During the summer of 1976, Green's natural abilities as a landscape artist fused with his interest in aviation. While canoeing one early morning on Eagle Lake in northern Wisconsin, Green was confronted by a low-level B-52 Stratofortress breaking over the trees and dipping down toward him to fly nap-of-the-earth on the lake! 'I've never forgotten that experience, the thrill and power of the instant that crew flew over a scant hundred feet above me, it was the turning point of my development as an artist. From that point on, I always knew my passion and art would be in the sky and with the aircrews who flew...more
