2 SAAF Oryx helicopters from 17 and 19 Squadrons flying over Roodewal Weapons Range. The Oryx was a successful local upgrade of the Puma, quite simila..

Oryx helicopter from 17 Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa. The pilot gave instruction on high mountain flying to the new pilots. The setting is the Dra..

Oryx helicopter from 17Sqn, Swartkops, South Africa. Young pilots are given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with mountain flying conditions...

Oryx helicopter from 17Sqn, Swartkops, South Africa. Young pilots are given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with upper mountain flying condi..

Oryx helicopter from 17 Sqn, Swartkops, South Africa. This particular spot is not for the fainthearted. The rock is approximately 10 000ft amsl. The m..

A 17-Squadron Oryx landing in cut grass on a winters-day in Gauteng, South Africa.

17-Squadron Oryx, leading this helicopter-formation at the Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa. It was quite a mission to organise these ..

Oryx helicopter from 17-Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa. I asked Major Wikus Zaaiman to hover over this reservoir for this dramatic picture.

Mirage fighter taking off from Air Force Base Waterkloof, South Africa. This fellow was practising his display for the Mach Plus Club function.

Cheetah-C's, seconds before they take off from Air Force Base Makado, South Africa. This is without any doubt, the most perfect spot to find yourself ..

Alloette helicopter based at 17-Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa, on final approach to pick me up. I took this photo in the beautiful Drakensberg moun..

Cheetah-C flying over the Soutpansberg Mountain range, in the Northern Province, near the Zimbabwean border. I had an amazing photoshoot with Wolf(Jef..

17 Squadron pilots flying low level in the beautiful Drakensberg mountains in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Our new heli-pilots do their mountain flyin..

Cheetah-C fighter based at Air Force Base Makado, Northern Provice, South Africa, intercepted our Falcon-business-jet. We were transporting foreighn v..

16 Squadron Rooivalk attack helicopter stationed at Air Force Base Bloemspruit in South Africa. The pre-flight was just completed and I asked the grou..

16-Squadron Rooivalk helicopter taking off near Harare in Zimbabwe after an international airshow there in 2005.

Rooivalk attack helicopter from 16 Squadron, Air Force Base Bloemspruit, Freestate Province, South Africa. The boys were sneaking up on a simulated en..

The call was to abort heli-flying and return to base. I took these pictures 2hours after flying around those same mountain peaks in the Drakensberg Mo..

Oryx helicopter from 17Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa landing at one of numerous beautiful waterfalls in the Drakensberg mountains.

Oryx helicopters from 17 Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa showing of their versatility during our annual Air Force Day celebrations. The 8x8-vehicle a..

Gripon fighter-pilot from Sweden, practising his airshow sequence at Air Force Base Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa. Our air force is in the proces..

2 Squadron Cheetah's flying past the South African Air Force "Prestige Unit of the Year" award. I got this lucky photograph during the parade.

South African Air Force Day being celebrated at Swartkop, Pretoria. We had a mini air capability demonstration on the day.

Agusta A-109 LUH on finals during a demonstration at Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa.

Oryx helicopter from 17-Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa, practising pinnacle landings in the Drakensberg mountains in Kwazulu Natal.

This past festive season gave me some time to be a little creative so i used two images that i photographed and created this dramatic "painting". The ..

Cheetah-D fighter from 2 Squadron flying near Pretoria, South Africa.

Cheetah-D from 2 Squadron, Machado, South Africa. We were practising a 9-ship flyby at our anual Air Force Day parade when I took this photograph.

I took this photograph at Roodewal Bombing Range during the annual Air Capability Demonstration, where live ordenance is delivered by South African Ai..

C-185, stationed at 44Sqn, Air force Base Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa flying a tactical navigation and photo reconnaisance sorty. These old, l..

Cheetah-C fighter from Air Force Base Machado, South Africa. We were flying in a C130-B when this fighter intercepted us in the Northern Province.

Rooivalk attack helicopter from 16Squadron, Air Force Base Bloemspruit, Freestate Province, South Africa sneaking over a ridge before attacking an ene..

BK-117 from 15Squadron AFB Durban, South Africa. The flight engineer, Riaan Broodryk having some fun in the Drakensberg mountains, Kwazulu Natal.

Rooivalk, Agusta LUH-109 and an Oryx helicopter do a flyby at the annual Air Capability Demonstration at Roodewal Bombing Range near Polokwane, South ..

Oryx helicopter from 15Squadron, Air Force Base Durban, South Africa. These guys were doing training with the Mountain Rescue Club when I noticed the ..

Agusta LUH-109 from 17-Squadron flown by Major Pipes in the Drakensberg mountains, South Africa. I asked the pilot to hover under a cloud to get a coo..

Oryx helicopter flying over Gatberg in the Drakensberg mountains. 17-Squadron is busy with pinnacle landing-training on the peaks.

Oryx helicopter stationed at 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa. The Mountain Rescue Club, South Africa photographed during training in the Drakensberg mou..

Agusta LUH-109 from 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa. The pilot hovered over a little dam at Dragon Peaks Resort for me.

Agusta LUH 109 From 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa "resting" on the edge of a cliff in the Drakensberg mountains.

Oryx helicopter in a very wet Drakensberg Mountain range. This Oryx from 17 Squadron is busy with mountain rescue training. We are operating at about ..

Oryx helicopter from 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa, landing in a very confined space in the upper Drakensberg mountain, in a waterfall. This was a rea..

17 Squadron Oryx helicopters diving down the escarpment near Gatberg in the Drakensberg. We are doing pinacle landing training on the peaks of the mo..

Agusta LUH-109 at one of thousands of waterfalls in the Drakensberg Mountains, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. 17 Squadron pilots showing off their newes..

Agusta LUH-109 helicopter at night. I was just curious to see what my camera would do if i took my tripod and have a bit of fun... 200ASA, 5 seconds, ..

Oryx helicopter shooting away flares at an Air Capability Demonstration. I took this photograph at Roodewal Bombing Range near Polokwane, South Africa..

17 Squadron's Agusta LUH-109 helicopter at Dragons Peaks in the Drakensberg Mountains, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. These pilots are busy with mountai..

2 Squadron's Cheetah fighters doing a flypast on South African Airforce Day celebrations over Bays Hill.

BK-117 from 15 Squadron, Durban, South Africa. The flight engineer "Riaan" having some fun in the mountains in Kwazulu Natal.

Cheetah-C fighter from 2 Squadron, Air Force Base Machado, Souh Africa. I took this photograph from a Hercules C130B (28 Squadron). It is an amazing e..

Alloette helicopter from 17 Squadron, Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa on final approach at Dragons Peaks Resort. It was very early in the morning in ..

Oryx helicopters at 17 Squadron, Swartkop near Pretoria, South Africa. These guys had a chopper competition on that day. These fellows did a formation..

This flight engineer (trainee) was practising pinnacle landing in the Dragons Peak area, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa. The reason the engineer ..

Alloette helicopter flown by 17 Squadron pilots in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa. I used a 18-70mm lens at 250/sec and fill-in flash to get ..

Oryx helicopter flying military personel of the Drakensberg Mountains near Cathedral Peak. These mountains are as dangerous as they are beautiful.

Oryx helicopter preparing to depart for peacekeeping operations in the Great Lakes Area in the heart of Africa. I took this photograph early in the mo..

I took this photograph at Roodewal Bombing Range during the annual Air Capability Demonstration, where live ordenance is delivered by South African Ai..

Alloette helicopter in the Drakensberg Mountain Range, South Africa. It was early morning at Dragons Peak "airforce base" and i asked the pilots if th..

Cheetah fighters from Air Force Base Machado, South Africa after sunset. This is a very challenging time of day for any air photography. The problem i..

These Alloette helicopters on their way from Dragons Peak Resort to Gatberg for a photoshoot. This was the last time that the Allo's were used for mou..

This was an experiment to hone my Photoshop skills. The helicopter was giving an airshow in Bloemfontein, Freestate, South Africa and the background i..

Alloette helicopters based at 17squadron, Swartkop, South Africa, breaking off. I took this photo in the beautiful Drakensberg mountain range in Kwazu..

Zimbabwian Alloette helicopters flying formation at Harare Airshow. These pilots and their tjoppers gave a very exciting show.

Oryx helicopter from 15 Squadron, Durban. I asked the pilot to hover on the other side of the hole in the mountain, so that I can get a frontal photo..

Alloette helicopters in the Drakensburg Mountain Range at at a peak called "Gatberg". This was the last time that the Alloete helicopters were used f..

Cheetah C Fighter returning to base after a photoshoot in South Africa. This beautiful fighter belongs to 2 squadron, Airforce Base Machado. The wea..

Full afterburner at dusk

Cheetahs returning to AFB Machado, South Africa. I ran out of good light on returning to base but managed to sneak in this cropcircle pic at 1600ASA 1..

Rooivalk attack helicopters from 16 Squadron, AFB Bloemspruit, Freestate Province, South Africa. These ladies are very impressive machines. I took the..

Cheetah C fighterjet stationed at "Fightertown S.A." 2 Squadron, Machado, South Africa. It was the perfect sorty. The weather was dramatic, the pilots..

BK117 & Alloette's was photographed in the Drakensberg mountain range, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. This was the last time that the Alloette helicopte..

Oryx helicopter taking off from Dragons Peak Resort in the Drakensberg mountains, South Africa. I knew that the powerfull downwash of air from the hel..

An Oryx helicopter(19 Squadron, Machado) on final approach to "drop and go" troops during an military training excercise at Roodewal range, South Afri..

I took this picture of the BK117 (from 15 Squadron, Durban, South Africa) in The Drakensberg mountains after they dropped me on a ridge.

South African Oryx helicopters flying formation in the early morning from 17 Squadron AFB Swartkop, Pretoria.

These helicopters participated in a Force Preparation Excercise at Roodewal range near Polokwane in South Africa. The Oryx helicopter transported troo..

This Oryx helicopter from 15 Squadron, Durban, South Africa was photographed in the Drakensberg mountain range, Kwazulu Natal at a place called Gatber..

17 Squadron AFB Swartkop South Africa. Alloette helicopter hovering in burnt grass. The flight ingeneers were busy with confined landing training when..

Rooivalk attack helicopter hovering over Bronkhorstbaai dam near Pretoria South Africa.

Alloette helicopters from 17 squadron AFB Swartkop. I took the photograph in the Drakensberg Mountain range at a peak called Gatberg (hole-mountain) a..

Cheetah fighter aircraft from 2 Squadron Machado flying formation over the Soutpansberg mountain range on the northern border of South Africa. My firs..

Stacked helicopters at 17Squadron AFB Swartkop South Africa. There is an anual helicopter competition where the men are sorted from the boys. After a ..

Oryx helicopter at Roodewal Range during an Air Capability Demonstration in South Africa firing anti missile flares.