Fly Past

A

palpable sense of

occasion defined the

opening of this year’s

Guild of Aviation Artists’ annual

exhibition, on July 9... the day

before the Royal Air Force’s 100th

anniversary flypast over the capital.

Many classic RAF types featured

among the 388 paintings at this

stunning show, whose keynote

speaker was the guild’s patron, Air

Chief Marshal (ret’d) Sir Glenn

Torpy GCB CBE DSO.

The tone was set by Graham

Henderson’s montage in oils, named

RAF Formation: 1918-2018, as

it also adorned the cover of the

event’s sale catalogue and comprised

a Sopwith Camel, Spitfire,

Canvas WingsWings

Rupert Cordeux’s A Work in Progress, portraying a forlorn F-4 Phantom II in a scrapyard, secured

the Aviation Painting of the Year Award. ALL PAINTING IMAGERY - GAvA

A splash of colour and the human element made Anthony Cowland’s entry, Irony: Foe

Now Friend, a standout inclusion. It depicted a Handley Page Halton delivering

supplies during 1948’s Berlin Airlift.

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