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| "Flying Tiger" Merlin MK2 on the Cornish Coast |
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| 736 Squadron Hawk t1 |
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| Norwegian All Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter |
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| 736 Squadron Hawk T1 |
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| 750 Squadron Beech KingAir 350 |
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| 736 Squadron Hawk T1 |
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| 736 Squadron Hawk T1 |
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| 736 Squadron Hawk T1 |
Showing posts with label Fly Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fly Navy. Show all posts
Monday, 27 January 2020
January days at RNAS Culdrose
With the Easterly winds blowing here in January, there was a good opportunity to get some shots of approaching aircraft at RNAS Culdrose. All local aircraft apart from one visitor which was a AW101 NAWSARH (Norwegian All Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter) in a smashing white/dayglow livery which looks good on the AW101 airframe. Rare blue skies provided an opportunity for Merlin, Hawk and Beech KingAir 350 which are ever present, and I even spotted a flying tiger on the coast
Monday, 19 March 2018
Navy Wings Nightshoot
My first aviation night shoot , normally these events are held 6hrs plus travelling time away placing them out of reach for us down in Cornwall. So held a RNAS Yeovilton I decided to fit this in with a visit to the Mach loop in Wales and call in for the night shoot on the way back. Organised by https://www.threshold.aero/ utilising airframes from the https://www.navywings.org.uk/, RNAS Yeovilton and an EX 771 SAR Helicopter now operated by https://heliops the line up was pretty decent.
A safety briefing was given on the bus and we were off to the site. I was somewhat concerned when I heard there would be some 160 photographers (not sure if they all turned up) that said there was no panic/pushing/shoving etc everyone respected each others space and no-one hogged the prime aircraft. In truth it felt like there were about thirty people there. Hot drinks were provided and plenty of staff were on hand to advise/assist should you need anything. The lighting provided by threshold.aero was spot on all the exhibiting aircraft were well lit and spread out on the line. RNAS Yeovilton were night flying at the time so additional lighting in the background was unavoidable. (Some photoshop editing should you choose to will cure this) Arriving around 5-6pm gave opportunities to capture aircraft during the blue hour, although it was cloudy. A couple of showers threatened after nightfall but I just kept shooting, rain on the canopies looking good. All in all a fantastic evening providing an opportunity to photograph some iconic Royal Navy aircraft and some more modern. I will definately visit again. Well done to all involved.
Now onto some of the images a fully gallery can now be seen here on my website. Navy Wings Nightshoot
A safety briefing was given on the bus and we were off to the site. I was somewhat concerned when I heard there would be some 160 photographers (not sure if they all turned up) that said there was no panic/pushing/shoving etc everyone respected each others space and no-one hogged the prime aircraft. In truth it felt like there were about thirty people there. Hot drinks were provided and plenty of staff were on hand to advise/assist should you need anything. The lighting provided by threshold.aero was spot on all the exhibiting aircraft were well lit and spread out on the line. RNAS Yeovilton were night flying at the time so additional lighting in the background was unavoidable. (Some photoshop editing should you choose to will cure this) Arriving around 5-6pm gave opportunities to capture aircraft during the blue hour, although it was cloudy. A couple of showers threatened after nightfall but I just kept shooting, rain on the canopies looking good. All in all a fantastic evening providing an opportunity to photograph some iconic Royal Navy aircraft and some more modern. I will definately visit again. Well done to all involved.
Now onto some of the images a fully gallery can now be seen here on my website. Navy Wings Nightshoot
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| Royal Navy Phantom |
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| Royal Navy Sea Vixen |
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| HeliOps Westlands Sea King (Formerly 771 SAR Aircraft XV666) |
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| Royal Navy Merlin MK3, RNAS Yeovilton |
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| Royal Navy Phantom |
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| Royal Navy Swordfish |
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| Royal Navy Sea Fury |
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| Royal Navy Sea Vixen |
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| Royal Navy Merlin MK3 RNAS Yeovilton |
Thursday, 11 January 2018
First Aviation visit to RNAS Culdrose in 2018
Well it was a sunny day with the odd grey cloud (mostly in the phots) so a quick trip out to get some shots. Only the local aircraft around, sadly no visitors. But the good light and patches of blue skies make the photography much more pleasing on the eye.
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| BAE Hawk T1 of 736 Squadron |
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| Merlin MK2 Helicopter of 814 Squadron "Flying Tigers" |
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| Beechcraft KingAir 350 of 750 Squadron |
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| Beechcraft KingAir 350 of 750 Squadron |
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| Merlin MK2 Helicopter of 814 Squadron "Flying Tigers" |
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| BAE Hawk T1 of 736 Squadron |
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| BAE Hawk T1 of 736 Squadron |
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