Release the Hounds
- Limited edition giclee on paper , 28" x 15.5 " (image area 24” x 11”)
- Limited edition giclee on canvas - SOLD OUT

• Winner of the "James V. Roy" Award (best of show)
• Winner of the Aviation Week and Space Technology - 1st place, Military category
• Winner of the Boeing "Spirit of Flight" Award
  All in the 2007 American Society of Aviation Artists Annual Juried Exhibition

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The Airco DH2 was designed in 1915 as a single seat scout by British aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland. Powered by a 100hp Gnome rotary engine, the DH2's pusher design was de Havilland's answer to the problem of firing through the propeller - place the pilot and gun in front of the engine. Although inadequate when compared to later scout designs, the DH2 was a succesful fighter for its day and played a major role in bringing and end to the reign of the German Fokker Eindekkers.

The machine seen here was assigned to 32Sq based at Vert Galand, one of the best known British aerodromes on the Western front. This field saw continuous use from 1915 until 1919, and many of the WW1 era buildings can still be seen there today.

Printed on acid free rag paper, the prints measure 28" x 15.5". The edition consists of 200 prints, each of which is signed and numbered by Russell Smith.

Also available are a very limited number of prints on canvas. The canvas edition consists of only 10 prints. Prints on canvas measure 29" x 13.375".

Details of Release the Hounds
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Remarques Available
* not available for the canvas editions
$25 per remarque

Remarque 1 - Airco DH2 in flight