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Aviation Art Magazine Magazine of the Manchester Aviation Art Society (uk)

Transcript of Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

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issue 78 september 2013

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Editorial

If any member has an objection to the Society holdingMembership records on a computer and using the informationfor society purposes deemed suitable by the Committee egthe production and distribution of a membership list pleasenotify the Editor

Dave

Cover imageldquoInterceptorrdquo

by Steve Kerry

Rear Cover ImageldquoDancing with Migsrdquo

By Steve Kerry

Our featured artist is Steve Kerry who fromnecessity became a digital artist and isresponsible for our amazing cover and forthe rear cover his Korean War entryIf you have not yet surfed over to the Guild ofAviation Artistrsquos website - wwwgavaorgukit should not be missed The Aviation Paint-ings of the Year 2013 gallery is a fantasticresource The range of talent and style isimmenseI was particularly impressed by the use ofmotion blur and the use of abstraction par-ticularly in the backgroundsThe paintings selected for the introductorygallery feature several aircraft which fallwithin ldquoBritish Aviation 1945 - 1965rdquo ourOctober exhibitionSee if you can find a superb painting whichwould have graced our Korean War theme Itsby onetime member Ron Wong

Happy and successful painting

3

Introducing Steve Kerry digital artist 4

Steversquos reply to Ron Sargeant 6

East Lancs Railwayrsquos Forties Week-end 8

July Meeting - Sketching from models 10

June Meeting - Jim Mackendrick Trophy 12

Rob Knotts on Lighter than Air Art part 1 18

Roger Markman reports from the depths of the web 22

Barton - Painting Afternoon 1st July Exhibition ampth July 24

August Meeting - Canberra- illustrated talk by P Grove 26

News Round 28Diary Dates - keep up to date 29

Contents

Artist members who are unable for whatever reason to deliver their entries tocompetition meetings can have a maximum of two works included in the MAvASwebsite Gallery

These works will not be included in the competition nor will they appear on theMuseum display panel but the usual details of title medium artist and pricemust be supplied to Editor Dave Bates

In addition Dave will require good quality photographs or digital images of thework in question ie sharp having accurate colour no frame showing andwithout any reflections or shadows Images that fall short of these standardswill be rejected Digitals need to be sized 45ins wide height to suit and 200dpi

4

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents movedto Australia and I spent the next 36 years thereI grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as anAdmin Officer for the Victorian GovernmentIn 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport inone hand and a one way ticket in the otherAround 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guildmembership at the end of the yearIm also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops toshame You can never have enough reference materialI now live in Hull with my wife Carol and 4 cats

SteveKerry

FeaturingDigital Artist

5

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents moved

I grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as an

In 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport in

Around 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guild

Im also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops to

Working digitally Left thumbnails forLockheed lightning painting Below WorkIn Progress featuring Wirlwind and Komet

A MavAS digital first was the salefrom the panel of Steversquos Speedbird

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

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10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

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For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 2: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

2

Editorial

If any member has an objection to the Society holdingMembership records on a computer and using the informationfor society purposes deemed suitable by the Committee egthe production and distribution of a membership list pleasenotify the Editor

Dave

Cover imageldquoInterceptorrdquo

by Steve Kerry

Rear Cover ImageldquoDancing with Migsrdquo

By Steve Kerry

Our featured artist is Steve Kerry who fromnecessity became a digital artist and isresponsible for our amazing cover and forthe rear cover his Korean War entryIf you have not yet surfed over to the Guild ofAviation Artistrsquos website - wwwgavaorgukit should not be missed The Aviation Paint-ings of the Year 2013 gallery is a fantasticresource The range of talent and style isimmenseI was particularly impressed by the use ofmotion blur and the use of abstraction par-ticularly in the backgroundsThe paintings selected for the introductorygallery feature several aircraft which fallwithin ldquoBritish Aviation 1945 - 1965rdquo ourOctober exhibitionSee if you can find a superb painting whichwould have graced our Korean War theme Itsby onetime member Ron Wong

Happy and successful painting

3

Introducing Steve Kerry digital artist 4

Steversquos reply to Ron Sargeant 6

East Lancs Railwayrsquos Forties Week-end 8

July Meeting - Sketching from models 10

June Meeting - Jim Mackendrick Trophy 12

Rob Knotts on Lighter than Air Art part 1 18

Roger Markman reports from the depths of the web 22

Barton - Painting Afternoon 1st July Exhibition ampth July 24

August Meeting - Canberra- illustrated talk by P Grove 26

News Round 28Diary Dates - keep up to date 29

Contents

Artist members who are unable for whatever reason to deliver their entries tocompetition meetings can have a maximum of two works included in the MAvASwebsite Gallery

These works will not be included in the competition nor will they appear on theMuseum display panel but the usual details of title medium artist and pricemust be supplied to Editor Dave Bates

In addition Dave will require good quality photographs or digital images of thework in question ie sharp having accurate colour no frame showing andwithout any reflections or shadows Images that fall short of these standardswill be rejected Digitals need to be sized 45ins wide height to suit and 200dpi

4

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents movedto Australia and I spent the next 36 years thereI grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as anAdmin Officer for the Victorian GovernmentIn 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport inone hand and a one way ticket in the otherAround 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guildmembership at the end of the yearIm also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops toshame You can never have enough reference materialI now live in Hull with my wife Carol and 4 cats

SteveKerry

FeaturingDigital Artist

5

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents moved

I grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as an

In 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport in

Around 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guild

Im also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops to

Working digitally Left thumbnails forLockheed lightning painting Below WorkIn Progress featuring Wirlwind and Komet

A MavAS digital first was the salefrom the panel of Steversquos Speedbird

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 3: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

3

Introducing Steve Kerry digital artist 4

Steversquos reply to Ron Sargeant 6

East Lancs Railwayrsquos Forties Week-end 8

July Meeting - Sketching from models 10

June Meeting - Jim Mackendrick Trophy 12

Rob Knotts on Lighter than Air Art part 1 18

Roger Markman reports from the depths of the web 22

Barton - Painting Afternoon 1st July Exhibition ampth July 24

August Meeting - Canberra- illustrated talk by P Grove 26

News Round 28Diary Dates - keep up to date 29

Contents

Artist members who are unable for whatever reason to deliver their entries tocompetition meetings can have a maximum of two works included in the MAvASwebsite Gallery

These works will not be included in the competition nor will they appear on theMuseum display panel but the usual details of title medium artist and pricemust be supplied to Editor Dave Bates

In addition Dave will require good quality photographs or digital images of thework in question ie sharp having accurate colour no frame showing andwithout any reflections or shadows Images that fall short of these standardswill be rejected Digitals need to be sized 45ins wide height to suit and 200dpi

4

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents movedto Australia and I spent the next 36 years thereI grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as anAdmin Officer for the Victorian GovernmentIn 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport inone hand and a one way ticket in the otherAround 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guildmembership at the end of the yearIm also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops toshame You can never have enough reference materialI now live in Hull with my wife Carol and 4 cats

SteveKerry

FeaturingDigital Artist

5

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents moved

I grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as an

In 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport in

Around 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guild

Im also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops to

Working digitally Left thumbnails forLockheed lightning painting Below WorkIn Progress featuring Wirlwind and Komet

A MavAS digital first was the salefrom the panel of Steversquos Speedbird

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 4: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

4

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents movedto Australia and I spent the next 36 years thereI grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as anAdmin Officer for the Victorian GovernmentIn 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport inone hand and a one way ticket in the otherAround 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guildmembership at the end of the yearIm also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops toshame You can never have enough reference materialI now live in Hull with my wife Carol and 4 cats

SteveKerry

FeaturingDigital Artist

5

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents moved

I grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as an

In 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport in

Around 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guild

Im also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops to

Working digitally Left thumbnails forLockheed lightning painting Below WorkIn Progress featuring Wirlwind and Komet

A MavAS digital first was the salefrom the panel of Steversquos Speedbird

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 5: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

5

I was born in Surrey in 1960 although I dont really remember much about it When I was 5 my parents moved

I grew up with a passion for all things aviation When I was 17 I tried to join the Royal Australian Air Forcebut my eyesight was so bad that I completely failed the medical When I took off my glasses I couldnt readthe chart on the opposite wall in fact I couldnt even see the chart Failing to pass even a basic eyesighttest without my glasses effectively ruled out the Army Navy Air Force police fire brigade ambulance andeven the railways as potential employers After drifting through a variety of jobs I ended up working as an

In 1991 I took an extended leave and spent 3 months travelling around the UK on a motorcycle What a blastWhen the grand tour was over I returned to Australia but 6 months later I was back with my UK passport in

Around 2005 I joined the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) and three years later became an Associate MemberAround that time I also developed a tremor in my right arm which turned out to be the onset of ParkinsonsDisease My days of oil painting are over I cant hold a steady paintbrush any more Fortunately I can stillcreate art with the help of my computer Whether by choice or not I am now a digital artistI had some lively discussions with the Guild about this I painted a digital picture of a DH Mosquito thencreated the same picture again in pastels The Guild were happy with the pastel version but said the digitalone would be rejected before it even reached the selection panel It was the same picture in both casesbut it seems the medium is more important than the image it portrays As a result I didnt renew my Guild

Im also a compulsive book hoarder with an aviation reference collection that would put most book shops to

Working digitally Left thumbnails forLockheed lightning painting Below WorkIn Progress featuring Wirlwind and Komet

A MavAS digital first was the salefrom the panel of Steversquos Speedbird

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 6: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

6

In the last issue Ron Sargeant gave his opinion on digital art although what heactually described was a process known as photo manipulation This is theequivalent of taking a photo (or finding one in a magazine or book) cutting it outand sticking it onto a new background This is often done for publication becauseit is fast and relatively easy Anyone looking closely should see it for what it is

Digital painting is an entirely different process and closely duplicates traditionalpainting My setup is very similar to working with oils as that was my preferredmedium when I could hold a steady paintbrush

This is a digital tablet It plugs into a PC (orMac) and provides a drawing surface for astylus (digital pen) When you draw somethingon the tablet you get the same thing appearingon the computer screen If you press gentlyyou get a thin line if you press hard you get athick line - just like a traditional paintbrushYou can pick a colour from the palette or if youdont like the colours provided then you canmix your own You can also lay down severalcolours side by side then mix them together inthe same way as traditional paint - includingthe risk of making your palette muddy if youare not carefulHeres a painting I started the other day Anyone wanting to be an artist digitalor otherwise should develop basic drawing skills to at least this level

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 7: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

7

You may have noticed I didnt press a button marked Paint a Catalina nor did thecomputer use any photographs or do the work for me A computer like apaintbrush or pencil is just a tool The best tool in the world whether it is apaintbrush a computer or a pointed stick can do nothing until someone picks it upand uses it True art comes from the artist who uses the tool not from the tool itself

Highlights were added on the top surfaces and along the leading edge of the wing

In the same way areas of deep shadow were filled in

The rest of the plane was then blocked in with a mid-grey tone

The sketch was cleaned up and put against a blue background

At this point I liked the way it was going so I added the drawing to my work inprogress folder Hopefully Ill get it finished before Christmas

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 8: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

8

East LancsRailwaysForties Weekend

MAvAS provided their traditional exhibition at Bury for East LancsRailwaysrsquo Forties Weekend on the 25th to the 27th May What wasless traditional was the weather which at least on the Saturday andSunday was beautifully sunny and warm Monday however ratherreturned to cold damp customMAvAs had also taken the decision to restrict ourselves to a singledisplay in the cabin adjacent to the entrance rather than also use arailway carriage at the far end of the platform as in previous yearsas this had seemed a rather distant outpost We did moderately wellon sales at least on the Saturday and Sunday Peter Nield sold hispopular MiG 15 Polish defector painting and Steve Ridgway inparticular did well with print sales whilst Ron Leigh sold a number ofbooks Total funds raised by the society from sales was pound4100 whichis quite respectableI think it fair to say that our paintings made a good display in the cabinand Steve Ridgway was able to demonstrate his scraperboardtechnique (and bask in the sunshine) outside with a display of hisprints We had a reasonable throughput of visitors through the cabinalthough our general impression was that the whole event was slightlyless well attended than in previous yearsWe were able to exhibit 42 paintings and as Exhibition Officer Irsquodlike to thank the following members for their attendance as stewardsto the exhibition John Williams Colin Taylor Roger Markman SteveRidgway Jean Shevelan Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 9: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

9

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 10: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

10

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might beachieved please make your thoughts known to the Committee

Sketching from Models

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 11: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

11

12 members attended the meeting which was devoted to ldquoSketching fromModelsrdquo Host Peter Flitcroft brought in a large scale Mosquito plus slightlysmaller models of the Spitfire prototype and P-51 Mustang Peter alsobrought in three small figurines ndash Venus standing a semi-prone winged angeland a kneeling female figure These were for members to try as a changefrom aircraft if they so wished In the end members produced 5 sketchesof aircraft and 6 of the figurines Clearly (as was also shown in the portraitsketching event on 2nd April) we could all do with a little help to improveour sketching skills If anyone has any practical ideas how this might be

Sketching from Models

Meeting

July 2nd

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 12: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

12

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim MackendrickTrophy

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 13: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

13

Winner Terry JonesAccepts The trophy from judge carl Jacobsfor his painting ldquoFull throttlerdquo

Tonight`s meeting was for the ldquoJim MacKendrick Trophyrdquo competition the subject this year being ldquoAircraft of the Korean Warrdquo For oncethe weather was fine and 19 members attended together with visitor Mark Hunt and Adjudicator Carl Jacobs of Bury Art Society19 paintings were assembled for the event plus for the first time an example of work by the late Jim Mackendrick We possess around 10paintings by Jim and these will feature in future annual JMT competitions The winner selected by Carl was ldquoFull Throttlerdquo a dramatic oilpainting by Terry Jones showing a pair of MiG-15s on patrol Presentation of the Trophy proved to be tricky as last year`s winner Mr Dozeybrought in the wrong pot Even so the event went ahead and the correct Trophy was passed on to Terry after the meeting The Trophy yousee in the photograph is actually the MAvAS Trophy from the ldquoDefunct Airlinesrdquo competition on 5th February Still all`s well that ends wellNew paintings were assembled on the panel next morning by Ron Sargeant Colin Taylor Keith Stancombe and Peter Nield

Jim Mackendrick

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 14: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

14

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Bogie-Bill - High Flyer by PGNield

Firefly LaunchHMS Ocean by PRose

Navy Marines Muleby RSargeant

Panther Blues by RSargeant

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 15: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

15

Sea Fury Launch by C Taylor

Bell 47 Medivac by KStancombe

MiG Mayem by TSmith

Fighting Leathernecks by JDWilliams

Fury and Ocean by WLeeming

Full Throttle by TJones

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 16: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

16

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Starby PWGrove

Close Combat by RSargeant

Sea Fury Carmichael`s MiG by C Taylor

Co-operation by DBates

Dancing with MiGsby SKerry

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 17: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

17

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Cessna Bird Dog by RRumbold

Close Combat by RSargeant

Col W M Mahurinby JShevelan

Combat Begins by RSargeant

The Hunters by CJones

Choppers by SKerry

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 18: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

18

For centuries man aspired to fly like a bird Centuries of dreaming studyand experimentation sometimes of a foolhardy nature preceded the firstsuccessful flight However ideas flourished well before flight was firstsuccessfully demonstrated and have done sinceThe free balloon with buoyancy offered by hot air or hydrogen wasspawned by the airship However mention the word airship to mostpeople and it probably generates three images ndash the tubby Goodyearblimps used for advertising the blackened skeleton of the R101 followingthe untimely end of its infamous flight or the Hindenburg in flamesHowever airships have a much more glorious history The first poweredairship flew in 1852 and the first rigid airship in 1900 The US militaryused blimps throughout World War II until 1962 Even now one modernairship is still flying under US Navy coloursThis article looks at artwork associated with lighter-than-air craft Theirsize dwarfs conventional aircraft In addition superstructure such asbracing wires and stays detracts from the clean lines offered by theenvelopes that hold the buoyancy gas Human images appear minisculeagainst the bulk of the craft thus it is necessary to focus on only a smallportion of the bulk of a balloon or airship if figures are to be portrayedNevertheless artists have portrayed such craft in peace and warthroughout their history Engravings art forms in themselves were theonly way of pictorially presenting concepts and ideas in the early days ofballoons and airships As time progressed artists captured attempts andsuccesses on canvas In pre-camera days without the efforts of such artistsour pictorial knowledge of mans early attempts at flight would beextremely limited Following the arrival of photographic images artistsstill captured and continue to do so the elegance daring and innovationof lighter-than-air flying machinesHowever before looking at airships we need to spend a little time instudying the history of the first lighter than air craft - balloons

Part One

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 19: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

19

In 1670 a Jesuit priest Francesco de Lana a professor of mathematicsand physics in Brescia Italy wrote about an ldquoaerial shiprdquo This craft wouldbe carried aloft by four large spheres from which all air had been removedto make them lighter than the surrounding air He proposed to make thespheres out of very thin copper The principle was sound but the sphereswould have been immediately crushed by the pressure of the surroundingair

The first recordeds u c c e s s f u ldemonstration of alighter-than-air vehicleis attributed to abrilliant young Jesuitpriest Father Laurencode Gusmao of Brazilwho built and displayedbefore the King ofPortugal workingmodels of paperballoons rising above asmall basket of flame This demonstration is reported to have taken placeon 8 August 1709 in the presence of the royal court of Portugal Gusmaowas first to show the principle of a hot air balloonmdasheven if he did causea minor fire in the palace chamber during the demonstration

The first truly public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine tookplace on June 4 1783 in Annonay France when Joseph and EtienneMontgolfier two brothers who owned a paper mill sent up an unmannedhot-air balloon Their original test balloon was made of paper and linenand opened at the bottom When flaming paper was held near theopening the bag called a balon slowly expanded with the hot air andfloated upward The balloon flight was a success even though the physicswas not well understood by the brothers After their success thebrothers went to Paris and built another larger balloonOn September 19 1783 in Versailles the Montgolfiers flew the firstpassengers in a basket suspended below a hot-air balloonmdasha sheep arooster and a duck The flight lasted eight minutes The balloon flewnearly 2 miles (32 kilometers) before returning the occupants safely toearth

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 20: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

20

The next major milestone occurredon October 15 1783 when thebrothers constructed a hot-air bal-loon that at the end of a tetherrose 84 feet (25 meters) into the airwith its first human passengersJean-Franccedilois Pilacirctre de RozierWith a capacity of 60000 cubicfeet Pilacirctre de Rozier stayed aloftfor almost four minutes A shortwhile later on November 21 1783the first confirmed aeronauts deRozier and dArlandes made a freeascent in a balloon and flew fromthe center of Paris to the suburbsabout 55 miles (9 kilometers) insome 25 minutes For the first timeman had escaped earthly bounds toenjoy the freedom of the skies

Vicenzo Lunardi was apioneering Italianaeronaut born into afamily of minorNeapolitan nobilityHe entered thediplomatic service andcame to England asSecretary to theN e a p o l i t a nAmbassador Therewas a flying craze inFrance and ScotlandJames Tytler a Scotwas the first Briton tofly However evenafter a year since theinvention of the balloon the English were still sceptical and so GeorgeBiggin with Vincent Lunardi decided to demonstrate a hydrogen balloonflight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Company in London on 15September 1784 Julius Caesar Ibbetson a British 18th century landscapeand watercolour artist captured the scene on canvas

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 21: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

21

In the non-military world balloons captured the imagination ofadventurers and their public One can imagine the delightful andidealistic tranquil journey of a balloon drifting lazily over the landscapewhile its passengerpilot took in the views the reality was doubtlessdifferent as piloting a balloon is a demanding task that requiresconsiderable concentration Moreover landing can be fraught withhazards and problems as shown in the following sketch

Sadly as with alltechnology theWinds of Warsought to exploitlighter-than-craftBalloons were usedto transport mailand people duringthe siege of Paris inthe FrenchRevolution The USCivil War and theBoer war both sawtethered balloonsdeployed asobservation platforms The following painting shows a force of BritishRoyal Engineers transporting a spotter balloon across a river in SouthAfrica

Delights and Problems in Ballooning

To be continued

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 22: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

22

After watching this film should you find yourselfflying any P-51 airplane remember that Air Force procedures as describedin directives have precedence over anything shown in this film

It is a US Army Air Force training film designed to familiarise pilots new tothe P-51 with the ldquoairplanerdquo The model is the P-51B powered by the Merlinengine and not the original Allison This is the beginning of the legend thefirst really capable Mustang

The explanation of the air seal around the ailerons is fascinating That isnew information to me However what makes this film so astounding isthe discussion of compressibility and Mach numbers Yes I didnrsquot makean error compressibility and Mach numbers

The Hollywood actor playing Chief Designer Ed Schmued (Lee J Cobbvery famous post war) explains at length what Mach numbers mean andhow at relatively low speeds compressibility can be encountered if theaircraft is flying at altitude in thin air where Mach one is slower than atground level Note the wonderful moment where he jokes that the answerwhen two six figure numbers are multiplied together has to be trusted tothe guy that worked it out A pre calculator age We then see the pilotdiving vertically until he gets the stick shaking and the whole aircraftbuffeting Compressibility and Mach numbers Amazing

Flight Characteristics ofthe P-51 Airplane

Roger Markmanbraves the depths

of the web

To watch this film just type the exact wording of the title above into theGoogle search box and hey presto you should find it appears on the searchlist complete with a stills shot from the film Click on the picture and enjoy

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 23: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

23

I may be wrong but at this time I donrsquot believe that there was any suchtraining in the RAF Similarly when Heini Ditmar flew a Messerschmitt163 at around 620 mph in 1941 (off an air tow similar to the Bell XS-1air launch from a B-29) I have read that no one believed him when hereported compressibility buffeting Yet here we have a training film thatgives an amazing description of Mach numbers and compressibilitybuffeting made in 1943 I am in awe

It is also worth noting how little was automated in cockpits at that timeor indeed today for that matter Flying was and perhaps still is a massof checklists and switching settings and gaugesI suppose it is a matter of a whole technology and simple familiarityThe computer I am typing this article on is so familiar to me at leastin the few limited ways in which I use it that I donrsquot need to be retaught every five minutes how to start it up properly and why suchprocedures must be followed It is automatic in my head if not in themachine itself In the same way experienced pilots of the piston engineera thought booster pumps and air intake settings propellers and flapsmixtures and throttles It was a mechanical hands-on oily technologythat could bite with fatal results if taken for granted for an instant Allthis comes over so well in this and similar training films

I hope this film helps inspire some aviation art I also hope it inspiresa deeper look at this ldquohands on oily technologyrdquo that in our digital ageseems to be increasingly distant almost a folk memory

Footnote on Heini Dittmar from Wiki

During and after the Dittmar worked as an aircraft designer and On 2 October 1941flying the he became the first human to fly faster than 1000 kmh (620 mph) Thisrecord was achieved over the -specified 3-km distance and was measured usingan theodolite Later on 6 July 1944 he reached a speed of 1130 kmh (700 mph) inthe Me-163 BV18 VA+SP

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 24: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

24

Roger Rumboldarranged a paintingafternoon at BartonAirfield for WarringtonArt Society and Mavason Monday the 2nd ofJuly The weather wasfine but the airfield wasfairly quiet and therewas not a huge turnoutDave Steeden Keith

SancombeRoger and mefrom Mavasand a couplemore fromWAS

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

Barton Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

Painting Afternoon 2nd July

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 25: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

25

Members Peter Grove John Williams Peter Nield and ColinTaylor arrived early in the morning and by 9-00pm the SocietyStands and Panels brought in by Peter Grove were allassembled Thanks to Colin`s efforts as Exhibitions Officera reasonable number of works was supplied and we were ableto display some thirty paintings Even so a few more wouldhave been a bit better The weather was magnificent andalthough attendance seemed to be down on last year thecrowds were plentiful and during the course of the day ourexhibition attracted a lot of attention and the Society waspleased to donate pound25 towards the selected charity ldquoSparksrdquowho support medical research into childrenrsquos health

BartonManchester City Airport

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 26: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

26

Peter Groveon theENGLISHELECTRICCANBERRA

WEW (Teddy) Petter

Chief Designer

Moved from Westlands

First Flight 13th

May 1949

Test Pilot RolandBeaumont

Prototype withmodified fin

First Production Aircraft

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 27: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

27

B57A

B57B

B57D

B57 E

B57F

B57G

The AmericanCanberrasLook more sexy

Sweden - B2

Argentina - B62 B2)

Chile - PR9Some of theMany ExportVersions

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 28: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

28

NEWS ROUNDGood news and bad news this issue the good news is that Chairman HarryHolmes is continuing to recover from his car crash and prolificprofessional Charles Thompson is recovering well from his stroke earlierthis year

Ron Leigh is not retiring from NHS in July but one of his objectives is stillto expand his already established DJ activities So if you have a need for awell organised supporting event at any time just contact Ron on01244450244

Oops

The Bad news is that our friend in the museum Nick Forder has beenmade redundant Nick has been our point of contact and smoother ofpaths for many years We would like to extend our best wishes to Nickfor his future endeavours

More good news isthat the Guild ofAviation Artists hasuploaded their 2013Gallery

There are somestunning paintings -not all by the ldquoOldMastersrdquo

A site for sore eyes

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 29: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

29

Diary Dates

Meetings are held from 7-00pm to 9-30pm in the Conference Room inthe Air and Space Hall at the Museum of Science amp Industry inManchester on the first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated

SaturdaySunday 14th and 15th SeptemberldquoExhibition at Southport Air Showrdquo

Exhibition Officer Steve RidgwayE-mail steve_ridgwayhotmailcom

Entries require hooks and string plus MAvAS label

Tuesday 1st OctoberldquoAvro Trophy Competitionrdquo

Subject ldquoBritish Aircraft 1945 to 1965rdquoAdjudicator Darren Horsnell

Tuesday 5th NovemberldquoAviation in National Geographic Magazinerdquo

An illustrated talk by Peter Flitcroft

Saturday 9th NovemberldquoDigital Art Forumrdquo

Open discussion ndash pros and consNo fighting allowed10-00am to 4-00pm

Tuesday 3rd DecemberldquoMarket Placerdquo

Annual seasonal eventBring items for sale or swap

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk

Page 30: Magazine 78 sept 2013 pdf

30 Editor Dave BatesTel 0161-284-3467

Email davidbatesntlworldcomSociety website wwwmavascouk