January 22, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Hello all
To complete a painting of a BEA Vickers Viking I am trying to find an image of a contempory refuel bowser as would have been used to refuel in the 1950s at a UK airport.
Can anyone help at all as I’m struggling. The colours would be an added bonus.
TIA
Steve
By: YakRider - 22nd January 2009 at 22:44
Sadly not the originals. These are scanned from contemporary magazine ads. Frank Wootton did a lot of magazine illustrations, obviously a steady income for “commercial artists” in those days.
By: Lindy's Lad - 22nd January 2009 at 22:20
Yakrider, if you have the original posters, you have a pair of Frank Wootton prints… I have copies in a 1950’s copy of the Wonder book of aircraft…
By: Jon H - 22nd January 2009 at 22:15
Thanks for the photo-plug……:D:D:D
I took that picture in August 2001 while visiting the Air Museum in Darwin.Some pics also here, on pages 1 & 5:
http://airfieldinformationexchange.freeforums.org/airfield-vehicles-t982.htmlTillerman
No problem. 🙂
I stumbled across it recently when trying to identify another one of these in a scrapyard.
The fun we would have with one of these at Speke…..drools As someone pointed out you could convert the tank to water then can be used to wash the aircraft on a regular basis!
Jon
By: Tillerman - 22nd January 2009 at 21:41
Not sure of vintage but certainly looks the part!!
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7796430
Jon
Thanks for the photo-plug……:D:D:D
I took that picture in August 2001 while visiting the Air Museum in Darwin.
Some pics also here, on pages 1 & 5:
http://airfieldinformationexchange.freeforums.org/airfield-vehicles-t982.html
Tillerman
By: Aerodynamik - 22nd January 2009 at 20:44
Brilliant..thanks guys, I knew I could rely on you!
By: YakRider - 22nd January 2009 at 17:23
A couple of old Esso ads may help


By: REF - 22nd January 2009 at 16:20
There are a few fuel bowser pictures on AiX here;
http://airfieldinformationexchange.freeforums.org/airfield-vehicles-t982.html
By: Jon H - 22nd January 2009 at 15:09
Not sure of vintage but certainly looks the part!!
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7796430
Jon