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Layne Larsen
Layne Larsen is a founding member of the CAAA, past president and long serving editor of the CAAA Newsletter, AerialViews. Layne is an electrical engineer who served in the RCAF and Canadian Forces over a 37 year career as an aircrew officer, engineer, intelligence analyst, Deputy Commandant of the Royal Military College and in military personnel appointments in Canada and Europe. He retired in the rank of Colonel to take up his interest in art. Layne's works in aviation and wildlife art are in collections throughout Canada and the world. He resides in Kingston, Ontario.
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Check Six
by Layne LarsenA pair of CF-188 Hornets over the Primrose Lake Range north of Cold Lake, AB. One pilot has rolled his a/c into a steep bank to try to catch sight of the second a/c overtaking from the rear.
550 x 300mm Acrylic on Illustration Board
Closing the Range
by Layne LarsenA Spitfire Mk.IIA closes to point-blank range on a Focke-Wulf 190A-4.
450 x 650mm Acrylic on Illustration Board
Just Passing By
by Layne LarsenIt is traditional that when a graduate of the RMC is piloting an aircraft in the vicinity of Kingston, ON, he conducts an impromptu airshow over the College. This depicts Canadian astronaut Maj (now Col) Chris Hadfield (RMC, 82) during his tour with 425(F) Sqn on a low pass in a CF-188 over RMC and Fort Henry.
800 x 500mm Acrylic on Illustration Board
First Blood - November 1, 1941
by Layne LarsenOn November 1, 1941, S/L P. Davoud and his RAF radar op Sgt. T. Carpenter downed a Dornier Do-217E-4 flown by the Staffelkapitan of KG-4, 70 miles east of Digby. This was Davoud's, and 409 Squadron's, first kill. 409 had originally been fitted with Defiants, but in mid-1941 had converted to the Beaufighter NF.Mk.II.
600 x 500mm Acrylic on Illustration Board
![The Hunting Party - April 1944, Wick, Caith, Scotland. 404 RCAF Squadron 'Torbeaus' (Beaufighter TF [Torpedo Fighter] Mk.X.C) - by Layne Larsen](larsen_hunting_party.jpg)
The Hunting Party
by Layne LarsenApril 1944, Wick, Caith, Scotland. 404 Squadron 'Torbeaus' (Beaufighter TF [Torpedo Fighter] Mk.X.C) prepare to sortie against German shipping in the North Sea. This aircraft was the most heavily armed fighter deployed by any nation during WW II. 404 was the sole RCAF unit to operate this type.
Big Yellow Bird
by Layne LarsenA Fairey Firefly T.Mk.II of the RCN circa 1950.
14 x 10 inches, Watercolour
Permanent collection of the Shearwater Aviation Museum
F/L Norm Jewett
by Layne Larsen
16 x 20 inches, Egg tempera
on Linetek 3000 illustration board
Permanent collection of
the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
Practice Makes Perfect
by Layne LarsenA pair of Cessna Cranes.
14 x 11 inches, Acrylic
on Linetek 3000 illustration board
Permanent collection of the
National Museum of the Air Force in Trenton, ON
CWO Steve Bale
by Layne LarsenSteve Bale was the first Observer to become Base Chief Warrant Officer (at Greenwood). Permanent collection of the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
16 x 20 inches, Egg Tempera
on Linetek 3000 illustration board
Permanent collection of
the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
Fox 2: CF-188 and MiG-29
by Layne LarsenA fanciful air combat scenario between a CF-188 and a MiG-29. "Fox 2" is the codeword indicating a real/simulated launch of an infra red guided air to air missile.
30 x 22 inches, Acrylic and airbrush
on Linetek 3000 illustration board
In the Shop
by Layne LarsenCH-124 Sea King helicopter maintenance.
14 x 10 inches, Pencil
on Linetek 3000 illustration board
Halifax Pilot
by Layne Larsen
7.5 x 10.5 inches, medium graphite
on Peterborough S62 drawing board
A-10 Pilot
by Layne LarsenPainted in acrylics using the Flemish technique that requires six layers of paint: imprimatura, two umber layers, a grey layer and two colour layers. So, technically, you are painting a complete, finished painting five times. This painting was done to document the process for an article that was serialized in AerialViews, the CAAA quarterly newsletter.
19cm x 19cm, acrylic