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Moving this blog

Typepad is no more. The blogging platform that I have used since I began my Flight Artworks endeavour is closing down, pitching myself and thousands of others into the internet abyss. With very little notice,… 

Polish ‘boxing bulldog’ Spitfire TD240

The new paint scheme for the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire TE311 features a Polish boxing bulldog nose art: one of several similar emblems.

Swan like progress

If things have seemed serenely quiet lately, rest assured I have been paddling furiously below the waterline.

The view from the back seat

I am told I am deluding myself when I imagine there was a golden age during which I just made pictures and somehow all the household stuff and admin either did not exist or somehow took care of itself.

Licensing Flight Artworks aviation pictures

Colchester, 21 September 2015 You will know already that you can buy aviation prints through the Flight Artworks website at www.flightartworks.com but I also welcome enquiries from publishers who are interested in using my work.… 

Battle of Britain Spitfire for magazine

High Wycombe, 10 May 2015  Apart from all that spring stuff the month of May brought with it issue 16 of History Revealed magazine – whose cover features one of my Flight Artworks aircraft. The Spitfire was… 

Spitfires escorting Lancasters? In daylight?

High Wycombe, 6 Nov 2014 Ever jump to conclusions? What do you make of the picture above: Spitfires escorting Lancasters? (available via this link). A typical first response from people who see it is “Cool picture… 

D-Day pictures set for print publication

High Wycombe, 6 Jan 2014 A Happy New Year. I wonder what 2014 will bring? Well, for one thing, the 70th anniversary on 6 June of D-Day. I have been concentrating in recent months on… 

Iconic moments in Dambusters aviation prints

High Wycombe, 13 May 2013 It ranks in certain quarters as possibly the most daring and audacious operation the RAF carried out during World War II. But when I asked American and German friends …… 

RAF bomber prints find delighted new home

High Wycombe, 4 Apr 2013  You can imagine my delight at selling no fewer than three pictures in one go to a single buyer.  This was only heightened when, shortly afterwards, someone wrote on my Facebook… 

Focus on specifics

High Wycombe, 11 Jan 2013 I have been remiss in updating the blog but that is partly because I’ve spent time getting a Flight Artworks page on Facebook off the ground. It has accrued some 200… 

Aerial views

High Wycombe, 27 Sep 2012 Alongside my regular photography, taking in trips to the North East, the sailing Olympics in Weymouth and the Edinburgh Fringe, I’ve recently been putting a lot of effort into my… 

What do spinning props look like?

High Wycombe, 18 February 2012 What does a spinning aircraft propeller look like? You’re thinking I’m daft. Anyone who’s ever seen even an office fan knows what a spinning prop looks like. Right. It’s just…