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Hot Stuff - Rolling by Robert Taylor

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150 Limited Editions....$175

25 Artist's Proofs....$275

75 Studio Proof Giclée Canvases....$455

Overall size (paper): 20 3/4" x 17 1/2"

Image size (paper): 17 1/4" x 12 1/2"

Canvas image size: 16" x 12"

The Fleet Air Arm’s last fixed wing carrier launch; a Phantom F4-K from 892 Squadron is catapulted from the deck of HMS Ark Royal, 27 November 1978. Piloted by Murdo MacLeod.

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Flight Lieutenant MURDO MACLEOD - Murdo MacLeod joined the RAF in 1971 and flew English Electric Lightning aircraft with 29, 23 and 56 Squadrons, based at RAF Wattisham and Leuchars before an exchange tour flying Phantoms with the Royal Navy’s 892 NAS. On his return to the RAF he converted to the Harrier GR.3. In 1982, flying one of two Harriers at the start of the Falklands campaign from Ascension to HMS Hermes codenamed ‘Operation Bowsprit’, refueling six times during the 3,600 mile flight, to act as reinforcement for operations against Argentinian forces in the Falkland Islands. Murdo flew a number of Harrier GR.3 sorties over the Falklands from HMS Hermes and continued to fly the Harrier after the war and his return to the UK. He left the RAF in 1989 to become an airline pilot.