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Arrows Break (Red Arrows) by Ivan Berryman
An unusual and pleasing study of three Bae Hawks of the RAF's official
display team, the Red Arrows. "Arrows Break" affords the enthusiast
three views of the Hawks clean lines, while at the same time providing
a thoughtful and pensive portrait of man, machine and rolling sky in
perfect harmony.
B27. Signed Limited Edition of 200 prints, with only 104 prints
remaining. Image size 18 x 8". Print price £50 ($90).
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Red Arrows Break Left by Ivan Berryman
B20. from a Edition of less than 300 there are only 30 copies left. Image size 23"
x 15". Print price £50 ($90).
Plus there are a few Artist proof available from an edition of 50.
signed and numbered by the artist Price £80 ($140)
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Arrowhead by Ivan Berryman.
British Aerospace Hawk of the Red Arrows over Farnborough.
Print Serial Number DHM1030. Signed Limited Edition of 150 prints.
Image size 12 x 8". Print price £32 ($50).
signed limited edition of 150 prints plus
artists proofs. and a limited edition of 50 available as
Giclee canvas prints at a larger size of 15" x 20". Serial
number GDHM1030. Canvas print price £250. To know more about Giclee
prints and our range click
here.
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Red Arrows Over Strangford by David Pentland
Red Arrows Bae Hawk aircraft flying over Strangford
Lough for the Newtownards airshow
.Signed Limited Edition of 500 prints plus 50 artists
proofs and 50 Giclee canvas
Prints
paper edition size 20" x 13" Price £80 ($140)
Artist proof price £115 ($190)
The canvas prints are available at a larger size of 20" x
13". Canvas print price £250. Order
code GDP27. To know
more about Giclee prints and our range click
here.
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The Red Arrows by Gerald Coulson
Open edition print serial number GC425. Image size 30" x 22.5". Print price
£34 ($60)
Small image serial number GC240. Image size 16" x 12". Print price
£15 ($30).
© Solomon and Whitehead Ltd
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| Red Storm Rising by Adrian Rigby
Print serial number FAR898. Image size 30" x 13.5". Print
price £34 ($60). |
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Red Arrows by Robert Taylor
Signed by Brian Hoskins.
Print serial number DHM2162. Signed limited edition of 500. Paper
size 24" x 30". Print price £80 ($140)
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| Rock and Roll by Michael Rondot
Signed limited edition of 500 prints plus 50 artists proofs. Print
serial number MR55. Paper size 27" x 20". Print price £80 ($140).
Special offer 50 artists proofs available at the special price of £95
each. |
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| You don't have to be an aviator to know that
low flying in mountain valleys is fun. Anyone who has ever seen high-performance
jets rolling and pulling through mountain passes will have correctly
guessed that it is challenging, and exciting adrenaline pumping stuff.
Artist Michael Rondot served as a fast-jet pilot in the RAF for 25 years
and remembers his introduction to low flying in North Wales.
"My first encounter with the A5 pass at Ogwen came in 1969 when
I was a student pilot flying the Folland Gnat trainer from RAF Valley. My
instructor, a chap called Norrie Bell, took control of the aircraft at the
end of a training sortie and said "Shut up and watch, I want to show
you something." We descended through a break in the cloud cover very
low level, closer to the ground than I had ever been except when landing
and accelerated to 420 knots. This was my first experience of low flying
in the Gnat and I sat mesmerised in the front cockpit with eyes like
saucers as the ground rushed past. Trees, water, stone walls and roads
flashed by as we continued to accelerate to 480 knots. Suddenly we were in
a deep u-shaped valley with a cloud-covered rock wall at the far end and,
as far as I could see, no means of escape except by climbing, and climbing
very , very soon, like NOW! Next thing, I saw the ground rotate and we
were in a hard 5G turn pulling DOWN into the valley floor with about 135
degrees of right bank and descending below the level of the road which I
could see above my head. We raced out of the valley, still in the weeds
until reaching Bethesda village when with a long sigh he handed over
control to me and announced: "That, young Michael, was the A5
pass". I never forgot that experience and during the next 23 years I
took every opportunity to revisit the A5 pass in whatever aircraft I
happened to be flying. In 1977 I flew it in a Canberra PR9 on a windy day
in poor weather but would not care to repeat the frightening experience. I
flew it many times in Hawk and Jaguar aircraft. For me it has a mystique
unlike any other place in the UK low flying system. The best students at
RAF Valley got the chance to fly the A5 pass in formation just like these
two in my painting, but I dare say the instructors in the back seats are
doing the flying." |
| Hawk Country by Michael Rondot
The outstanding handling and agility of the Hawk make it a joy to fly
in any situation, but for most Hawk pilots nothing compares with the
"knife fight in a telephone box" excitement of Hawk versus Hawk
low-level tactical evasion training in mountainous terrain as portrayed in
Hawk Country. Set over the A4085 road by Beddgelert Forest in the
Caernarfon Pass, North Wales, two grey-painted Hawks pursued by a 'bounce'
fly out of the picture in a left hand turn heading for Capel Curig and the
A5 Nant Ffrancon/Ogwen Pass, whilst 3 other Hawks, resplendent in the RAFs
new gloss black paint scheme turn hard against the towering backdrop of
cloud-capped Snowdon.
Signed limited edition of 650 prints plus 50 artists proofs. Print
serial number MR22. Paper size 27" x 20". Print price £59 ($100)
Special promotion for our
customers, the 50 artists proofs are available at the same price of £65
($115) until the 50 are sold. |
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| The BAe Hawk
News of the first flight of the Hawk on 21 August 1974 was greeted
with derision by Hunter pilots at the RAF's tactical weapons training
unit. For understandably selfish reasons they were sceptical about the
ability of the Hawk to replace the rugged, versatile and much-loved
Hunter. "Forget Hawk - Fly Hunter" was one typical bumper
sticker of the time but now 25 years on, such scepticism seems barely
credible. With the arrival of the first Hawk aircraft at RAF Valley in
November 1976, a new era of flying training began, and the first of
thousands of fast-jet pilots discovered the joys of flying this truly
thoroughbred aircraft.
Since then, the BAe Hawk has earned a reputation as the world's best
advanced trainer and light strike aircraft. The basic design has been
refined and improved in a series of variants ranging from multi-role light
fighter to the US Navy's carrier trainer. But the one quality that sets
the Hawk apart from other aircraft is handling characteristics. In the
artist's own words, - "I had flown the Gnat and Hunter and in 1979
had just finished flying Canberra PR9s before transferring to the Jaguar,
when I was given the opportunity to get some flying on the Hawk. It was a
revelation. Here was an aircraft that was pure joy to fly, at low level it
settled comfortably at 450 knots at around 150 feet and it could be flown
into valleys under the most frightening weather safe in the knowledge that
it could be turned around without losing airspeed almost in its own
length. And at medium level? 1v1 combat in this aircraft is something
else, - compared with the Hawk, the Jaguar is like flying an anvil". |
