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The most 'elegant' of the Gloster Meteor family, (in my opinion) was this 'stretched' Meteor NF14 night fighter, from 1953.
These aircraft were built by Armstrong Whitworth, after Gloster was tasked with developing the more advanced Javelin, all-weather interceptor.

A 'Saturday Artwork' special today, to introduce a new (to me) artist, Daryll Legg.
Daryll is a South African aviation artist, who not only has a fine eye and brush hand, he also picks some wonderful subject matter, seldom seen in fine art. I'll post more in the coming weeks!

The huge Short Shetland was quite a 'mover'! 😲
This spirited display of the intended (but not produced) replacement for the Short Sunderland, shows just how agile a large flying boat can be, in the right hands! A proposed airline version also got no further than a prototype.

Today's Saturday artwork is a nod to a 'new generation' of 'box-top' artists, who follow in the footsteps of people like the Roy Cross. These Blackburn Roc Mk 1 'Turret Fighter' aircraft of the Royal Navy from 1939, were painted by Stan Hajec for kit company 'Special Hobby'.

After a protracted development, the Fairey Barracuda, a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber, entered service in 1943. Despite being thought of as rather underpowered and unreliable, over 2,600 Barracudas were built and they served in almost all naval theatres of WW 2!

Most of us love 1950's Eagle cutaways and many of us love V-Bombers too...so ENJOY, it's Saturday and good news is very short supply! 🥴
These artworks date from 1954 to 1958, when the world was a 'simpler' place than it is today...despite the threat of Nuclear Armageddon! 😂

The Battle of Nijmegan was ending 76 years ago, today. These RAF aerial recce photos were taken as part of the preparation for Operation Market Garden, a just a few days before the (ultimately unsuccessful) airborne assault began.

The Supermarine Walrus, another design by R J Mitchell that made a valuable contribution to WW 2, despite its 'less than graceful' looks. 😎
Designed in 1933 as a 'fleet spotter' amphibian for the Royal Navy, it also later found fame as an air/sea rescue aircraft for the RAF.

An early British twin rotor helicopter, the Bristol 173. Designed by pioneer Raoul Hafner in 1952, the aircraft was intended as a passenger carrying helicopter. It never went beyond test flying, but was used as a base for the 192 Belvedere. The prototype can be seen @BristolAero

More 'Into the Blue' colour profiles, now looking at the 50th Anniversary of the RAF's other 'Commands': Coastal, Training and Transport. This structure was about to change in 1969, with Strike and Air Support Command replacing all but Training for the next period of RAF history.