For sale is a beautiful framed oil painting on 30x20” canvas of the Eurofighter Typhoon that has been painted by someone who not only flew military aircraft, he has crashed them as well!!!!

Mal Grosse was born in Lancaster, England. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School before joining the Royal Air Force in 1962.

During the next 27 years, as a pilot, he flew Hunters, Buccaneers and the Tornado, served four years in the Middle East, and attended the Australian Air Force Staff College. He was awarded the Queen’s Commendation and the Air Force Cross, retiring in 1988 as a Wing Commander.

Mal then joined British Aerospace with responsibility for Eurofighter Typhoon marketing, spending his last four years in Canberra as Vice President of the Typhoon sales campaign in Australia.

Giving up full time work in 2000, he has maintained his aviation passion through oil painting, diversifying with other subjects such as flora and human form. His works now hang worldwide.

Mal, a pilot in Aden on 8 Squadron from July 1964 to May 1966, recalls his relief at walking away unscathed from a serious incident along with his recommendations for recuperating after such episodes

“On 5 Aug 1965, I was No.2 of a 4-ship simulated strike being led by Iain Porteous in the Wadi Meifa area. In a starboard turn at low level, I had a hydraulic failure warning, quickly followed by the controls going into manual.

Accompanied by Iain, I climbed to high level for the return to Khormaksar and during the subsequent recovery to base I started my landing checks, which included blowing down the undercarriage with emergency air.

The procedure involved a push ’n pull on the emergency undercarriage selector, which was fastened by a length of cable to a bicycle-type brake connector on top of the air bottle. Sadly, on the previous major servicing the aforesaid connector had been left unconnected, and I found myself grasping the selector which was attached to a dangling piece of unattached cable!

Fortunately the emergency flap lever was connected, and the inevitable wheels-up arrival on the 100-gallon drop tanks was relatively uneventful.

I seem to recall that XE530 was repaired and back on the line within a matter of weeks.

The incident took place around lunchtime, and by mid-afternoon I was in the Tarshyne beach bar downing a quantity of freely provided Amstel, reveling in the adoration of the lovely BOAC ladies who had arrived from the UK that morning. The rest is for me to remember and others to guess!”

Eurofighter Typhoon (formerly Eurofighter 2000) is Europe's premier swing role fighter jet. Designed and constructed by a consortium of companies under contract to the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The project was dogged by political wrangling, budget over-runs and major shifts in world affairs from the start. These in turn played a significant role in its delayed service entry.

Originally scheduled to become operational in the late 90's the first squadron wasn't declared combat ready with the RAF till 2006.

Whilst many continue to criticise its usefulness in today’s environment, ever changing world events suggest its existence is a wise precaution.

Rolf Harris, CBE, AM (born 30 March 1930), is an Australian/British musician, singer, composer, painter, television host and personality.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was a champion swimmer before studying art.

Rolf moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes in which he drew the characters.

He also began a musical career initially with the piano accordion, wrote the famous song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and when performing in Canada he introduced his popular routine "Jake the Peg." He often uses unusual instruments in his performances: he plays the didgeridoo, has been credited with the invention of the wobble board, a rhythmic percussion instrument and was associated with the Stylophone, a small electronic keyboard instrument.

From the 1960s he has become a popular television personality, presenting shows including Rolf's Cartoon Club, Animal Hospital and various programmes about serious art.

In 2006 he painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, which was the subject of a special episode of "Rolf on Art."

For sale is an original Hand Drawing by Rolf Harris which has been signed, mounted and then framed by Rolf's Publisher and Art Gallery.

It comes with an original Certificate of Authenticity from DeMonfort Fine Art, stating this is an original drawing which is due to be published in his new book

Rolf has shot to the top of the art world in recent times after his painting of "The Queen" was televised and his original paintings and drawings have become very scarce with provenance such as this.

It measures 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches, has been mounted and framed, is approximately 18 inches by 18 inches and ready to hang.

If you are serious in buying an investment piece like this then you shouldn't wait as prices could triple very very soon.

We have other images and some other original drawings available upon request.

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These are just some of the comments that this book engenders. It is a great insight into the life of a very talented lady with experiences that most of us couldn't begin to imagine. An inspired, artistic mind driven to the edge by its creativity.

Hand-signed to the title page, and in "As New" condition, with a clean tight page-block and no tears, rips or dog-ears. It truly is a must-have for any fan of Tracey Emin, or of fine art generally.

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