Fly Past

AVIATION ART GAvA EXHIBITION

Leonard Cheshire VC. Besides also

being exhibited at this year’s Flying

Legends at Duxford, they will hang

in the reception of The Law Society

in Chancery lane, London, in

December (limited edition prints are

also available).

Aviation art collectors generally

make a beeline for the GAvA show,

because they know it offers a great

opportunity to buy an original work,

to meet the artist, see what might

become available as a limited fine

art print or perhaps commission a

bespoke painting. To view this year’s

studies, and for further information

on the guild and its members, visit:

http://www.gava.org.uk

This Year’s Awards

Award Painting no Title Artist

Aviation Painting of the Year 94 A Work in Progress Rupert Cordeux

FlyPast Fellows Award 335 Fishing from a Pony Peter Sumpter

Jon Moore Best Group Award for Excellence 333-338 various works Peter Sumpter

de Havilland Aircraft Museum Trophy 154 A Complex Subject Chris French

Leonardo Helicopters Trophy and Award 27 Riding Shotgun Derek Blois

Safran Landing Systems Trophy and Award 100 Delicate Sound of Thunder Paul Couper

Bonham Trophy and Award 385-388 various works David Young

Cross & Cockade International Award 351 Dawn of the Machines Graham Turner

Sir George Edwards Memorial Trophy 100 Delicate Sound of Thunder Paul Couper

Alex Henshaw Trophy 26 Comet Racer Martin Bleasby

Arthur Gibson Memorial Trophy 311 China Station 1926 James Robins

This atmospheric rendition of a boy with his model aircraft would resonate with any aviation enthusiast

who’s dabbled in kit-building. It was painted by David Young and entitled When I was a Boy I had a Dream.

The exhibition wasn’t

just about paintings

of aircraft, as there

were also portraits

of people from the

world of aviation.

This likeness of

serving RAF airframe

technician Jen Wright

was completed by

Chris Draper. Besides

knowing her way

around the C-130

Hercules at Brize

Norton, Jen is also a

talented modeller who

writes for FlyPast’s

sister publication,

Airfi x Model World.

FlyPast’s new editor

Chris Clifford (left)

presents the Fellows

Award for Excellence

to Peter Sumpter, for

his painting Fishing

from a Pony (top

right). CHRIS FRENCH

94 FLYPAST September 2018