Spent last week out in the Netherlands photographing a nice variety of aircraft,and we stayed in a hotel at Eindhoven airport which was rather useful. Here is my selection of photos from the week. (Beware this has turned out to be a rather long post, but the best bits are at the end ;) ) Day 1: 8/4/...

Puma HC.2 visiting Headcorn for a refuel recently. Was great to chat with the crew and was my first time refuelling the type, and their arrival and departure provided some nice photo opportunities ;) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53502937847_6383554a22_z.jpg ZJ955/X | Puma HC.2 | 28 Sqn RAF | ...

HAMMER 11 Making a brief visit into Battersea, was a rather nice surprise seeing that come round the corner, as I didn't hear him call up over a departing aircraft https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53500016512_8d2f2e703d_z.jpg ZJ783 | Eurocopter Dauphin AH.1 | 658 Sqn Army Air Corps | EGLW by Olie...

Typeflyer wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:49 pm

Nice - what time was it in?

This was just after 11am, but it visited another 2 times in the late afternoon/evening after I’d left

Rob666 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:43 pm

Very nice shots and the chances to get there anytime for any action pretty remote, but is this aside access or that good from outside. Cheers Rob

Cheers! This was from outside, been quite busy there for military lately, but equally you’ve got to be quite lucky to get any

HAMMER 23 making a brief visit into London Heliport today, was a rather nice surprise hearing that on the scanner! :thumb: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53395857571_5676c877b6_z.jpg ZJ787 | Eurocopter Dauphin AH.1 | 658 Sqn Army Air Corps | EGLW by Olie Myburgh , on Flickr https://live.staticf...

Thanks for the kind comments everyone, was a great day

I'm in awe of your dedication to reaching these locations, but speaking the local language is a distinct advantage. :thumb: Seems you got lucky with capturing these great shots & well deserved too. Just for your records, the appended detail to the 4047 jet is noted as 4077! (copy-paste from shot ab...

Hi Olie. There are 2 100th Anniversary 302 sqn jets 4047 WX the other one being 4050 QH . I take it that you were at the Western end of the airfield for these shots on the track that runs past the fence. I had been after a decent shot of these 2 for a couple of years but was very luck late November...

Excellent stuff mate

On the final day of our trip to Poland, we yet again went on a rather long journey, to Piła in North West Poland, to attend a photoshoot with a SU-22 which was originally based in Piła. Despite not flying since 2003, it was in excellent condition, and the museum were incredibly accommodating to phot...

Smashing Poland by train brilliant! How did you get to the fence - bus , hire car , taxi or shank's pony? Our general routine was to get a train to the nearest town and then take a taxi. In Poznan this was very easy as 'Bolt' taxis were available which are very cheap and can be ordered on a mobile ...

On the Thursday of our week in Poland, we heard no MiGs were due up from Malbork so decided to go on a bit of an adventure and crossed Poland by train (surprisingly cheap and easy!) Upon arrival we saw the 302 Sqn Anniversary jet depart so we were looking forwards to its arrival, and within a few mi...

James Cutting wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:23 am

Great write up and some lovely shots there! Great to see some MiG-29's! It's also great to see the F-35's with some 'art' on them as it were Cheers for posting.

Thanks James, really appreciated the 35s looking a bit more interesting!

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 06, 2023 3:49 pm

Lovely stuff

You can't go wrong with a 'Crum!

Thanks, and you certainly can't!

Spent the first two days of our week in Poland at Malbork, heading to the base on Monday afternoon, with two MiGs in the circuit as we arrived https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53305355860_8d85921929_z.jpg 15 | MiG-29UB | 41.ELT Polish Air Force | EPMB by Olie Myburgh , on Flickr https://live.stat...

Recently went out to a Confined Landing Area and was treated to two Merlins working the clearing for about 40 minutes each, making for a nice variety of shots (most of which I'm yet to look at) and leaving us rather windswept :D 1. ZJ137/W, VICTOR 55 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53238316039_c...

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:47 pm

Nice

Wish I had attended now - I heard today there were a lot of helicopters which I like

Thanks! Certainly some interesting types to be seen

Mi-14PL on static at Radom Air Show

1010 | Mi-14PL | 44 BLotM, Polish Navy | EPRA by Olie Myburgh, on Flickr

During the evening air show at Radom, we decided to night shoot some of the aircraft on the ground as during the day it was rather difficult with the combination of tight barriers and crowds. Although it was a shame we missed the Herc flare drop, I'm rather pleased with what we did manage to get htt...