Alloette "Pinnacle Landing"
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Cheetah "Glowing Fighter"
Cheetah fighter photographed during the "Fighter-meet" in Machado, South Africa. It is an airshow for fighter aircraft only. Anybody can participate and we had African Air Forces and a few civillian fighter-owners take part in this event. I used a 300mm lens with a polarising filter to enhance the colors.
Cheetah-C "Close-up"
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 experience to see this fighterjet so close to you in the air.
Rooivalk "African Sky"
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 Rooivalk helicopter(16Sqn) fired these rockets during a training operation near Bloemfontein and the sunset i photographed from a moving car near Johannesburg, South Africa.
Boieng-707 "Suckers"
Boieng-707 from 60 Squadron, Air Force Base Waterkloof and Cheetah fighters from 2Sqn, AFB Machado. I took this photograph at Harare in Zimbabwe during an international airshow in 2005.
Oryx "Vultures"
Oryx helicopter from 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa, landing in a very confined space in the upper Drakensberg mountain, in a waterfall. This was a really scary experience for me. The rockfaces are metres away from the bladetips on three sides.
C-185 "Photorecce"
C-185, stationed at 44Sqn, Air force Base Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa flying a tactical navigation and photo reconnaisance sorty. These old, little aeroplanes have served our air force for many years and you will not convince any of these 185-pilots that there is a better plane on the planet.
Alloette "Starboard bank"
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 the 1:1 ratio lighting in the cockpit to the surroundings.
Oryx "The Rock"
Oryx helicopter from 17-Squadron, Swartkop, South Africa, practising pinnacle landings in the Drakensberg mountains in Kwazulu Natal.
Agusta LUH-109 "Playstation iii"
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 cool photo of the vapour-trails on the wingtips, but no joy. I placed the photo anyway.
Rooivalk "Dusk in Zimbabwe"
16-Squadron Rooivalk helicopter taking off near Harare in Zimbabwe after an international airshow there in 2005.
Rooivalk "On the Prowl"
Rooivalk attack helicopter from 16Squadron, Air Force Base Bloemspruit, Freestate Province, South Africa sneaking over a ridge before attacking an enemy base with live connon and rockets during a training operation.
Oryx "Mountain Rescue SA"
Oryx helicopter stationed at 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa. The Mountain Rescue Club, South Africa photographed during training in the Drakensberg mountains.
Agusta LUH-109 "Distorting Nature"
Agusta LUH-109 from 17Sqn, Swartkop, South Africa. The pilot hovered over a little dam at Dragon Peaks Resort for me.
Casa-235 & C-185 "Tight Formo"
Casa-235 & C-185 from 44 Squadron, Air Force Base Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa. I photographed these aircraft near Hartebeespoort Dam, a few miles west of Pretoria.
Aussie Tiger 001 & 002
The first two Australian Army Tigers are officially received by the Army. 2006
Oryx "Spot the Elephant"
Oryx helicopter flying over Gatberg in the Drakensberg mountains. 17-Squadron is busy with pinnacle landing-training on the peaks.
Oryx helicopter "Final checks"
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 morning. I was amazed at the amount of shadow-detail that i got with the morning sun behind the Oryx. I over-exposed my subject by +0.7step at 1/125sec at f/11 using 70mm lens.
