Romain HUGAULT Tomcat

If there is one fighter aircraft that has really seized hold of the popular imagination, it has to be the US Navy?s Grumman F14 Tomcat.  The story of one particular F14, the Fast Eagle 107, is especially noteworthy. The 107 was one of two US aircraft involved in the Gulf of Sidra incident, on the morning of 19 August 1981, when two Libyan Su-22 planes were shot down in response to a missile strike. This event was the inspiration behind the iconic 1986 film Top Gun. The same fighter jet made history once again in a tragic accident that occurred on 25 October 1994, when it was being piloted by none other than Kara Hultgreen, the US Navy?s first female fighter pilot.

This is the first time that Romain Hugault has produced an album based on real events. Tomcat (Éditions Paquet), co-written with Anastasia Heinzl, is a book of astonishing realism. The aircraft itself features as a character in its own right, and the book tells the story of the US Navy and the feminisation of careers hitherto reserved for men. In so doing, it also celebrates one of the great legendary aircraft in the history of aviation. And Romain Hugault?s drawings are breathtaking, characterised by the precision and the rigour that are the obvious preserve of the trained pilot.

This exhibition offers a selection of Hugault?s most beautiful original pages, as well as a handful of surprises for those new to the world of aeronautics and connoisseurs alike.

PRIVATE VIEW
Saturday 15 March 2025, from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm
in the presence of the artist

EXHIBITION
From Friday 14 March 2025
to Saturday 08 April 2025

PARIS | Chapon - 19
19 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
Wednesday > Friday 1.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Saturday 12 pm - 7.00 pm