Blue Streak by Ivan Berryman. [Original Painting]

Supermarine Swift F.4 WK198 flown by Lt Cmdr Mike Lithgow setting a new World Air Speed Record on 26th September 1953, averaging 737.3mph over a series of four runs above the desert of Castel Idris, Libya. The airframe of this important piece of British aviation history has been rescued from a scrap yard by the Brooklands Museum and it is hoped that WK198 might one day be restored to static display condition.

Original acrylic on board painting by Ivan Berryman.

Size 12.5 inches x 9 inches (32cm x 23cm)