Royal Danish Air Force Merlins:Valley, Snowdonia+ Air to Air

[Cheesy]

I had a great day on Thursday, I managed to tee up a sortie with the RoDAF Merlin Det to the mountains in the morning. On our return, the captain of the second aircraft asked if I'd fly with them again to generate some air to air imagery for the Sqn. The cloud and visibility was awful, but it really wasn't a tricky decision .....

A Large post - apologies:

1. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

2. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

3. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

4. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

5. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

6. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

7. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

8. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

9. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

10. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

11. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

12. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

13. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

14. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

15. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

16. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

17. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

18. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

19. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

20. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

21. EH101 Merlin in LFA7 Snowdonia by StampedeT2, on Flickr

22. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

23. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

24. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

25. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

26. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

27. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

28. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

29. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

30. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

31. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

32. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

33. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

34. Royal Danish Air Force EH101 PDT Det to RAF Valley Sep 14 by StampedeT2, on Flickr

Enjoy

Cheesy

[Thunder]

Aye pretty average







Ok they're pretty outstanding all round

[Phil H]

Superb post 'Cheesy'. Love images 9,20 & 34. Thanks for sharing.

[Mark Owen]

Superb set.

Regards.

Mark.

[Nippy]

Oh my word. Awesome.

[Diamond Nine]

Fantastic pics Paul and many thanks for sharing them us,outstanding stuff

[GhostFlight91]

Oustanding work mate

[Rubberneck]

absolutely fantastic - great photos

[Cheesy]

Thanks for the great comments everyone, the sorties were a great experience - very different to shooting in a cramped Fast Jet cockpit. The crews seemed very thankful for the images that I'll send to them next week.

Swapping patches seemed to be a big thing with them - thankfully I've just swapped jobs at Valley so had a lot of patches spare!


Some patches given to me by the Merlin crew. by StampedeT2, on Flickr

[Richard B]

Stunning set of image's, cheers for sharing.

[seven]

22 stands out for me, but that is a truely epic post. Stunning, and your one lucky chap!

7

[luke28]

Oh my word... that is all

[Olli J.]

What a set!! Excellent pictures....

[Dan D'Air]

Helos are not the most photogenic machines but you have taken awesome images.
20 & 25 for me but there are no bad ones. 10/10.

Sent from my HUAWEI-U8850 using Tapatalk 2

[The Phantom]

Awesome post

[3Greens]

Excellent post Paul, # 20 actually I think is my absolute favourite - brilliant memories for the crews considering Denmark is generally like a 'billiard table' with a few sand dunes
Thanks very much for posting a unique collection
3Greens

[paddyboy]

Hi Paul

Top, top pics as always

Cheers

Paddyboy

[venom]

stunning mate
cheers
colin

[thorny1a]

A classic example of why aviation photography is simply the best

Thanks so much for posting

[Blackcat1]

Ive seen better!!!! NOT!!!! lol, awesome pics every last 1 of them, brilliant stuff, bet that was an awesome experience!!

Cheers