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1957
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13 September 1957 459 Winning Canberra—New Zealand Air Race FRANK WOOTTON met in the Sun BERESFORD M. JOHNSON with his bright yellow aircraft flying bravely against a strong dark blue sky; andtopical indeed (for this is the 30th anniversary year of Lindbergh's Atlantic flight) is Kenneth McDonough's picture of the Ryan monoplane over Paris in a verystrong design with the aircraft prominent against a scintillating background of Paris by night. Unusual in design and treatment is a subtly coloured painting, again by PamelaDrew, of a Bristol Sycamore over Port Said. In heavy impasto, the helicopter hovers over an oily sea through which sleek shark-finned dhows glide betweenamorphous islands. This trend towards making technical detail subservient to the picture as a whole is widely evident in this exhibition, although the balance is wellheld with paintings such as that of G. D. Coulsen's High Speed Run, depicting a Vautour making a low pass, the aircraft full of savage impact as it comes hurtlingout of the picture. The subject is masterfully handled in water colour and gouache. In quieter mood, but full of atmosphere, Twenty Years (David Shepherd)shows a Westland helicopter winching up two airmen from the sea, whilst a symbolic Lysander circles in the background. Altogether there is enough variety here to satisfy all tastes and to make one wishthe exhibition could be of a more permanent nature (it ends on September 21). R. M. Lindbergh — First Non-xtop Flight from New York to Paris, 1927 KENNETH MCDONOUGH
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