The Blackbird
Missile Dodger


This beautiful fighter-escort’s-view image of mankind’s passage through the ocean of air makes a great wall-art hanging or gift for any pilot, aerospace professional, or enthusiast.  Seen here at monitor resolution of only 72dpi, this is an actual photograph of the aircraft in flight, not super-imposed or special effects.  The skyscape images are custom printed on highest quality 13x19-in. paper, which, if combined with a 5-inch mat and, say, a 3-inch frame, gives you a really nice, approximately 35-inch wide wall-hanging piece.  And each skyscape will have the color saturation and resolution necessary to render the beauty of the scene, and each will provide years and years of viewing enjoyment when properly displayed as any photograph should be.  Note that the image without the High Flight-text overlay is cropped less so that the Blackbird is more centered, compared to with the overlay (below), and the copyright mark does not appear on Blackbird prints.

Plus, with any order, you’ll also receive, by e-mail attachment, your choice of a 1024- or 1280-wide digital image, with or without the High Flight (HF) text overlay (selection options are below) to use in your screensaver or wallpaper list.

To request information please e-mail using the e-mail link below or on the gallery main page.  When ordering, please select your digital-wallpaper size and be sure you are clicking on the order button that is below the image you want, with or without the High Flight text overlayed onto your print (adds about $9).

If you choose NOT to have the High Flight verse overlayed on your color print, you’ll have the option, for only about $9 additional, to also receive the laser print of the verse, described on the main gallery page, on gold-border paper, suitable to frame and hang in conjunction with your print of The Blackbird.  That’s a 75-percent discount on the verse print.  Each print is custom made and inspected (no frame, mount, or mat—that effect is graphically shown here only to demonstrate one of many variations possible).  Returns for refunds cannot be accepted.


The Blackbird without High Flight overlay is $35, plus $6 insured U.S. delivery.  Please select the "U.S. Address" radio button below.

The price for military personnel shipping to APO and military-base addresses is $30, insured shipping included.  Please select the "Military Base/APO" radio button below.  Your service is appreciated!

International delivered total is $44.  Please select the "Int’l" radio button below.

Digital Wallpaper Size: 1024 w/o HF 1024 w/HF 1280 w/o HF 1280 w/HF
U.S. Address (civil): $41 Military Base/APO: $30 Int’l - Outside U.S.: $44

Click the order button below to order The Blackbird WITHOUT High Flight overlay.




The Blackbird
Missile Dodger
High Flight overlayed


Photograph overlay copyright © Silkscape Arts.
Unauthorized duplication or use is a violation of copyright law.

This beautiful fighter-escort’s-eye-view image of mankind’s passage through the ocean of air is overlayed with the most resonating poem on flight ever penned, High Flight.  The poem was written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., who was an 18-year-old American when he went to Britain in October 1940, during World War II, to join the Royal Canadian Air Force.  He flew in a Spitfire squadron and was killed at age 19, on December 11, 1941, during a training flight from the airfield near Scopwick, Lincolnshire.  He wrote his poem on the back of a letter to his parents, which stated, “I am enclosing a verse I wrote the other day.  It started at 30,000 feet, and was finished soon after I landed.”

This High Flight overlayed photograph, an SR-71 Blackbird, climbing between the white overcast and the deep, blue sky, when ordered, will appear as shown above (no frame, mount, or mat—that effect is graphically shown here only to demonstrate one of many variations possible), the text color taken from the image pallet, most complimentary for legibility within the tonal range of the underlying image.  Each print is custom made and inspected.  Returns for refunds cannot be accepted.


The Blackbird with High Flight overlay is $43, plus $6 insured U.S. delivery.  Please select the "U.S. Address" radio button below.

The price for military personnel shipping to APO and military-base addresses is $39, insured shipping included.  Please select the "Military Base/APO" radio button below.  Your service is appreciated!

International delivered total is $54.  Please select the "Int’l" radio button below.

Digital Wallpaper Size: 1024 w/o HF 1024 w/HF 1280 w/o HF 1280 w/HF
U.S. Address (civil): $49 Military Base/APO: $39 Int’l - Outside U.S.: $54

Click the order button below to order The Blackbird WITH High Flight overlay.












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