Aviation art: Dove,B717

[Aye Ess]

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a401/alan_spears/DoveVH-ABMjpeg_zps171ff90b.jpg
Operated by 'Penguin Express',pictured over Phillip Island Vic.....and flown by our very own Wally Mk2. (Acrylic on canvas 30cm x 60cm)

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a401/alan_spears/Dovejpeg_zps552d17dc.jpg
20cm x 25cm

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a401/alan_spears/VH-NXDADjpeg_zpsa68d0fb6.jpg
40cm x 50cm

[dhavillandpilot]

I love the art.

However not a real Dove, No Gypsy engines leaking oil.

How about a Heron, something unusual like Butlers Mk 1's

[Capn Bloggs]

717 heading that way? I'd be calling "tracking!" :}

Otherwise, nice pic. :D

[Wally Mk2]

........ah do worry 'Dhav' those Riley (Lyc's)400's leaked more oil than any Gypsy ever would ! The pneumatics where a joke..........more like 'oilmatics' the ratio of air to oil was around 50%!!!.....well seemed like it when we had to drain the air at preflight.

Still nice old girls/s to fly, just poorly maintained. 12 Japs mostly newlyweds (1 in the cockpit to, of course I insisted that the bride was the one in the cockpit not the hubby!:E)all with flash camera's made for an interesting App at night:E

Again great work AE, you should be knighted:ok:

The Dove is now proudly sitting in it's rightful place amongst the others, my career/history is nearly complete:)

Wmk2

[Ejector]

Very Nice- You do awesome planes.

[Jabawocky]

The Dove is now proudly sitting in it's rightful place amongst the others, my career/history is nearly complete

Ahhh but Wally, surely somewhere you need a "single" in the collection. You too started out with just one ;)

[Desert Flower]

However not a real Dove, No Gypsy engines leaking oil.

My thoughts exactly! It's not a Dove unless it's got a pair of dripsy er gypsy sixes! Usual inbound call from a Dove pilot included a request for a 20 litre drum of oil if I had one in stock!

DF.

[Wally Mk2]

..................now now jabba dabba doo one has to have std's ya know buddy:ok:
Yes I did start in a SE plane (there are quite a few twins that come under the SE cat anyway!) but way back then I knew no better.................I'm meant to be smarter these days staying away from those dangerous contraptions but looking back I should never have left school form 4 with not a single pass in any academic subject.That's my excuse for not knowing better:E:)

'DF' I guess yr right there but the Riley Dove still behaved like a real Dove:-)
In many ways am glad I had a couple of Lyc's under the hoods as I recall the night 'T Rudgy' parked his Gypsy Dove in someones backyard!

Wmk2