When he is not flying, he finds sketching a welcome way of relaxing and an opportunity to re-ignite a childhood passion. He predominantly sketches Aircraft due to having such a close association with them but has a wide portfolio of Military sketches. Each sketch is available as a print sized 210mm x 300mm and signed by Lt Tom Lofthouse. Originals are available on request.

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a number of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multi role fighter aircraft under development to carry out ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defence missions with stealth capability. It has three main models; the F-35A is a conventional take off and landing variant, the F-35B is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the F-35C is a carrier-based variant.

The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the archetype of the JSF program. JSF development is mainly being funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing extra funds. The partner nations are either NATO or close US allies. It’s being designed and constructed by an aerospace manufacturing team led by Lockheed Martin. The F-35 passed its first flight 2006.

The US plans to purchase 2,443 F-35s to provide the bulk of its air power for the US Air Force, Marines and Navy over the coming decades. 10 other countries, including the UK are part of the development program and could equip their air forces with the F-35.

Limited Edition Prints, sized 210mm x 300mm, signed by Royal Navy Officer Artist are available to purchase for only £9. Framed prints, larger prints and originals may be available upon request.
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Monday, 28 January 2013

Westland Lynx

The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose helicopter designed and made by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility chopper for both civil and naval use, military interest led to the expansion of both battlefield and naval variants. The Lynx went into effective practice in 1977 and later on adopted by the armed forces of over a dozen countries, mainly serving in the battlefield utility, anti-armour, search & rescue and anti-submarine roles.

The Lynx was the world's first fully aerobatic choppers. In 1986 a specially modified version set the current Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's (FAI) official airspeed record for helicopters. The Westland 30 was derived from the Lynx as a civil utility but was not a success; the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat is a military multi-role helicopter based on the Lynx currently under development. The Lynx remains in production under AgustaWestland.

Limited Edition Prints, sized 210mm x 300mm, signed by Royal Navy Officer Artist are available to purchase for only £9. Framed prints, larger prints and originals may be available upon request.
Message us with details of sketch required. The artwork will be despatched upon receipt of payment. Expect 2 - 3 days for delivery (max 5).

Blackburn Buccaneer

The Blackburn Buccaneer was a low-level subsonic strike plane with nuclear weapons capability. It was used by the UK’s Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force between 1962 and 1994, including service in the 1991 Gulf War. Designed and initially made by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later called the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer when Blackburn became a part of the Hawker Siddeley group.

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Supermarine Spitfire

The celebrated Supermarine Spitfire, single-seat fighter plane was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied during the World War 2. It continued to be used as a fighter and in back up and training roles into the 50s. There were more Spitfires made than any other British plane and was the only British fighter in constant manufacture during the war.

The Spitfire was designed by R. J. Mitchell as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft. Speed was seen as the most vital attribute to carrying out the job of home defence against enemy bomber planes, the Spitfire's slim cross-section elliptical wing allowed it a higher top speed than most of its peers, including Britain’s other main fighter the Hawker Hurricane.


Throughout the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire was perceived by the public as the “big” RAF fighter, even though there was more Hawker Hurricanes and they shouldered a bigger amount of the fight against the German Luftwaffe. The Spitfire units had a lower attrition rate and a higher victory-to-loss ratio than the Hurricanes.


After the Battle of Britain, it became the backbone of RAF, and saw action in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific and the South-East Asian theatres. Adored by its pilots, the Spitfire served in quite a lot of roles, such as interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, carrier-based fighter, and trainer.

Limited Edition Prints, sized 210mm x 300mm, signed by Royal Navy Officer Artist are available to purchase for only £9. Framed prints, larger prints and originals may be available upon request.
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Hawker Sea Fury

The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter plane made for the Royal Navy in the Second World War. It was the final propeller-driven fighter aircraft to be used by the Royal Navy, it was also one of the quickest production single piston-engine aeroplanes ever built.

The Sea Fury was sold to a lot of countries, and although outdated made a name for itself in the Korean War even against the MiG-15 jets!

Limited Edition Prints, sized 210mm x 300mm, signed by Royal Navy Officer Artist are available to purchase for only £9. Framed prints, larger prints and originals may be available upon request.
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Saturday, 26 January 2013

Fairey Swordfish

The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber, used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War 2. Nicknamed "Stringbag" by its pilots, it was outdated by the start of the war, but achieved some remarkable achievements, most notably sinking one and damaging two battleships of the Italian Navy in the Battle of Taranto and famously crippling the Bismarck. It was operated above all as a fleet attack aircraft; though, during its later years, it was also used as an anti-submarine and training craft. 

Designed in the 1930s, the Swordfish outlived several aircraft that were planned to replace it, and remained in front line service until the allies defeated Nazi Germany in 1945.


Limited Edition Prints, sized 210mm x 300mm, signed by Royal Navy Officer Artist are available to purchase for only £9. Framed prints, larger prints and originals may be available upon request.
Message us with details of sketch required. The artwork will be despatched upon receipt of payment. Expect 2 - 3 days for delivery (max 5).