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Great plane and those clouds are great too

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 09 Mar 09:51:19

Beautifully painted.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 09 Mar 10:57:28

Great painting of plane, clouds and the land peeking through them.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Tue 09 Mar 11:26:43

Excellent painting Michael of beautiful old aircraft. I only ever visited west Raynham a couple of time but I do recall the aircraft , hope it raises a good amount for your Association.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 09 Mar 14:19:05

Stunning work...

Posted by Michael Monaghan on Tue 09 Mar 18:18:03

Stunning.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Wed 10 Mar 03:22:32

wonderful painting, as is your whole gallery

Posted by Hilary Pendlebury on Wed 10 Mar 13:16:20

Thanks to you all for taking the time to comment on this image. It was a fun painting to make of an aircraft largely overlooked by aviation artists.

Posted by Michael Daley on Tue 16 Mar 09:44:06

Hang on Studio Wall

09/03/2021

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A Mk 8 Javelin XH 980 Climbing out over the North Sea Coast. 980 was a "Gate Guardian" at RAF West Raynham during my time there. For almost 5 years I passed her every day and paid little attention. Now a member of the West Raynham Assoc I have donated this painting to them to help raise funds for the group.

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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