Description
OUTBOUND VALIANT
Original Oil Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Quality Moulded Frame, silver effect
Framed Size 56cm x 40.5cm (22″ x 16″)
Price: SOLD
The Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber, and was part of the Royal Air Force’s “V bomber” nuclear weapon equipped strategic deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. It was developed by Vickers in response to the Air Ministry Specification B.35/46 for a nuclear-armed jet-powered bomber. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan. The Valiant has the distinction of being the only V bomber to have test dropped live nuclear weapons.
Philip writes … “For its time the Vickers Valiant jet bomber represented a leap forward in modern, innovative design and manufacturing techniques. Indeed the RAF’s V Force bombers (Valiant, Victor and Vulcan) were born from lessons learned with the introduction into service of the Valiant. A real trailblazer… Just from a painter’s point of view I think it’s a purposeful, good looking aircraft and I really enjoy portraying it doing what it did best.”
Size Calculator
70cm x 50cm = 27.5” x 19.5”
66cm x 40cm = 26” x 15.5”
48.3cm x 39.2cm = 19” x 15.5”
46cm x 34cm = 18.5” x 13”
38cm x 30.5cm = 15” x 12”
