The Navy Calendar

Added: (Fri Sep 03 2010)

Pressbox (Press Release) - WINDSOR, CT (august 18, 2010) The Navy 2011 calendar depicts 100 years of naval aviation as it pays tribute to the men and women who protect our nation, deter aggression, and maintain freedom of the seas. The calendar includes 24 detailed paintings, with each month featuring a major and a minor image. The just-released Navy calendar is published by Tide-mark Press.

The Navy commissioned its first planes in 1911. From open cockpit machines to fighter jets, aircraft have played an important role in the Navy’s work ever since. Sales of the calendar benefit the Naval Historical Foundation. Each month includes information about the painting and day-to-day factual briefs about naval conflicts and commissions. The paintings are drawn from the Navy’s official collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

January shows the NC-4 making the first crossing of the Atlantic by air in 1919. March brings another record-breaking flight, this time in 1934 when six P2Y-1 flying-boats flew nonstop from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor. In April a World War II rear gunner protects his SBD dive bomber.

December brings an MH-53E from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 flying past USS Theodore Roosevelt. What military conflict does the artist depict? The caption explains. More wonderful paintings are featured throughout the year.

This beautifully designed publication is attractive and useful, with calendar grids that have large blocks for every day of the week. The monthly calendar also includes grids for the previous and forthcoming months, to make planning more convenient. The calendar opens to a generous 14 by 22 inches, nearly 10 percent larger than most other brands and includes major holidays and phases of the moon.

This and other nautical calendars can be purchased at www.tide-mark.com, through independent booksellers, or at Barnes & Noble, Borders, or Amazon.com.

Tide-Mark Press publishes distinctive books, cards and calendars. Full-color calendar titles range from nautical, art, and landscape, to trains, planes, and gardening.

Tide-mark celebrated thirty years of quality publishing in 2009.