Nudge, Nudge, Wing, Wing

Riveting Sight, From This Angle

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This Qantas Boeing 737 is completely painted in Aboriginal artwork, titled `Yananyi Dreaming'. During the recent International Air Show at Avalon, I had the opportunity to take some shots of the aircraft from unusual angles. This picture of the port winglet was taken from underneath. It's interesting to see the blue sky, because it was a very cloudy, grey day throughout. I was trying to concentrate on the rivets along with wing's leading edge, but this was one frame I couldn't resist.

Aboriginal Art Is Taking Off

But You Wouldn't Get This On An Easel

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

You reckon this is an Aboriginal painting that cunningly depicts a row of aircraft windows? Got that one wrong, mate. Yes, it is a painting, but it's a painting that is splashed across the entire fuselage of a Qantas Boeing 737. The Australian national airline first introduced Aboriginal art on the airframe of one of its Jumbos about a decade ago. The artwork in this photograph is called `Yananyi Dreaming' and is redolent of the rich ochre that is so typical of the art form.