Modern jet fighter aircraft of the
Royal Air Force in aviation art prints by Gerald Coulson. Jet fighters
such as BAe Hawks of the Red Arrows, English Electric Lightning, Jaguar
and Tornado aircraft in superb art prints available from the military art
company.
Gerald Coulson has been painting
professionally for over 30 years. the Fine Art Guild have placed him
among the top ten best selling UK artists no less than 15 times in 12
years - 3 times at No. 1. Coulson's first love was aircraft,
studying them and drawing them at every opportunity, from an early
age. His apprenticeship as an aircraft engineer then as an RAF
Technician and later an engineer with British Airways, have allowed him an
insight and intimate knowledge of the aircraft he paints. Now a Vice
President, he is a founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and
four times winner of the Flight International Trophy for outstanding
aviation painting. He qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and
is still actively flying today - mostly vintage aircraft and can often be
seen buzzing over the Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth.
Whatever the subject, whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his ability
to capture the realism and mood of the scene is unsurpassed, making him
one of the most collected and highly regarded artists in the world today.
British Aerospace Concorde by Gerald Coulson.
Item Code : GC0193
British Aerospace Concorde by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
Military fast jets spend most of their operational time at very low level. Sparsely populated areas such as the valleys of North Wales, Scotland and the lakes of Cumbria, provide ideal training areas to perfect the skills required to hide behind high ground and remain undetected by enemy radar. Flying at 250 ft and 500 mph, two Jaguar GR1s from No2 squadron on a low level reconnaissance exercise are the subject of this painting.
Item Code : GC0168
Thunder in the Hills by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
A pair of English Electric Lightning F3s of 111 squadron depart. Reheat selected, they accelerate rapidly to blast off, cascading spray from a rain-soaked runway. This is the classic interceptor, with superb handling qualities and unmatched climb-to-height performance. The Lightning is the only British-designed and built fighter capable of achieving twice the speed of sound. The RAF took delivery in 1960 and they remained in front-line service until phased out in 1988. The last of the classic single-seat fighters, the Lightning enters the hall of fame alongside the Camel, Fury, Hurricane and Spitfire. The artist was once able to fly a two-seat version- Lightning T5- at just over 1000mph- which he describes as an unforgettable experience.
Item Code : GC0165
Thunder & Lightnings by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
Famous for the Dambusters raid during the Second World War, RAF 617 Squadron is now based at Lossiemouth in Scotland. With its high-tech Tornados, the squadron today presents a very different picture to that of the 1940s. In 1990 they again found themselves in a combat situation when Iraq invaded Kuwait and their skills flying at high speed - low level were called on once more. This impressive painting by Coulson is a fitting tribute to one of this countrys most famous Squadrons.
Item Code : GC0382
High Speed Intrusion by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm) Less than 4 prints left.
Artist : Gerald Coulson
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First Flight by Gerald Coulson.
On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker PIO67 Prototype, made its first flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII fighter ace, Squadron leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC. This historic aircraft went on to become the Hunter, one of Britains most successful fighter aircraft. Created under the guiding hand of famed Hawker designer Sydney Camm, the PI067 Hunter became the RAFs standard single seat fighter from 1954 until 1960. It was also the first British produced swept-wing fighter to serve in large numbers in the RAF. The maiden flight was successful with only minor problems. Due to the undercarriage light staying on Neville Duke took the decision not to exceed 19,000 ft or 350 knots. The P1067 was Hawkers first application of powered controls but British experience of this was very limited at that time. Consequently the elevator hydraulic power boost was disconnected but the ailerons remained in use.This meant that the pilot struggled to maintain control e.........
Entering service in 1951, the Shackleton has been seen worldwide performing anti-submarine and search and rescue duties prior to the installation of the radar necessary for the airborne early warning role in 1972 wit No.8 squadron. Phased out during 1991, and superseded by the Boeing E-3 Sentries, only six remain and are still with No.8 Squadron based at Lossiemouth. They are occasionally called upon to assist for search and rescue sorties and the dubious honour of operating in the conditions depicted. After forty years of sterling service the Shackleton deserves a tribute.
Item Code : GC0222
End of an Era by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
Gerald Coulson's dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 of Treble One Squadron scrambles to intercept an unidentified intruder plotted on the RAF's early warning radar. Almost certainly it will be Russian, probably he will be escorted out of harms way, but the interceptor is armed with a pair of air-to-air missiles just in case. A superb collector print for all who remember one of the greatest British fighters ever built.
Item Code : DHM6076
A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. - Editions Available
First Flight by Gerald Coulson
Depicts the prototype on its historic first ever flight from
Boscombe Down. You can see Neville Duke wearing an American style 'Bone
Dome' helmet. Signed by Squadron Leader Neville Duke.
On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker P1067 Prototype, made its first
flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII
fighter ace, Squadron Leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC, AFC. This
historic aircraft went on to become the Hunter, one of Britain's most
successful fighter aircraft. Created under the guiding hand of famed
Hawker designer Sydney Camm, the P1067 Hunter became the RAF's standard
single seat fighter from 1954 ntil 1960. It was also the first British
produced swept-wing fighter to serve in large numbers in the RAF.
The maiden flight was successful with only minor problems. Due to
the undercarriage light staying on, Neville Duke to the decision not to
exceed 19,000 ft or 350 knots. The P1067 was Hawkers first application of
powered controls but British experience of this was very limited at that
time. Consequently the elevator hydraulic power boost was disconnected but
the ailerons remained in use. This meant that the pilot struggled to
maintain control especially on landing.
Neville Duke has fond memories of the aircraft, which has become
synonymous with his name: "Of the multitude of designs from the board
of Sydney Camm over a period of 43 years the Hunter is arguably the most
graceful of all. The saying if it looks right it will fly right applies to
the Hunter and can be illustrated by the fact that within some ten test
flights the aircraft was flying in excess of 700mph, as demonstrated at
the SBAC Farnborough Show shortly after the first flight. Sydney Camm
proclaimed it to be his most beautiful design and I am not alone in
claiming it to be a pilots aeroplane, a view expressed amongst the fighter
pilots of the 21 nations who flew this aircraft in operational service up
until 1995. Our aim was to give the pilots a fighter without limitations
and this unique clearance was obtained. Long may we see them in the air as
a tribute to the genius of Sydney Camm and his design team."
Some 2000 Hunters were produced in the UK, Netherlands and Belgium
and many more refurbished for 14 nations and returned to service
throughout the world. The Hunter continues to serve in non-operational
roles in various services and establishments as well as in private hands.
WB188 now resides in the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex.
Thunder & Lightnings by Gerald Coulson
A pair of English Electric Lightning F3s of 111 squadron depart. Reheat
selected, they accelerate rapidly to blast off, cascading spray from a
rain-soaked runway. This is the classic interceptor, with superb handling
qualities and unmatched climb-to-height performance. The Lightning is the
only British-designed and built fighter capable of achieving twice the
speed of sound. The RAF took delivery in 1960 and they remained in
front-line service until phased out in 1988. The last of the classic
single-seat fighters, the Lightning enters the hall of fame alongside the
Camel, Fury, Hurricane and Spitfire. The artist was once able to fly a
two-seat version- Lightning T5- at just over 1000mph- which he describes
as an unforgettable experience.
Thunder in the Hills by Gerald Coulson Military fast jets spend most of their operational time at very low
level. Sparsely populated areas such as the valleys of North Wales,
Scotland and the lakes of Cumbria, provide ideal training areas to perfect
the skills required to hide behind high ground and remain undetected by
enemy radar. Flying at 250 ft and 500 mph, two Jaguar GR1s from No2
squadron on a low level reconnaissance exercise are the subject of this
painting.
High Speed Intrusion by Gerald Coulson
Famous for the Dambusters raid during the Second World War, RAF
617 Squadron is now based at Lossiemouth in Scotland. With its high-tech
Tornados, the squadron today presents a very different picture to that of
the 1940s. In 1990 they again found themselves in a combat situation when
Iraq invaded Kuwait and their skills flying at high speed - low level were
called on once more. This impressive painting by Coulson is a fitting tribute to one
of this country's most famous Squadrons.
Anthony Gibbs was born in 1951 in Birmingham. He went to Bourneville School of Art for one year, but is mostly self-taught. His first one man show was in 1976 at the Colmore Galleries, with further one man exhibitions at this venue following, in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988 and 1991. Anthony Gibbs had a one man exhibition Nature In Art at Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire in 2000. His first limited edition print released February 1988 - White Tigers Ever Watchful – was an edition of 1550, the largest edition of a limited print by Solomon and Whitehead at the time, and the largest order from the from the USA (650) they have ever had. He went to Kenya for the first time in February 1989, and is a member of the Society of Animal Artists in New York, The Woodland Trust. He won the Peoples Choice Award on a national tour exhibition of the USA in 1992 and 1993, with the Society of Animal Artists. Anthony Gibbs was awarded the Award of Excellence Medal from the Society in 1997 and 2001. He has exhibited at numerous venues across the USA with the Society of Animal Artists and also across Britain – exhibitions including the Mall Galleries, Nature In Art, Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust, London. He has sold work through both Christies and Sotherbys. Anthony Gibbs went to the Yellowstone National Park and Tetons National Park to study the wildlife and habitat in the U.S.A. in 2003.
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