Twelve days before the date printed on this poster, test pilot Neville Duke flew a Hawker Hunter over Littlehampton at 727.63 mph and set a world air speed record. Langstaff designed the poster for Battle of Britain Week, an annual series of open days at which the public were invited to see the Royal Air Force at work. It is dated Saturday 19th September 1953.
Fish and Cross Ltd of London printed it for H.M. Stationery Office (reference 51-3883). Duke's record flight was on 7th September 1953.
On the poster
Three Hawker Hunter F.1 jet fighters hold a tight V-formation against an unbroken cobalt sky, with condensation trails fanning behind each one. Below them is a small, precise bird's-eye view of an RAF station on a flat green field. The type includes a red brush-script line above a main sans-serif block, a black header banner of spaced capitals, and a white admission-free line at the base.
There are RAF roundels on each wing. The palette is cobalt blue, silver grey, grass green and red.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.
