Paintings, drawings, illustrations and stock photography by Greg Bajor
14 December, 2009
Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Gouache illustration
Boeing's new passenger jet the 787 Dreamliner has taken off on its maiden test flight 15 December 2009. The jet took off for the five-hour flight from Paine Field, near Boeing's factory in the western US state of Washington.
The maiden flight is more than two years behind schedule due to labour and production problems.
The Dreamliner is the biggest passenger jet made mostly of composite materials to ever take to the skies, valued at US$166-million each, is said to be a game-changer offering significant fuel savings over similar-sized aircraft, largely due to having 50% composite materials in its design. It also allows the mid-sized aircraft to fly distances and routes normally reserved for larger aircraft.
Wake turbulence forms behind aircrafts as they passes through the clouds when descending - few miles from landing. London Heathrow Airport 28/06/08. Please click here.
I did this quick gouache study in 2005 of Steve Fossett Global Flyer when he made the first solo non-stop airplane flight around the world without refuelling.
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger ("shrike"), often called Butcher-bird, was a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft of Germany's Luftwaffe, and one of the best fighters of its generation. Used extensively during the Second World War, over 20,000 were manufactured.
This particular Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 no. 13 was of commander Heinrich Bär's, from the Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) Oesau in April 1944. The total of 221 victories he had, over 100 were gained in Fw190. The II /JG1 was one of the units intercepting the Allied's day raids over Germany during the Spring and the Summer of 1944 (The Reich Defence).
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