{"id":270,"date":"2011-07-20T19:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=270"},"modified":"2011-07-20T19:09:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T19:09:38","slug":"out-of-this-world-opportunity-to-secure-a-piece-of-art-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/promotions\/out-of-this-world-opportunity-to-secure-a-piece-of-art-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of this World opportunity to secure a piece of art history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As space shuttle Atlantis plans to return to Earth, a charity is offering people an &#8220;out of this world&#8221; opportunity to secure a piece of art history and help support its cause.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fly2help organisation, based at Cotswold Airport, which provides support for families and individuals facing a wide range of trauma and tragedy, commissioned renowned aviation artist Ronald Wong to produce a painting of Atlantis&#8217; sister shuttle Endeavour in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The striking piece, which shows Endeavour breaking away from the International Space Station, raised \u00a32,600 for fly2help when it was auctioned at a Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) dinner in London, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, 500 limited edition prints of the painting &#8211; each signed by Mr Wong &#8211; have also been produced and are available to order for \u00a370 each direct from fly2help, or \u00a385 via eBay.<\/p>\n<p>Charity Manager Sue Bennett said: &#8220;We&#8217;re very grateful to Ronald for producing such a fantastic piece that has already raised some great funds for the charity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It certainly generated a lot of interest at the Royal Aeronautical Society dinner and we&#8217;re sure that collectors will want to snap up one of the limited edition prints too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former space shuttle commander Colonel Rick Seafoss and fly2help Chief Executive Chris Hadlow (who was at the Atlantis launch) accepted the original painting at the RAeS dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The artwork was bought by a collector, who tabled their bid for it the same night.<\/p>\n<p>A framed print of the painting also fetched \u00a32,000 when it was auctioned off at the Cotswold Airshow in June.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Atlantis scheduled to return to earth on July 21, aviation fans are being invited to secure their own piece of history for a fraction of the price.<\/p>\n<p>Funds will go towards the charity which uses the medium of flight to provide \u2018Air Smiles&#8217; experiences. The events aim to use the liberation and freedom of flight to develop imagination and stretch personal boundaries, as well as leaving those taking part with amazing memories.<\/p>\n<p>The charity also provides educational support for young people looking to embark on a career in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about the charity at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fly2help.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.fly2help.org<\/a>, or call 01285 770821.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;username=airscene\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nvar addthis_config = {\"data_track_clickback\":true};\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#username=airscene\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As space shuttle Atlantis plans to return to Earth, a charity is offering people an &#8220;out of this world&#8221; opportunity to secure a piece of art history and help support its cause. The fly2help organisation, based at Cotswold Airport, which provides support for families and individuals facing a wide range of trauma and tragedy, commissioned &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/promotions\/out-of-this-world-opportunity-to-secure-a-piece-of-art-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Out of this World opportunity to secure a piece of art history<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[118,117,114,113,116,115],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-promotions","tag-artwork","tag-atlantis","tag-charity","tag-fly2help","tag-shuttle","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}