Jet airliners of the
worlds airlines shown in aviation art prints including British Aerospace Concorde,
Boeing 737, BA One Eleven and Trident 3 jet liners as well as early
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Full of grace and beauty Concorde G-BOAF taxis toward her final resting place at Filton airfield, Bristol. Proudly waving Union Jack flags from the cockpit are pilot Captain Les Brodie and Concorde chief pilot Captain Mike Bannister. No one who saw ......
The sight of Concorde descending over London will forever remain etched in the memory of all who were fortunate to see this amazing aircraft. At Mach 2 Concorde could fly at 23 miles a minute – one miles every 2.5 seconds. A truly astonishing aircra......
Juan Trippe left Yale University in 1917 to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Trippe became a Naval Aviator on June 17, 1918. With the War nearing its end Trippe returned to Yale where he founded the Yale Flying Club. Writing in the May 1919 edition of The Y......
British Airways has the largest fleet of Boeing 747-400's with 50 in service. A total of 694 747-400's have been built with the first rolled out in January 1988 with its certification being received on January 10th 1989. ......
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Hot air ballooning enthusiasts gather for a weekend meet. There is not much to beat the feeling of sitting in a hot air balloon basket as you float across the countryside. ......
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The Lockheed Vega was the aircraft of choice for many of the record-setting pilots of the 1920s and 1930s. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation was organized in December of 1926. Its first plant was a delapidated building in Hollywood, California. Lockheed......
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Commemorating The Fastest Ever Transatlantic Crossing by A Commercial Aircraft. Captain Les Scott, Senior First Officer Tim Orchard and Senior Engineering Officer Rick Eades made history on the 7th February 1996, when they flew Concorde G-BOAD from......
Concorde (G-BOAF) passes gracefully over Isambard Kingdom Brunels Clifton Suspension Bridge en route to her final destination just a few miles away at Filton, Bristol. ......
Although it has been more than sixty years since they first flew, the DC-3 and C-47 Gooney Birds are legendary, with more than 1,000 still utilized throughout the world. In the early 1930s Boeing was working on its all metal Model 247, and the first......
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The distinctive tri-tailed Lockheed Constellation, viewed by many as the epitome of piston-engine airliners, was the brain child of Howard Hughes who controlled Transcontinental & Western Airlines. Hughes drew up the initial specifications for this ......
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One of Virgin Atlantic's fleet of 19 Airbus A340-600s. One of Virgin Atlantic's fleet of 19 Airbus A340-600s. The A340-600' inaugural flight took place on 23rd April 2001 and in June 2002 the A340-600 was awarded type certification. T......
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Robert Watts captures the romance of that golden era of passenger flight in his nostalgic painting of a L-1049 Constellation. Seen in American Airlines colors, a Connie descends over London in the soft early morning light after an overnight flight fr......
A sad, but magnificent sight on 24th October 2003 as the last three British Airways Concordes bring commercial supersonic travel to a close, as they taxi together to their final dispersal at Heathrow. ......
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The Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser was the commercial version of Boeings C-97 military transport. The first 377 was test flown on July 8, 1947. Stratocruisers were delivered to airlines in 1949 and 1950. Pan American, Northwest Orient, BOAC, United,......
The Glen L. Martin Company had a long history as a designer and manufacturer of successful flying boats. The company had developed several different flying boats for the Navy, including the PM the P3M and the XP2M. However, when the company began co......
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Unquestionably the most beautiful commercial aircraft ever to enter service, during 27 years of flying passengers supersonically, Concorde earned a unique place in aviation history. To watch this remarkable aircraft thunder down the runway at Lond......
During the early 1930s, Imperial Airways of London introduced to its European and Eastern routes the HP42, an enormous four-engined Handley Page biplane carrying up to 38 passengers at a sedate 100mph. For the first time air travellers could enjoy P......
00-DNF, one of DHL Europes fleet on loan to the Middle East, comes in to land at Kuwait International Airport, at 08:25 GMT on 20th March 1991, only days after the end of the Gulf War. Operating from Bahrain and flown by Capt. Wasberg and First Offi......
This programme chronicles the remarkable history of Concordes development. The years of painstaking research at the frontiers of technology and design and the aircraft itself, one of the most elegant and graceful ever to sail the skies, is assessed ......
Concorde sweeps majestically over central London as this wonderful aircraft comes to the end of its career in October 2003. Buckingham Palace is immediately beneath the aircraft, with the River Thames, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and th......
You can almost hear the Rolls-Royce RB211-524H engines accelerate to full power in this dramatic study by Michael. British Airways 767 Pilots are also qualified to fly the Boeing 757, which is featured in the background of this superb print. They fr......
London has enjoyed a long association with Concorde, not just as the major base for the aircraft at Heathrow, but also as a participant in the citys major celebrations. Whether it is a royal or national event, a Concorde fly-past is usually one of t......
Landing and taking off from the hillsides, rather than established airfields, this was extremely dangerous work which involved the pilot following the terrain and contours of the land that was being dressed in order to ensure an even distribution of......
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The De Havilland Aircraft Company was founded by Geoffrey de Havilland, and Englishman who was born in 1882. He became fascinated with aircraft as a young man, and with the assistance of a wealthy grandfather pursued his first aircraft design. The f......
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October 24th 2003, and British Airways Concorde G-BOAG makes its final scheduled flight from New York to London under the command of Chief Concorde pilot and General Manager of Concorde Operations, Captain Mike Bannister. With Manhattan now far bel......
One of Emirates' fleet of Airbus A380s, which flies from Dubai to15 worldwide destinations including London, Manchester, Paris, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Hong Kong, Jeddah, and Beijing. The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine a......
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Resplendent in the striking new red and yellow corporate livery, Boeing 757 SF freighter OO-DPJ, the first to bear the new colours, lifts off from Brussels National Airport, DHL's European hub. ......
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The Douglas DC-6 and its successors would become the most popular and successful family of long-range civilian transport propeller driven aircraft in history. Although Lockheeds Constellation was technically superior to the Douglas DC-4, the former ......
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Stan Stokes, in his painting, 1934 American Classics, beautifully portrays a Hollywood movie star and her pet dog embarking on a chartered Ford Trimotor from the Grand Central Air Terminal (owned and operated by Curtis-Wright) in California. Probabl......
Landing and taking off from the hillsides, rather than established airfields, this was extremely dangerous work which involved the pilot following the terrain and contours of the land that was being dressed in order to ensure an even distribution of......
2 print editions available from £60.00 1 canvas print edition available from £350.00 Original available : £900.00
Opened in 1932, Ryde airport became the principal airport for the Isle of Wight, with routes being operated to destinations as far away as Croydon, Bristol and Shoreham, as well as a regular commuter service that took in Southampton, Bournemouth and......
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While considerable controversy still surrounds the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937, there is no question that Amelia Mary Earhart was one of the great pioneers of American aviation. Born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, Amelia was the daughter o......
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Concorde made supersonic history, bringing Mach 2 international travel in luxury surroundings at the edge of space to millions of air travellers. It is instantly recognisable, but Concorde is far more than just a sleek and pretty aircraft. Its shee......
A sight never to be repeated. Concorde G-BOAE gracefully drifts above London with Buckingham Palace immediately below, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, the River Thames and the London Eye in the middle distance. On 24th October 2003, th......
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A specially commissioned study of her Majesty The Queens Flight on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary. Featured are all the main aircraft to have been in service with the flight. ......
Although commercial aviation progressed in Europe during the 1920s, it remained dormant in America during most of the decade. In the late 1920s two Americans, Juan T. Trippe and Ralph A. ONeill came upon the scene and both were obsessed with the ide......
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The Curtiss Condor was the civilian transport version of the B-2 bomber. It was developed in the late 1920s with the principal design staff consisting of G. Page, T. Wright, S. Vaughn, and R. Beisel. The design utilized the same metal tube and alumi......
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easyJet is one of the largest operators of the Airbus A319 with some 142 of the type on its strength. G-EZAM is depicted beginning its final approach. ......
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Climbing towards 60,000 feet and the edge of space Concorde G-BOAD traveled where no other commercial aircraft could go. Its enormously powerful engines enabled Concorde to reach the speed of sound - Mach 1 (about 675 mph) During the lifetime of Co......
Tiger Moth sprays a potato field in southern England, early 1960s. Australian-born Jim, served during World War II on B.25 Mitchell bombers before pioneering crop dusting and topdressing in New Zealand with ex-military De Havilland Tiger Moths whic......
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DHM2315. Concorde - The Final Touchdown by Stephen Brown. November 26th 2003 will remain etched in the memory of countless thousands of people as the day this magnificent aircraft landed back in Bristol for the very last time. ......
The jet transport age got underway in earnest in 1954 when the Boeing 707 prototype (Dash 80) made its maiden flight from Renton Field in Seattle. This was the culmination of a multi-year $16 million project, and the maiden flight coincided with the......
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Concorde looking her most majestic as she heads off into the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. With the afterburners having just been switched on, Concorde will quickly gain speed and height until finally reaching a maximum altitude of 60,000 feet, wh......
The Boeing Stearman PT 17 is a picture painted by Gerald Coulson essentially for the American Market and as a little self-indulgence. The U.S. equivalent to the Tiger Moth, it was typically larger and more powerful, being based around a comparativel......
The Handley Page H.P. 42 biplane airliner had a reputation unmatched in its day for reliability, safety, and passenger comfort. Imperial Airways, the British flag carrier during the between war period, was one of aviations pioneers when it came to e......
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The scheduled Concorde flights to and from New York were by far the most important for both British Airways and Air France. Taking full advantage of Concordes speed and the time difference between London and New York, some business people would arr......
Shortly after 2.00pm on Friday 24th October 2003, supersonic commercial aviation was brought to a close as three British Airways Concordes touched down within minutes of each other at Londons Heathrow Airport for the last time. Here, BA Captain Mike......
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh is generally acknowledged to be the most famous American aviator of all time. Lindbergh was one of a band of flying gypsies who discovered that following WW I there was little interest by the military in aviation and very ......
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Kuwait Express by
Robert Tomlin 00-DNF, one of DHL Europes fleet on loan to the Middle East, comes
in to land at Kuwait International Airport, at 08:25 GMT on 20th March
1991, only days after the end of the Gulf War. Operating from
Bahrain and flown by Capt. Wasberg and First Officer Pierre De Naeyer,
this aircraft has the distinction of being the first civil aircraft into
the liberated airport. Hastily painted under the DHL logo can be
seen the words Kuwait Express, from which our painting takes its title.
Headed by Capt. Manu Tytgat, the detachment of DHF and its sister ship
00-VGH, nicknamed 'Silver Fox', which was still wearing EAT markings, kept
the DHL promise and delivered important materials to enable business to
resume as soon as possible after the liberation of the Kuwait capital.
As DHF comes in to land, it passes the wreckage of the British Airways
Boeing 747 which was stranded in Kuwait at the outbreak of hostilities and
eventually destroyed by the Iraqis. It will stay there for some
weeks, the only useful parts being the engines which will ultimately be
reclaimed. There is feverish activity at this time, with USAF
Galaxy's, together with helicopters and C-130 Hercules from several allied
forces, bringing much-needed military supplies and equipment for the
rapidly advancing forces. The ubiquitous Convairs, for many years the backbone of the DHL network
in Europe, are still in daily operation, carrying customers' packages
every night and 'Keeping Promises'.
BAC 111 (One Eleven) 1980's by David Pentland
British Caledonian Airways BAC one-eleven over Aldergrove.
767 by Michael Rondot A British Airways Boeing 767-300 at the start of its take-off roll on a
rain-soaked runway moments after a thunderstorm has cleared the airfield.
You can almost hear the Rolls-Royce RB211-524H engines accelerate to full
power in this dramatic study. British Airways 767 pilots are also
qualified to fly Boeing 757, which is featured in the background. Both the
757 and 767 can perform fully automatic landings in the extreme weather
conditions of fog and low cloud, and are cleared to operate down to the
almost incredible visibility of only 75 metres. The 767 was one of the
first twin engine passenger aircraft allowed to operate over the North
Atlantic.
747 Classic by Michael
Rondot British Airways Boeing 747-200 at the moment of lift-off on a sunny
winter afternoon at the start of another intercontinental flight. In
British Airways service the 747-200 and its older sister the 747-100 are
known affectionately as the 747 'Classic'. 'Classic' by name and 'Classic'
by nature the 747-200 has served British Airways since entering service in
1977, for many years providing the backbone of the company's longhaul
fleet. An aircraft which has seen service in nearly every corner of the
globe, the 747-200 has the range to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong
non-stop, and features a three class cabin seating up to 382 passengers.
With a wingspan of almost 60 metres and a maximum take-off weight of
nearly 372 metric tonnes, 'Jumbo' is a very appropriate nickname.
Air Ulster, DC3 Dakota 1960's by David Pentland
Ulster Airways Dakota landing at Aldergrove airport
B.A. Trident by David Pentland British European Airways aircraft on the London/Belfast
route.
Vickers Viscount by David Pentland Cargo Carrier "Northeast" aircraft over
Belfast Lough.
Perpetual
Motion II by Robert Tomlin Dakota G-AMPZ (formerly KN442) of Air Atlantique
resplendent in the commemorative livery of RAF Transport Command heads out
across the English coast, back to Berlin? Still flying
more than 50 years after serving valiantly on the Berlin Airlift, this
aircraft carries out the bulk of the airlines passenger charters.
These prints are signed by the current crew.
Flagship Over Manhattan by Robert Watts An American Airlines DC-3, one of the 29 in service by 1936 with right
hand doors, outbound from La Guardia Airport.
Imperials Flying Bananas by Stan Stokes.
The
Handley Page H.P. 42 biplane airliner had a reputation unmatched in its
day for reliability, safety, and passenger comfort. Imperial Airways,
the British flag carrier during the between war period, was one of
aviations pioneers when it came to establishing long range commercial
air services. With the British Empire spanning the globe, effective long
distance air service was important in linking both former and current
colonies. In 1928 Imperial solicited proposals for a long distance
airplane capable of flying the London to India air mail route. Handley
Page won the bid for a total of eight new airliners. The large bi-plane
design which was agreed upon had four radial engines, with two mounted
on the upper wing and two on the lower wings on each side of the
fuselage. With its triple finned tail assembly, this huge biplane was
quite something to see. Despite its antiquated appearance the H.P. 42
had a very impressive passenger compartment which was quite luxurious.
Inlaid wood paneling, twin lavatories, a full galley, comfortable
seating, passenger ventilation controls, and wide windows gave the H.P.
42 ambiance comparable to some of the ocean liners of the day. The
slight kink in the aircrafts fuselage gave rise to its flying banana
nickname. Four aircraft were built for Imperials eastern route
structure, which included the India and South Africa routes. These
aircraft were powered by 9-cylinder 550-HP Bristol radials. The other
four aircraft were utilized for the London-Paris shuttle and other
continental routes, and were powered by a different engine, and
contained a total of 38 passenger seats instead of the 24 passenger
configuration for the longer routes. The H.P. 42 had a corrugated metal
skin similar to both the Ford and Junkers Tri-motor designs of that era.
With a cruising speed of only about 100-MPH the passenger amenities on
these aircraft were greatly appreciated, especially if a stiff headwind
was encountered. The aircraft, with its large wing area, had an
incredibly short take off capability, and could become airborne in only
600 feet. As depicted in Stan Stokes painting Hannibal
passes over the Pyramids in Egypt on its approach into Cairo, one of the
stop over points on the London to India route. This journey would take
more than six days, with no flying at night. Occasionally these aircraft
would make stops at unattended desert fuel depots in order to refuel.
These aircraft were in service for about eight years, with most of them
attaining more than one million flight miles. The eight aircraft in the
fleet, Hengist, Helena, Horatius,
Hannibal, Heracles, Horsa, Hanno, and Hadrian
chalked up more than 100,000 flight hours covering more than 10 million
miles. Only one aircraft was lost in a fatal accident, as Hannibal
disappeared over the Indian Ocean while being ferried back to England.
"The Golden Age" by Ivan Berryman Depicting the short S45 Solent 2 G-AHIS (Scapa), BOAC Flying Boat,
passing over the Queen Elizabeth on Southampton Water, Late 1940s.
Boeing 737 by David Pentland British Midlands 737 (300 series) en route from London to Belfast.
1993.
