Celebration of Flight

A lovely book, full of Roy Cross' excellent art work. A pleasure to own. I have other Roy Cross books, also good! Thoroughly recommended to those interested in aircraft up to about the turn of last century. To me it is a real visual delight!!

Excellent book, I've enjoyed the Airfix artwork of Roy Cross since I was a kid back in the 60's. This is an absolutely wonderful book full of his artwork which was once found on the box lids of all the Airfix kits. The book is full of magnificent colour plates along with lots of very interesting information in respect of each piece of artwork. Highly recommended, a must have if you love planes and grew up making Airfix kits. A++++++

This is a big full of amazing pictures of planes that takes me right back to opening a fresh airfix kit. What is there not to like?

...and therefore well worth the money. Roy Cross's work is known to many through his work on Airfix box covers. His talent as an illustrator shines through with the evocative and near photo realistic works represented throughout the book. It also features some of his work for publications including Flight and Aviation Week and a number of one off commissions for manufacturers including the Hawker Aircraft Company. It would be nice to see another volume of work by Roy or some of the other artists involved. After all there were an awful lot of Airfix models over the years....I would certainly buy something similar especially if it covered in more depth the rapid advances in jet aircraft from 1950 through to 1990. A really nice book to own.

What else can I say this book is absolutely superb, the pictures take me back to my childhood days when every week all of my pocket money was spent on Airfix models. A trip down memory lane and worth every penny, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

The box art on Airfix models was a major attraction when I was spending pocket money in the 1970's. This book is full of beautiful images and evokes a real trip down memory lane for me.

Even if you do not read the text, this book is crammed with wonderful examples of Roy Cross' work and is a joy to pick up again and again. Not a small book (about A4 square), it is a keeper.

Well written, with many photos of Roy Cross's wonderful art and tales of his journey into painting for a living. Celebration of Flight: The Aviation Art of Roy Cross

Grand dessinateur qui sublime les avions et le ciel. De grands souvenirs des maquettes Airfix de mon enfance. A recommander à tous les amateurs de dessins et d'avions

Bellissime illustrazioni!

This book covers the artwork of the author. His artwork is dedicated to historic military aircraft.

If You are a plastic modeller since the 70s, You will love this book. Because now finally we can see ALL the eye-catchers of the box arts of the kit boxes, and the history behind, of a great artist. I have longed for such a book all my life!

A splendid collection of the aviation art of Roy Cross, who for ten years created the box top artwork for Airfix, the UK company that set the standard for diversity in plastic model kits. This volume contains at least 120 images, most of which are box top illustrations. For a life-long model builder with very fond memories of Airfix kits, this book is a delightful excursion through forty years of fun. Highly recommended! Paul Gaertner