I have been interested for a long time in the fine line between "art" and photography - meaning that point to where a photograph is manipulated that it has the look and feel of a painting (or pencil drawing in this case) but you can still tell it was a photograph. This is a stellar example of that particular technique of imagery. I'm giving this a 10 - well done.
As the other planes watched, the two huddled together were whispering that they didn't think he was going to make it. ...but he did. ...right? He did make it, didn't he? :)