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Aerofest Again!
It was a pleasure to be involved in the preparation of Somerset Aerofest 2023 from the glamour of designing the posters and pamphlets,...
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The Royal Flying Corps
A key figure held in regard by his aviator colleagues at Middlezoy Aerodrome is retired Squadron Leadrer Dave Linney AFC. RAF. Having...
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"Clear Prop..."
Whilst catching-up with my friends from the Somerset Aeroplane Company, aero engineer Paul Childs showed me a video from back in 2007...
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Sci-fi Aviator Art?
When I experiment with painting styles, new varnishes or canvas brands I prefer to not do that on a paying commission for obvious...
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Capturing a memory
The best part of this year's fly-in events, wasn't only taking in the visiting aircraft, it was also getting to know a lot of interesting...
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We Will Remember Them...
November in the UK is always a bleak affair with lots of rain, and this year was no exception and so the pilots and crew at Middlezoy...
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Air to Air Test Flight
I met some incredibly interesting ex-pilots when I was exhibiting the aviation paintings at Middlezoy Aerofest in the summer - the Sea...
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Historic Helicopters
Having spent the majority of my life a stones throw from the coast in the counties of South West of England, the bright yellow RAF search...
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So Long Summer ...
September arrived and here in the UK summer clocked out promptly at the end of its shift. And when the sunshine departed, it seems our...
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Capturing Concorde
Many, many years back when I studied for my BA degree, the title of my thesis was Concorde - a Design Icon. Around that time Concorde was...
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A Friendly Aerofest
With the past couple of years having the COVID-19 pandemic lead to most of the public events being cancelled, it was great to have a...
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Back to Branscombe
We got lucky and had another incredibly dry and warm day this year for the Branscombe Devon STRUT LAA Fly-in. And just like last year, it...
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'Liberating Kuwait on the D108' - painting HMS Cardiff
In the run-up to Chirstmas 2021 a lady asked if I could paint Naval subjects - destroyers to be precise, for her husband's 50th birthday....
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Snow King
The first painting subject I tackled during the lockdown was of Royal Navy Sea King XZ578 (read more about that here) It could easily...
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'Humphrey' - Royal Navy's Icy Falklands Rescue of SAS troops
With the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War upon us, I decided to paint an aviation painting that would commemorate the actions of the...
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Henstridge Airfield Fly-In
This April, with the long Covid-laden, feet-dragging winter finally behind us, I enjoyed a sense of escape when Kyle and I flew out from...
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Falklands War - 40th Anniversary of the Fortuna Glacier SAS rescue
During the Falklands War, on the 21st April 1982 Royal Navy Wessex HAS.3 ‘Humphrey’ led two other Wessex HU.5 helicopters onto the...
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A pleasant English Summer's Fly-in
With the restrictions of the Covid 19 pandemic finally lifting, it was wonderful to finally be able to get out to an aviation event to...
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Moonlit Duel
I have fond memories of building the Airfix Short Stirling bomber as a child. The fact that it was both lesser known and bigger than its...
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Suez Sea Venom
My youngest child recently said that my next painting needed 'more action!' So I showed him a few ideas that were still in my preliminary...
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