First deck landing

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Like this, Micheal. Great action and composition.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sun 16 Sep 09:08:19

Thanks Lewis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 16 Sep 09:42:12

Lovely detail. You have really caught the action.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Sun 16 Sep 12:03:05

Nice to hear the story behind the painting, and you have certainly captured the action in this.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sun 16 Sep 15:28:44

So much action in this Michael, love it!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 16 Sep 16:42:09

History in pictures.....full of movement and energy .

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 16 Sep 17:06:50

Thanks for your kind comments ladies.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 16 Sep 18:43:02

Hang on Studio Wall

16/09/2018

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This is from a photograph of Squadron Commander Dunning making the first successful landing on a ship at sea in 1917. After "crabbing" in sideways above the deck built over the fore part of the cruiser HMS FURIOUS his brother pilots had to haul him down. Reference: Wikipedia. Drawing ink on cartridge paper.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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