A web-log featuring Aviation Art of Rob Arsenault to remember the classic Canadair CP-107 Argus Maritime Patrol/Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft used by the RCAF and later, the CAF from 1957 to 1981. MightyArgus@gmail.com
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Out of the Murk
The year was 1973 and 10725 is enroute home to Greenwood from Gibraltar...almost...there's a problem. NATO has been tracking the USSR's newest ASW Helicopter platform...and they've lost her in the fog! No trouble for VP404 and Argus 725! After locating the aircraft and completing a classic low photo pass, the Leningrad's crew has decided that Argus is too close for comfort. Leningrad is firing some Red flares to try to discourage the 404 Argus from performing the task at hand! This painting is about 4 feet wide and I really enjoyed making it. The art hangs in the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum at 14 Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
~Rob