Appealing original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'A Helping Hand,' 15.25 x 11.25, which depicts the Command Module Columbia being escorted around the moon by a North American T-6 Texan aircraft, with the Earth visible in distant space, signed in the lower left corner in black ink, "Michael Collins, XI '12." Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 17.5. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. A North American T-6 Texan single-engined advanced trainer aircraft was the plane Collins, then a young cadet in the United States Air Force, flew during basic flight training at the Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.
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