.
Here are both of them.
