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Aviation History
1961
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FLIGHT. 28 September 1961 499 FIRST ACROSS. ALCOCK. BROWN AND VIMY G. Davison Cuulson There are Lightnings, too, in C. W. E. Waller's picture, but herelowering thunderclouds pile ominously over the rain-soaked ground, as one fighter with flame-spitting tail streaks fast down therunway, whilst another splashes wetly through puddles to join a third fast-vanishing in the threatening purple mists. Sailing gracefully high in an airy silence, Ann Welches sailplanessweep down the sky in noiseless flight towards the lofty cumulus, deep shadowing a multi-coloured pattern of fields and roads. Another attractive portrayal of vast airiness is that by E. J.Hewitt, showing a Sunderland parading majestically over a purple and green sea. Far below the waves surge at the foot of ruggedcliffs; inshore, houses nestle in the smooth green folds of the earth. The Trident, by Beresford Johnson, is a burst of orange andyellow and blue in a colourful rendering of a take-off at dawn, beneath a variegated sky and dominated by the silhouette of adelicate three-forked tree in the foreground. With expected competence, David Shepherd's sure touch inRendezvous shows us a Skeeter hovering over soggy grass, before a purple-grey backcloth of low cloud and mist. Below, a camou-flaged Centurion tank crew waits for the helicopter to land. Not illustrated here, but of interest for their different approach,are Harold Dent's abstract impressions—particularly Reheat, where, in a shimmering blue haze, the aircraft explodes awayfrom one's view in an incandescent burst of fiery reds and yellows. Of historic interest, a vivid memory of the last war occurs inMosquitoes Attacking Amiens Prison, by Roy Nockolds, a cold grey wintry landscape in which the three aircraft, havingbreached the squat walls of the prison, race out across the flat and uninviting terrain. It will be seen that, in spite of the competition offered by theindustrial paintings—and there are several of considerable appeal— enough aeronautical spice remains to make a visit well worth while.It is to be hoped that the aviation side will not eventually be swamped by industry. To avoid this possibility, past exhibits couldwell be shown again. Next year, incidentally, the exhibition will be held in Mav. R. E. M. IFRLAND OVER LAND'S END E.J. Hewitt SUNLIT LIGHTNINGS, 56 SQN B. R. Linktater
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