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Second Wind by Don Connolly
CF-5 fighters of the RCAF refuel from a CC-137 tanker aircraft.
20 x 60 inches, Acrylic on Board
1985
Private Collection
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Sabres Supreme
by Don Connolly
Two Canadair Sabres 'dice' with RAF Meteors over Europe in the 1950's. This painting was done for a print publisher in 1991.
Completed in 1985 - private collection
30 x 40 inches Acrylic on Board
1985
Private Collection
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Training Flight Over Quebec City
by Don Connolly
A CC-106 Cosmopolitan on a training mission.
Commissioned in 2003
24 x 36 inches, Acrylic on Board
2003
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9th Air Force Martin Marauders Roll Out by Don Connolly
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A Flight of FE.8 Fighters by Don Connolly
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Loudon Watkins MC by Don Connolly
Canadian pilot Loudon Watkins, flying a Be12, brings down Zeppelin L48 just before daybreak, over the Wash, England in 1917.
20 x 39 inches, Acrylic
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Elementary Moth by Don Connolly
A deHavilland Tiger Moth elementary trainer , operating from a Canadian airfield as part of the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) of WW2.
16 x 20 inches, Acrylic
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BCATP Harvard by Don Connolly
A North American Harvard aircraft, used for advanced pilot training in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).
36 x 48 inches acrylic
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Lake Bound by Don Connolly
A Fleet Canuck elementary trainer is shown crossing the Lasalle Causeway
at Kingston, Ontario ca. 1949, heading towards Lake Ontario.
31 x 35 inches acrylic
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Just Enough Lake by Don Connolly
A Bellanca floatplane takes off with just enough runway provided by a lake
in the Canadian hinterland during the interwar period.
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Lucky Break by Don Connolly
A Bellanca floatplane descends for a lake landing in the Canadian hinterland
through a 'lucky break' in heavy overcast.
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Paulhan at Rheims by Don Connolly
Flying a Voisin in the distance competition at the first great international aviation meet
in 1909 at Rheims, France, Louis Paulhan crosses the finish line
as rainbows appear beyond. (He placed third).
15 x 28 Inches, Acrylic
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Atlases Over Trenton by Don Connolly
Armstrong Whitworth Atlases of #2 Army Co-operation Squadron, RCAF
over Trenton, Ontario circa 1937, with message snatch hooks underneath.
18 x 24 inches, Acrylic on Board
1985
(Collection of the Artist)
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Bad Day for 'Arry Tate by Don Connolly
Fokker Dr.I Triplanes attacking R.E.8 reconnaissance aircraft.
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At the Lido - 1927 by Don Connolly
One of the British entries in the 1927 Schneider trophy competition
flies down the Lido beachfront at Venice at full throttle during the event.
18 x 27 inches, Acrylic
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RCN Banshee Missile Shoot at Yeovilton by Don Connolly
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Return to Etah by Don Connolly
Seen over the Davis Strait on return to their base at Etah, Greenland, Loening OA2 amphibians are led by Richard Byrd. This 1925 flight was Byrd's first aerial venture into polar regions.
21 x 36 inches, Oil
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Battle Break by Don Connolly
A flight of four CF-18 fighters initiates a classic "Battle Break" maneuver prior to landing.
27 x 36 Inches, Acrylic
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Welcoming Party by Don Connolly
A CF-18 escort greets the new Canadian Forces strategic airlift C-177 Globemaster on its arrival.
24 x 36 Inches, Acrylic
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Mission Accomplished by Don Connolly
This commissioned painting was done to be used as part of the commemoration
of the retirement of the Canadian Forces Labrador helicopter fleet in 2004.
22 x 27 Inches, Acrylic on Board
(Collection of Boeing/Vertol)
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