Experimental
Need for speed is a common saying, but in the history of airplane development, speed has always been the key factor in design evolution. It could be for sport and money, like with the Schneider Trophy, or for military and space research, like with the x-planes and later with the spacecrafts.
Landed into History - detail
The orange, sleek silhouette of Bell X-1 flying rocket is projected on the dusty, salty surface of Muroc Dry Lake - Oil on canvas - 100 X 50 cm - 2012
Landed into history
Capt Charles Yeager is cheered by a small group of technicians after successfully breaking the sound barrier in flight and having landed on the salted surface of Muroc Dry Lake, California, 14th October 1947 - Oil on canvas - 100 X 50 cm - 2012
Next stop: the Earth
Space Shuttle fast approaching Edwards AFB after first orbital flight, 14th April 1981 - Oil on canvas - 50 X 70 cm - 2012
Splashdown
Neil Armstrong exits Gemini 8 spacecraft ready to be lifted up by Sikorsky Sea King hovering in the background in March 1966 - Oil on canvas - 40 x 50 cm – 2011
Northrop ML-10
Northrop ML-10 research lifting body aircraft after landing on Muroc Dry Lake, California in 1962 - Pencil on paper - 2010
Landing into history
Bell X-1 landing on Muroc Dry Lake, California, after breaking the sound barrier in the morning of 14 October 1947 – Oil on canvas - 80 x 60 cm - 2008
Douglas D558 Skystreak
Douglas D 558 Skystreak landing
at Muroc Dry Lake - Pencil on paper - 2007
De Havilland DH108
Unofficially nicknamed "Swallow", the DeHavilland DH108 was a research aircraft thought to have broken the sound barrier in a dive in 1948 - Pencil on paper - 1999
Bell X-5
The Bell X-5, flying here over Mojave Desert, USA, was a variable geometry wing research airplane largely based on german project Messerschmitt P1101 developed at the end of WWII - Pencil on paper - 2023
North American X-15
Flying between 1959 and 1968 the North American X-15 research aircraft reached a speed of 7274 km/h and an altitude of 107800 m - Pencil on paper - 2013
Supermarine S.5
Supermarine S.5 under maintenance, prior to the Schneider Trophy held at Calshot in England in 1927 - Pencil on paper - 1999
Supermarine S.6B
A day of testing for Supermarine S.6B at Calshot, England, in 1931 - Pencil on paper - 2012
Supermarine S6.B
Supermaine S6.B in readiness for the 1931 Schneider Trophy at Calshot, England - Pencil on paper - 2022
