13 May 2008

English Electric



The loudest most awesome noise I ever experienced as a child was the English Electric Lightning at Farnborough, only ever surpassed in terms of ear damage by the deafening Devo at Hammersmith Odeon.
Indian ink and watercolour 55cm x 32cm. Click to enlarge.

8 comments:

Michael Villegas said...

Fantastic line work...

Anna Nadler said...

Awesome detail and line work!
And we have the same last name :D

ElizT said...

did it have business class?
[Hard to believe there can be more than one Nadler around.]

Cecilia Levy said...

resembles a bumblebee (oversized body, undersized wings, you don't understand how it can fly - but it does(?) :)

helen said...

Interesting - great illustration too.

Kevin Musgrove said...

Memories of the annual air show at Barton Aerodrome. Low-flying English Electric Lightnings, Vulcans and Folland Gnats (and the occasional soft, powerful purr of a Hurricane).

You've definitely caught the brutalist engineering of the Lightning there! Uncompromising jet engine power.

Connie said...

Wow, this is wonderful pen and ink work and a unique take on the theme.

neil said...

Marvellous style and wit. I can remember the old Lightnings, talk about strapping a seat to a rocket! I think the pilot steered by moving his head from side to side! Uniformly excellent!