Towing the Gannet

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Nice work as always Michael, just love your attention to detail.

Posted by Peter Nelson on Thu 20 Sep 13:13:30

this is excellent :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Thu 20 Sep 14:18:05

Amazing painting .

Posted by Denise Butler on Thu 20 Sep 16:51:43

Stunning Michael.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 20 Sep 18:54:19

beautifully done, Michael

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Thu 20 Sep 21:32:37

This painting brings back many memories for me as I worked on the "Double Mamba" engines during 35 years service with Armstrong Siddely, and later it became part of Rolls Royce areo division. Thank you for a superb painting and some long forgotten memories.. Lets see more please.

Posted by Norman Cooper on Thu 20 Sep 23:48:02

I just love airplane paintings and I just love this one...

Posted by Keith Boldy on Fri 21 Sep 17:06:07

Thanks for your encouraging comments everyone. I went to the East Midlands Air Museum as part of the research for this painting, they have a Double Mamba on display Norman, but its still a mystery to me how it works!! I thinking of another version of the Gannet for next year's GAvA exhibition.

Posted by Michael Daley on Sun 14 Oct 14:16:30

Great job Michael, captured the sweep of them contract rotating props perfectly.

Posted by Liam Reilly on Sun 11 Jun 23:11:31

Great action picture of the Gannet on the catapult. It captures the conditions under which we worked in those days! I was the Flight Deck Crash Officer in Ark Royal 1964 to 1966. Exciting days!

Posted by Chris Howat on Thu 04 Oct 17:20:15

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31/03/2015

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This image shows a Fairey Gannet AEW on a wet and windy flight deck in the 1960s. It was selected by the Guild of Aviation Artists for inclusion in their Summer 2012 exhibition in the Mall Galleries. I have posted an stage by stage description of this painting on my website at: www.michaelthepainter.co.uk

About the Artist

Michael Daley

Before leaving the RAF in the early 90s I studied, part time, Fine Art and Graphic Design at Falmouth College of Art and Design. On leaving the Air Force I worked for 17 years at Holkham Hall until retirement in 2010. I worked as a volunteer caseworker for ssafa ( Forces Charity) for almost 5…

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