OH GOOD GRIEF

Charlie Brown adorns the nose of VH-AGX at Townsville in July 1969. Prior to applying the artwork with a texta pen, Peter had cleaned the oxidised paint from a section of skin. This may create the illusion that the artwork was a temporary fixture but it was applied directly to the aeroplane.

 

VH-AGS

 

Featherington - Kite
Open basket-weave flying machine for Gentlemen Mk II

Peter painted this inscription on the nose of VH-AGS with DCA runway paint one morning during several non-flying days at Coen in July 1970. Apparently it was short-lived as it was removed when the aircraft returned to Sydney. Brian Costello recalls that: "Jack McDonald was not too pleased but we had polished the whole aircraft with Turtle Wax which went some way toward atonement." The above artwork was drawn by Peter more than thirty years after it was first applied to the aeroplane. We had to wait another twenty years for a photograph of the Featherington-Kite artwork to appear. The above photograph of VH-AGS was taken by Brian Costello, presumably at Coen in 1970.

 

All artwork by Peter Shute.
Photographs by Peter Shute and Brian Costello.

 

Issue	Date	Remarks
2	02APR21	Added a photograph of the Featherington-Kite artwork on VH-AGS thanks to Mike Costello.