Bucking Bronco and Terrible Texan, Air-to-Air **Updated**

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Bucking Bronco and Terrible Texan, Air-to-Air **Updated**

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Evening all,

Here's a quick taster of what I was up to during the weekend over at the Belgian airfield of Zoersel, my first ever air-to-air! Hope you enjoy, more to come later...

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My sincere thanks go out to everyone who made the academy possible, first and foremost Eric Coeckelberghs for making his idea happen as well as the sponsors Invicta Aviation Ltd! :clap:

Cheers, Huw :cool:
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Exceptional Huw, been waiting to see this after seeing you say about it on FB.
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Just brilliant Huw.

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Oh wow that is awesome would love to see the rest :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Very nice indeed. :clap:

What camera plane were you using?

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Thanks for the kind comments :smile:

Mike wrote:What camera plane were you using?


We were using a Shorts Skyvan for this flight.

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Excellent stuff! I was also looking forward to seeing the results after seeing your facebook comment. It hasn't disappointed - great work :topbombing: :clap: :clap: Looking forward to more!

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Great Picture, shame I couldn't make it due to financial issues!
Looking forward to the rest...

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Lovely shot Huw, looking forward to seeing the rest. That's one of the things that I'd absolutely love to do, especially if it's one of the trips before the Sanicole show! :drool:

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Very nice, Huw. What a great experience to shoot air-to-air from a Skyvan ramp!

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You know how much I hate you. :grin:

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Thats for the further kind words people! :smile: I will update with more photographs later today...

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Nothing new there then :facepalm: :lol:

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nice stuff huw, looks like this could be your new thing!!! :clap:

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As promised here is an update with some more of the air-to-air photos taken during the weekend.

The Speed Canard is a rather odd looking bird at first glance, but after havint it as my first air-to-air subject and getting a backseat ride later in the day I really rather like it now.
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The Tipsy Nipper pilots were having a lot of fun posing for the Skyvan during the flights, that really rubbed off and indeed I enjoyed photographing them more than any of the other aircraft.
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This shot of a Stampe has to have the best backdrop of all of the aircraft, flying over a large area of unspoilt Belgian forest.
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And to finish two quick photos from my backseat ride in the Speed Canard later in the day, it's really agile!
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Its fair to say when we formated on the Texan for a low and fast pass down the runway I got rather excited :lol:
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I took so many photos over the weekend so keep checking my Flickr page as I upload more.
Cheers, Huw :biggrin:

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Very nice indeed Huw. :clap: :clap:
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Very nice indeed, Huw. Nice and sharp plus well composed.

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More top quality stuff mate. I'm not jealous at all! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Glad you all enjoy them! :worship:

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What a superb set :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

I have looked at the web site and would love to go to the next event!! If you don;t mind me asking how much did the whole weekend cost so I can start saving the pennies (no prices on the web site :( )

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It's always nice to be 'something' :biggrin: Now Huw was the youngest guestphotographer in our first Academy, so I got him an extra ride in the backseat of the Speed Canard. The aircraft was scheduled to pose behind the Skyvan, but what Huw did not know is that we organised the Speed canard as a secondary photoship, flying formation with a number of other aircraft.

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So if you want to be the youngest in 2011, try to be under 18 :music:

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Eric Belgium wrote:It's always nice to be 'something' :biggrin: Now Huw was the youngest guestphotographer in our first Academy, so I got him an extra ride in the backseat of the Speed Canard. The aircraft was scheduled to pose behind the Skyvan, but what Huw did not know is that we organised the Speed canard as a secondary photoship, flying formation with a number of other aircraft.

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So if you want to be the youngest in 2011, try to be under 18 :music:

greetz, Eric


Thanks so much once again Eric for the two amazing flights! :worship: :clap: :biggrin: Thats a smashing photo too, photographer at work! See you around.

Cheers, Huw :smile:

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Great set Huw, looks like a great weekend. Good shooting :clap: :clap:
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