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Steve Tournay

	111 and the Enemy Ace by Steve Tournay A five-plane flight of 111 Sqn P-40 Kittyhawks flying into fog over Unalaska Island during their Aleutian detachment; all five subsequently crashed on a hillside on Unalaska. (I have very recently learned that AL138, the second Kittyhawk from the viewer's position, was recovered from Unalaska and is stored pending eventual restoration).
	Two Survivors by Steve Tournay Kittyhawk 1034 & Hurricane 5377 over the BC coast; both served with the same unit and both were complete survivors in 1991 when the painting was done. (5377 was the CWH Hurricane, lost in a hangar fire 2/93).
	A Squall Before Vermilion by Steve Tournay W.R.May's famous Avro Avian mercy flight through snow squalls to Fort Vermilion.
	11 Squadron Canuck by Steve Tournay A small painting of Belgian AF CF-100 Mk.5 AX-11 of 11 Sqn. Painted 1994 for Michel Willot in Brussels.
	Denny's Delight by Steve Tournay John den Ouden's 416 Sqn Mustang 4. Painted for, but not shown in, Artflight 1993. Frame is doublestrung and signature is diagonal so it can be hung two ways. I have it hanging vertically with the Mustang at the bottom as shown here.
	Evolution Air To Air by Steve Tournay Two Cessnas: a classic 170 being photographed air-to-air from a newer 172--early and late versions of the same basic, and rather iconic, design. Painted for CAAA's Millennium Collection, but did not join the collection before it was wound-down in 2008.   16 x 20 Inches Acrylic
	Via Ad Astra Per Ardua Est by Steve Tournay Lancaster II DS791 of 408 Sqn, beginning its final descent into the mountains of Swabia, southern Germany. Painted for Westdale Secondary School on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. DS791 was downed by a nightfighter in February 1944. A Westdale alumnus, Cyril Ridgers, was among the crew. Decades later his class ring was found at the crash site, and it came back to the school in 2007 courtesy of the Ridgers family. Westdale's motto is "Alius alia via ad astra ascendit" ("Each finds his own way to the stars", approximately); the title of the painting blends that motto with that of the RCAF ("Per Ardua Ad Astra"). I graduated from Westdale also, in 1982.
	Dean's Ride Home by Steve Tournay Another small one done as a present. This one was painted for Karen Gilmore Trimble and her dad in Pennsylvania. The P-51B is a Stateside advanced-training ship; the gentleman in uniform is Karen's uncle Dean Gilmore. The image of Lt. Gilmore is based on a wartime photo of him taken while he was flying Allison Mustangs in the Med; later, flying as an instructor on P-51Bs in Florida, he was killed in a flying accident. The recovered remains of his P-51B became the basis for Jack Roush's P-51B restoration in Michigan, which is scheduled to fly this summer.
	Desert 'Flies by Steve Tournay Small pic of Ethiopian AF Firefly 1s, an FR.1 and a dual-control T.1, both ex-RCN. Done for fun and for the 2002 Shearwater CAAA conference. (Later found out the Ethiopian T.1s were not silver, but yellow. Oh well)
	The Riddle of No. 21 by Steve Tournay Gustave Whitehead's batwing monoplane, said by some to have flown successfully in Connecticut in August 1901.
	Great Northern Diver by Steve Tournay Canadian Car & Foundry -built Helldiver seen over Sibley Point near Fort William on airtest.