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Beautiful!.. ....of my favourite aircraft ..wish I was there...at least I can pretend with my L-39

..and the top one is now my background.

have to say one of the highlights was the Zero (of course), imagine some F-18 Air 2 Air at WOW

leow5263 wrote:

QUOTE (leow5263 @ Jun 2 2010, 09:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

have to say one of the highlights was the Zero (of course), imagine some F-18 Air 2 Air at WOW

Some flying was planned with the F-18s but the flight was scrubbed due to rough flying conditions.
Maybe next time.

For me flying with the La-9 was one of the coolest things I have done for a while and more than made up for the flight getting scrubbed.

Gavin Conroy wrote:

QUOTE (Gavin Conroy @ May 28 2010, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Some flying was planned with the F-18s but the flight was scrubbed due to rough flying conditions.
Maybe next time.

For me flying with the La-9 was one of the coolest things I have done for a while and more than made up for the flight getting scrubbed.

Hopefully it won't be too long before that opportunity comes round again in regards to the F-18s - Great shots Gavin their all great - cheers

Brilliant shots - to compare,measure the AM6 to other end the Lav 9 ,

wow....welcome back Gavin. I agree with Naki, all great shots....but that first one.....awesome

Thanks for posting .

HamiltonWest wrote:

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jun 2 2010, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hopefully it won't be too long before that opportunity comes round again in regards to the F-18s - Great shots Gavin their all great - cheers

Have an option to for a fly, but overseas so will try and get that done some time next year once some other flying is done first.

Simply Stunning shots Gavin, you truly have one of the greatest jobs on earth getting to fly along photographing these amazing aircraft! Thanks for sharing.....jealous much? I sure am!

A few close ups



Check out the RNZAF crests from Arthurs flying career.

Awesome....again!
Cheers Gavin....thanks for posting

The Pacific pair at Wanaka, should I post a few more?

Now , Gavin .. thats a silly question

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 7 2010, 07:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Now , Gavin .. thats a silly question

What he said.....! !

Ok.

Sometimes its hard to know where to start and stop based on feedback etc but if you would like to see more thats easy.

I really do wonder how the professional pilot compares the type , since they own it , to compare what country type was better , but i guess with so many few left we have to look after them , im just pleased , well think off the quality of the new generation off war movies .... late Friday 'Midway' and tonight 'Flying Leathernecks'

hmmm i wonder were i have seen one of those shots before, aahhh thats right this months Australian Aviation Mag, seems you are famous over the ditch too gavin.

great shots i love the air to airs!!!

jastheace wrote:

QUOTE (jastheace @ Jun 10 2010, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hmmm i wonder were i have seen one of those shots before, aahhh thats right this months Australian Aviation Mag, seems you are famous over the ditch too gavin.

...and in Classic Wings latest ed. and in numerous mags from further afield....Gavins famous across the whole planet!

Gavin.

Was photography ship where you using to get those shots - where you 'inside' or 'outside'? If inside, how did/do you overcome the reflection of the inside of the canopy/windscreen? What camera and lens do you use - quite obviously a very high quality lens. Image stabiliser or just very fast shutter speeds - or both? Actually, I'm assuming not too fast or you wouldn't get the nice prop disk effect......

You get it all the time but I'm sure the compliments never get old and they're well deserved - Absolutely amazing shots there. Well done.

Camera ships were either Harvards with the canopy slid back or a Nanchang with the canopy removed all together.
Slow shutter speeds are used and my lenses are stabilised but have not seen any advantage to using them due to all of the vibration, wind speed disruption etc.
I use Canon L lenses and have more info on my website regarding this subject as well as the gear I use etc.

Have also just updated my website with a folder of photos from two flights earlier this year with the pair of BE.2 aircraft operated by TVAL