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Carolyn Hutchins

WELCOME TO THE 2022 JULY ISSUE OF AIRSPEED! Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo and Fly-In Carolyn Hutchins Jim Koepnick Erik Kuna

NATO Tiger Meet in Greece Dragos Munteanu

Bill LaFlamme

Bomber Boys John Slemp Meet Our Members Ben Ullings Steve Bridgewater

She Flies With Her Own Wings Airshow Larry Grace / ISAP President

Airplane Silhouettes John Ford

Vikings Over Frisia Marc Schultz

FRONT COVER PHOTO: Asas de Portugal (Wings of Portugal) Demo Team.

Photo by Ben Ullings Camera: Nikon D200 Lens: Nikon 28 -70mm f/2.8 ISO 200 Shutter speed: 1/320 Exposure: f/16 Processed in Adobe Photoshop

Tora Practice 2022 Kevin Hong 2022 Tampa Bay Airfest Bill LaFlamme

BACK COVER: Belgian F-16 – XTiger – 31 Sqn Belgian Air Force taxis out.

Photo by Dragos Munteanu Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: 150 - 600mm f/5-6.3 ISO 160 Shutter speed: 1/1600 Exposure: f/6.3 Processed in Adobe Photoshop Camera RAW

WASP 80th Anniversary Fly-In Hal Ticknor 2022 Vero Beach Airshow Bill LaFlamme Stratolaunch Flight Test 5 David Brownell Friscian Flyers Marc Schultz Flying Into The Grand Canyon Kevin Hong Honor Flight Photography Jim Koepnick Member’s Showcase Scott Slingsby Craig Swancy

Kevin Hong

Scott Slingsby

NEW AND RETURNING ISAP MEMBERS Michael Andrus

Jan De Clercq

Bill LaFlamme

Luis Sales

Stephen Bridgewater

Wayne Domkowski

Jack Lipscomb

Matthew Savage

David Brownell

Randall Dunn

John Love

Steven Schott

Mark Chiolis

Ed Oshinski

Mark Magin

Jason Skinner

Robert Cijntje

Carolyn Hutchins

John Miller

Scott Slingsby

Barrie Collins

Joseph Jenkins

Dragos Munteanu

Ryan Springer

Jason Cober

Frederick Johnsen

Thomas Mullins

David Stein

Gordon Court

Philip Johnson

John Nash

Charles Swancy

Douglas Currie

Dwayne Kear

John Olson

Paul Tchiloyans

Samuel Dammers

Jeff Krueger

Gary Parsons

Misha Tyukin

Gary Daniels

Gerard Bruno Lamarque

Kurt Roth

Ben Ullings

Thomas Dennis

Ora Lassila

Troy Rumpel

Christopher Weaver

The goal of International Society for Aviation Photography (ISAP) is to bring together our members who share a love of aviation, and want to preserve its history through their images. Through our organization, members can seek to enhance their artistic quality, advance technical knowledge, and improve safety for all areas of aviation photography while fostering professionalism, high ethical standards, and camaraderie.

ISAP continues to help our members to better their photography skills, workflow, and set up resources to help with business questions that our members have.

Updates are being made to the ISAP website and member portfolio section, and we are showcasing ISAP members’ images and accomplishments on our social media pages.

The new Airspeed magazine will highlight ISAP members and their photography, experiences, and their passion for aviation from around the world. From military and commercial aviation, you’ll be able to see it all while learning about aviation photography, post processing tips in Lightroom and Photoshop, aviation history, air show reports, aviation museums, and more. We look forward to sharing our members’ images and articles with everyone.

Enjoy this issue of Airspeed!

Sincerely, Larry Grace, ISAP President Kevin Hong, Airspeed Editor International Society for Aviation Photography www.aviationphoto.org • www.facebook.com/ISAPorg Airspeed is a periodic publication of the International Society for Aviation Photography and is used to communicate news, functions, convention information, and other information of interest on the local, regional, and national scenes. The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and should not be construed as the views or opinions of the International Society for Aviation Photography.

Sun ‘n Fun A E R O S PA C E Article and photos by Carolyn Hutchins

Article and photos by Carolyn Hutchins

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The Thunderbirds returned to Sun ‘n Fun! I recently spent my sixth year as part of the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo & Fly-In photography team.

It’s always a great experience with good friends who have a shared love of aviation and passion for photography. Every year has held something new to learn or experience, and 2022 was no different. For me this time it was the USAF Thunderbirds. While I have seen them perform many years past, this was my first time actually photographing them as part of Sun ‘n Fun team. While Sun ‘n Fun has historically switched from the Air Force Thunderbirds to the Navy Blue Angels every other year, the Thunderbirds have been forced to cancel their last three appearances at Sun ‘n Fun due to a government shutdown, a tragic fatal crash, and a worldwide pandemic, respectively. So finally getting to watch the F-16s from the perspective of being on the home team was exciting.

They shared the skies over Lakeland, Florida with the A-10 Thunderbolts, and the Navy Tac Demo military teams, classics like Gary Rower, the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, the SOCOM Para-Commandos, as well as many other great performers whom I never tire of watching. The winds were higher than usual this year, and we lost an entire day of the show to heavy storms. A few of us actually hunkered down in our HQ building and waited out the storm so we could watch our gear. But thankfully, we did not see the tornadoes that were predicted, and everyone stayed safe.

Overall, the show was great, the turnout was record breaking, and the enthusiasm was fantastic. I ended up with a few images that I’m really happy with, and I look forward to seeing what everyone else captured while they were there as well.

Carolyn Hutchins

Carolyn Hutchins

Carolyn Hutchins

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Carolyn Hutchins

JIM KOEPNICK

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

ERIK KUNA

1120mm at f/16, ISO 800, Shutter speed 1/1000 on a Canon 800mm RF with 1.4x Extender.

As Aviation Photographers, or any photographer for that matter, we’re always looking for that edge, that differentiating factor with our photos when telling the story of an airshow we might be on assignment to cover. This year at the 2022 Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to tell the story from new perspectives. Usually we’re regulated to a photo pit, media areas, or a photo stand by show center or maybe just a place on the ground to shoot. While there’s nothing wrong with any of these, it does lend itself to a certain perspective with our shots. I’m always trying to push that perspective by incorporating foreground elements, background elements, or even the crowd when we can, but sometimes that’s hard at ground level or just a few dozen feet in the air. What if we had an opportunity to be 300 feet up, and looking at the crowd as the performers passed in front of them. Well, that’s exactly what we were able to do at Sun ‘n Fun this year again.

Thanks to the hard work of the Photography and Marketing teams at Sun ‘n Fun and the cooperation of the FAA Air Traffic Control, we were allowed to cover the event from this unique perspective. Once I found out this was going to be possible, it turned into a mission to tell the story of the show from this different angle, instead of focusing on the performers, I switched plans to focusing on their interaction with the event on the horizon and the crowds watching them. Armed with the new

Canon R3 and R6 and the 800mm F/11 RF and a 100 - 500mm RF and a 1.4x Extender we had the reach for small planes passing over the crowd all the way at 1120mm as well as wider shots at 100mm where the story of the crowd and the show could be told.

Once I started shooting, that planning paid off. My suspicion were confirmed, the key with this vantage point is the ground!

Plus, because in planning we knew there would be a greater distance to the show line, that longer glass and tele extender were perfect. It’s all about seeing that perspective of being elevated above the crowd and tree line. Instead of shooting the tower intersecting the planes, or getting shots of the crowd at ground level or even capturing statics from the ground, this perspective adds another element to telling the story. Especially being able to see the crowd up close at 800 and 1120mm as jets and props buzz by the show line.

Moral of the story here, when given an opportunity to shoot in a different location with a different perspective than anyone else, embrace what makes that access unique. It’s such a better use of time and energy to look for the photos that make your perspective interesting than expending all that energy taking photos you could have taken from anywhere on the ground.

472 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1600 on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

270 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/250 on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

800 mm at f/11, ISO 800, Shutter speed 1/1600 on a Canon 800mm f/11 RF.

Erik Kuna

500 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1000 on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

500 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1000 on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

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Erik Kuna 1200 mm at f/16, ISO 500, Shutter speed 1/1000 on a Canon 800mm RF with 1.4x Extender.

Erik Kuna 20 mm at f/8, ISO 400, Shutter speed at 12 seconds on a Canon 15 - 35mm RF.

500 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1000 seconds on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

500 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1000 seconds on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

500 mm at f/7.1, ISO 100, Shutter speed 1/1000 seconds on a Canon 100 - 500mm RF.

Erik Kuna

BILL LAFLAMME

“Doc”, the B-29 Superfortress

P-51 Mustang “Little Witch”

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F-18 Super Hornet Demo Team

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Bill LaFlamme

Sun ‘n Fun crowd watching the USAF Thunderbirds

Jim Peitz flying the Beechcraft F33C Bonanza

Bill LaFlamme

After a 3-year period I have managed to attend again a NATO Tiger Meet (NTM). The last was in France, in Mont de Marsan in 2019; that Spottersday was totally soaked but the spotters managed some dramatic shots with a lot of water spray. 2020 brought Covid to the world so no NTM was organized. In 2021 the Portuguese Air Force managed to organize a NTM but travel was difficult as vaccination for C19 was still at the beginning and travel was a real hassle with all the restrictions.

So of course the 2022 edition was long awaited by many spotters.

For 2022 it was the turn of the Hellenic Air Force to organize the NTM. The Greek Tiger unit is the 335 Squadron, flying F-16 C/Ds out of Araxos airbase. Araxos is at a distance of 250 kilometers West of Athens.

The Spottersday was organized on the 13th of May. Around 300 spotters from all over the world congregated to Araxos – we stayed in the airbase from 8 am to 6 pm in the evening. Weather was a perfect hot sunny Greek day. The countries participating in the event were: Greece (organizer and heavy participant, even some F-4 Phantoms were included), Belgium with F-16s, French Navy with Rafale M and

E-2C Hawkeye, Swiss Air Force with F-18s, French Air Force with Rafale C, Czech Air Force Mi-24 Hind helicopters, Italian Air Force with Eurofighters EF-2000 and Spanish Air Force with F-18s.

The day saw two mass departures of participating planes – one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The times when planes were not at the airbase were filled by rehearsals of solo displays from the Greek Solo F-16 display, the Belgian F-16 display and the Spanish F-18.

A recently restored Greek Spitfire has also performed two flight demos.

A few aircraft were painted with Tiger paint schemes and were closely monitored by the Spotters. Painting aircraft is a defining feature of NTM, the best “Tiger” livery receives a prize. In 2022 the prize was won by the French Air Force Rafale of EC 3/30 Lorraine squadron.

The Greek Air Force organized a very nice event, Spotters were clearly happy to return to their passion, be on a live airbase and take photos of fighters. After almost 3 years with a minimal airshow / exercises season, 2022 starts on a good note in Europe with a planning which is quite similar to a pre-Covid level. More pictures to follow…

NATO Tiger IN GREECE Article and photos by Dragos Munteanu

Rafale B – French Air Force – Best Tiger Aircraft 2022 – 3/30 Sqn

Meet 2022

E-2C Hawkeye – French Navy

Dragos Munteanu

F-18s – Swiss Air Force

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F-16D – Greek Air Force

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F-4 Phantom – Greek Air Force

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Belgian F-16 – XTiger – 31 Sqn

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Spitfire – Greek Air Force

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F-18 Tiger – Spanish Air Force – ALA15

Dragos Munteanu

Rafale M – French Navy

Dragos Munteanu

F-16 Hellenic Air Force – Tiger Tail 2022 – 335 Sqn

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VIKINGS OVER FRISIA

Base Visit at WIKING Helikopter Service in Wilhelmshaven - Mariensiel, Germany Article and photos by Larry Grace/ISAP President

Airshows are more than just about aircraft. They are also about the people who fly them. This year’s theme highlighted women in aviation and was called She Flies With Her Own Wings. The 2022 Oregon International Airshow in Hillsboro, OR, was the second all women airshow ever.

The first ever was put together by the 99s in 1947! There were female air bosses, announcers, FAA, ATC, Police, C-17 entire crew, Osprey entire crew, skydiving team, pilots from aircraft including U-2s, F-35, F/A-18, F-16, B-25, F-15 and much more!

From left to right: Front row - Laura Humphries, Hanna Albrecht, Vicky Benzing, Melissa Burns, Brittany Nielsen, Kellie Hudson, Donna Flynn Back row - Lorraine Martinelli, Nancy Robertson, Aleth Matrone, Cindy Irish, Sarah Burris, Anna Serbinenko, Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee, Capt. Aimee “Rebel” Fiedler, Maj. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, T-38 / U-2 pilots, Maj. Indira Thackorie

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Lt. Swegle and Lt. Bilunas pilots from VAQ-129 EF-18G Growler with a young airshow fan and two members of the Local Air Force Recruiting office.

Larry Grace

Members from the class of 2025 from the USAF Academy strike a pose with Maverick.

Larry Grace

Lt. Swegle and Lt. Bilunas pilots from VAQ-129 EF-18G Growler explaining the EF-18G Growler to airshow fans.

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From left to right - Maj. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, Capt. Aimee “Rebel” Fiedler, and Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee.

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A first and rare “all-female” formation flight performed by three military demo teams flown by Major Kristin “BEO” Wolfe flying the F-35, Captain Aimee “Rebel” Fiedler flying the F-16, and Lieutenant Amanda “Stalin” Lee flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet, during the practice day for the 2022 “She Flies With Her Own Wings” Oregon International Air Show.

Larry Grace

Larry Grace

Airshow fans learning about the B-25 Mitchell S.T.E.M. exhibit from the Erickson Aircraft Collection piloted by an all female crew.

Col. Merryl Tengesdal (ret), the first Black woman to pilot the U-2 Dragon Lady at the booth for the 99s here with Maverick a Tom Cruise impersonator.

Larry Grace

Larry Grace

A young airshow photographer posing with two crew members from the VAQ-1 EP-3E Aries from NAS Whidbey Island.

Larry Grace

On the practice day for the weekend show, 600 area kids and their families watched and listened to military air crews and all women maintenance teams from the US Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force. Southwest Airline pilots also attended the event to share their flying experience.

U.S. Naval aviators and crew, representing the F-35C Lightning II, CMV-22 Osprey, EA-18G Growler, F/A-18E Super Hornet, EP-3E Aries II, and MH-60S and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

Larry Grace

Larry Grace

Larry Grace

Larry Grace

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Larry Grace

EP-3E Aries from VAQ-1 NAS Whidbey Island on display and showcased during the Friday Evening Air Show and Night Fireworks display.

Larry Grace

VIKINGS OVER FRISIA

Base Visit at WIKING Helikopter Service in Wilhelmshaven - Mariensiel, Germany Article and photos by Marc Schultz

It was a rather windy and rainy Friday morning at the end of February when I got the opportunity for a base visit at Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH, located at Jade-Weser Airport in Wilhelmshaven. Northern Germany experienced an unusual accumulation of low pressure areas in the days before and a rather stormy week lay already behind us - so not ideal conditions for any helicopter operations. For the professionals at Wiking Helikopter, however, these harsh conditions do not pose a major problem at all. And so, on this stormy Friday, a HOIST training with the AIRBUS H145 had been placed on the flying schedule. An ideal opportunity for me to get near to the action and shoot this demanding procedure at close range. In the offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, such winch operations, also called HOIST procedures, are part of the standard operational envelope of the WIKING helicopter crews. In almost any weather, day and night, it must be possible to lower personnel onto ships or wind turbines using a helicopter winch. In particular, the dropping of

ship-pilots in different weather conditions is an extremely demanding flight-precision maneuver, which must be trained permanently. This is the only way to ensure the company’s high safety standards in the long term. For this reason, only optimally trained pilots and appropriately experienced winch operators are in the business at WIKING. The WIKING helicopter fleet currently includes two high-performance aircraft types like the AIRBUS H145 and the LEONARDO AW 139.

The H145 is Airbus Helicopter’s new 3.7t, twin-turbine, multi-purpose helicopter. The aircraft offers up to 10 seats for pilots and passengers, representing the appropriate component in terms of flight performance, mission readiness, flight safety and operating costs. With its spacious cabin, the helicopter is ideally suited for offshore flights and winch operations. Of particular note, the H145 has already proven its offshore capabilities in wind speeds up to 11 Bft.

AIRBUS H145: D-HOAE, D-HOAF, D-HOAG, D-HOAH LEONARDO AW139: D-HHOA, D-HOAB, D-HOAC

In addition to the base in Wilhelmshaven, WIKING operates four other locations both in Germany and in the UK: Emden and Husum cover the German North Sea coast and Wick is the base for Northern Scotland and finally Beccles in South Eastern England.

Finally, my special thanks go to Birgit Rehm and Uli Körner from Wiking Helikopter, whose fantastic support made this report possible.

Further information on the company can be found on the official WIKING homepage under wiking-helikopter.de. All shots in this feature have been taken with NIKON Z50 APS-C cameras and NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm 1:3,5-6,3 VR zoom lenses.

Marc Schultz

Even more space is offered by the Leonardo Helicopters AW139, another twin-turbine, mid-size transport helicopter with seating for up to 15 people. The AW139 is one of the most modern and powerful helicopters in its class. Due to its performance data, it finds a role in all areas of helicopter-based aviation. Currently, WIKING operates a total of 7 helicopters of both models, which are mainly used for maritime pilot service, sea rescue, offshore service and for pilot and winch-operator training. Here is a list of the current WIKING inventory:

Marc Schultz

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Every year the sounds of radial engines fill the air at Lone Star Executive Airport at Conroe, Texas for the annual Tora practice. Tora pilots, pyro team members, and narrators participate flying in from all over the country to practice and train in preparation for the upcoming airshow season for the Commemorative Air Force Tora Tora Tora airshow act.

If you have never seen the Tora Tora Tora act at an airshow you have been missing out. Tora Tora Tora is not just about planes flying around with explosions going off. It’s a reenactment of one of the most significant events that ever took place in US History. It has been performed around the country for many years and not just for entertainment but to also

honor the many lives that were lost on the attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. It is a living history experience that puts you right there in the middle of the attack and what it was like on “A day which will live in infamy” quoted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In order to showcase this re-enactment, there is a lot of coordination that goes into the Tora Tora Tora act and it all begins at Tora practice each year. The act is like an orchestra with instruments coming together to play a great piece of music. From the West coast to the East, Tora has performed at many civilian and military shows since 1972 and there is still nothing else like it in the airshow world today.

Kevin Hong

Tora Practice 2022 Article and photos by Kevin Hong

The Tora practice weekend starts with a briefing for the day and the pilots flying in formation. There are different elements of aircraft that fly in different patterns. The elements consist of Kates, Zeros, a Val, P-36 Hawk, and B-17. Before the big Tora formation and act is performed over the field, each individual element fly together and debrief. It’s always great to see the newer pilots talk with the more experienced pilots and learn from one another like it has been done all these years since Tora began. There are some members on the ground that evaluate the formation and discuss what can be done to improve to make everything perfect. Towards the end of the day is when all of the planes and pilots fly the full Tora act.

Kevin Hong

Kevin Hong

As the flying continued some new narrators were practicing their timing for the act. This year for the first time, Tora narrator, Ray Norton was joined by a few new people training to become a narrator just like him and tell the story while the Tora act was going off. During the first practice with all the Tora planes, the script was recited, and Ray walked through with everyone why the timing was crucial of every word spoken from the time the first bomb goes off to the wall of fire at the end of the act. Being a Tora narrator is not an easy task and practice makes perfect. For the practice, narrators, can view the act in front of them and observe where the planes are while trying to keep the timing in sync until the very end.

Kevin Hong

One of the great things about having Tora Practice in Conroe is that we are also at the home of Gulf Coast Wing where B-17 Texas Raiders lives. Even though we don’t fly the B-17 at every Tora airshow throughout the airshow season, we try to fly Texas Raiders in the act as often as possible if we happen to be at the same airshow. Due to the high operating cost of the B-17 we don’t fly it during Tora practice but instead use a smaller aircraft to for our B-17 pilots to fly in such as a T-6 or the JRB-6. I’m also one of the loadmasters on Texas Raiders and one of the scanners qualified to fly on the B-17 during the Tora act so for me, the practice is also an opportunity to refresh my memory and observe the pattern work done by the whole Tora team. Watching the full Tora act in the air and on the ground helps me to work with other loadmasters and scanners to eventually fly the Tora act in the future.

Over the years I’ve had an opportunity to meet some great people that were apart of Tora. Some have since passed away but I’ve witnessed fathers and sons fly together in Tora and it is great to see that legacy continue with some of the newer pilots joining the group. After a fun filled weekend and camaraderie I’m very fortunate to be a part of Tora.

Kevin Hong

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2022 Tampa Bay A I R F E S T

Article and photos by Bill LaFlamme

P-51D Mustang Quick Silver waiting on the flight line with the sunlight reflecting off the prop.

Class of ’45. P-51D Mustang piloted by Scott “Scooter” Yoak and the F4U-4 Corsair, piloted by Jim Tobul.

Bill LaFlamme

Major Joshua “Cabo” Gunderson is met by members of the F-22 Demo Team before his flight.

Bill LaFlamme

U.S. Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team breaking out before opening their parachutes.

Bill LaFlamme

Blue Angel pilots marching in their routine before entering their aircraft.

Bill LaFlamme

Members of the Blue Angel demo team waving to the crowd before their pilots lift off.

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Blue Angels performing the Delta Breakout.

Bill LaFlamme

WASP WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS

80th Anniversary Fly-In Article and photos by Hal Ticknor

The celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) was held at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas April 29 & 30, 2022. This field was the training base for the WASP during WWII and is now home to the National WWII WASP Museum. There was a dinner held in Hanger 2 of the museum the evening of April 29 with a 1940s theme and a band playing the big band sounds of the 1940s.

The WASP served in the Army Air Forces from September 1942 to December 20, 1944. About 25,000 women applied to the Women’s Flight Training Detachment (WFTD). 1,830 were accepted and 1,074 graduated.

The WFTD was renamed WASP in August 1943. 38 women died while flying for the Army Air Corps. There are only 19 WASP still living today.

One came to the dinner and to the activities on Saturday for a while.

She recently turned 100!

The main attraction of the weekend was the big fly-in on Saturday, April 30. Warbirds and general aviation aircraft from several parts of

Texas came in along with several modern military aircraft including two C-130s from nearby Dyess Air Force Base. Some of these aircraft were flown in by women. One of the C-130s did a fly over as a part of the opening ceremony on Saturday morning.

Among the warbirds that came were several BT-13 trainers, a rare BT-15 and some AT-6 advanced trainers. Two P-51Ds also came.

The main warbird attraction was “That’s All Brother”, the C-47 that led the paratroop aircraft into Normandy early on D-Day. It also led the recreation of that event at the 75th Anniversary remembrance of D-Day in Normandy in 2019. This aircraft is based in San Marcos, Texas.

There was also an R4-D, the Navy version of the DC-3.

General aviation aircraft included a beautiful Waco, several Cessnas and an AV-6. Several aircraft that were expected to come were not able to make it. It was very windy for the fly-in, but there was excellent attendance of aircraft and people!

Hal Ticknor

Hal Ticknor

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2022 Vero Beach A I R S H O W Photos by Bill LaFlamme

Blue Angel 5 high speed pass.

Captain Aimee “Rebel” Fiedler flying the F-16 Viper Demo Team Venom Jet.

Bill LaFlamme

T-45 Goshawk landing

Bill LaFlamme

Several months ago a photography friend of mine, Brent’s callsign “Shutter”, told me “get you a camera bag that you can carry all your gear in, and keep it with you all the time.” Well that advise proved to be some of the best advise I’ve received to date. Wednesday I was sitting at my desk in a conference call and decided to pull up flight radar to see what was flying round the area. Working in the “aerospace valley” it is not uncommon to see call signs like “XRAY”, “COBRA”, or “AMMO”, but when I saw “ROC1”, it perked my interest. Stratolaunch (ROC1) is the new hypersonic launch vehicle designed and built by Scalled Composites at the Mojave airport. Wednesday it completed the longest and highest test flight to date. I decided it was time for a lunch break.

Mojave airport is about a 30-minute drive from the office, ROC1 was still at 25,000 feet, so I figured I had time. Since I had taken Shutter’s advice, had my camera gear with me and was ready to go.

When I arrived at the base of the runway, I was told ROC1 was going to do 3 low passes before landing. I decided I would use several lenses to try and capture as many photos as possible. On the first pass I used the Sigma 150 - 600mm for an up close and personal shot. Even at 150mm I was unable to capture the entire aircraft. The second pass I used the Canon 70 - 200mm f/2.8 for a little wider angle. Still as it passed over at 70mm the aircraft filled the frame. And for the third pass I used the Tamron 15 - 30mm f/2.8, sat on the ground and tried to capture the breathtaking size of ROC1. As I was post processing the photos, I started to remove the Tesla using photoshop, however I put it back in because it gives some perspective at the enormous size of this aircraft. All images post processed in Lightroom Classic.

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The East Frisian coastal region from Emden in the west to Wilhelmshaven in the east is without a doubt one of the most popular holiday regions in Germany. This is especially true for the eight islands from Borkum to Wangerooge, all of them lying directly off the coast. All are linked to the mainland by a regular ferry connection but six also operate an airfield and can therefore be reached by air.

During the holiday season, air transport is used by many tourists who want to reach their holiday destinations quickly and comfortably.

The local air-transport operator FLN FRISIA-Luftverkehr GmbH was founded in 1969 and is based in Norddeich. With a fleet of 15 aircraft FLN operates a year-round air ferry service with fixed departure times from the airports Norden-Norddeich and Harle to all 6 destinations.

Regular flights are operated from Norddeich to the western and central islands of Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum and Langeoog.

Harle serves mainly Wangerooge as a destination, which is the easternmost of the East Frisian islands. Both airports also offer a direct connection to Helgoland, certainly one of the most extraordinary places in the German Bight.

With around 120,000 passengers per year, FLN is the largest provider of air transport services in the region. The core of the fleet consists of eight twin-engined Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders, each offering seating for up to eight passengers or an equivalent cargo volume. In addition there are four Cessna 182T Skylane and 2 Cessna 172XP in the fleet. FLN operates its own maintenance facilities, which take care of the technical condition of the aircraft at the locations of Norddeich and Harle.

Significant maintenance events such as major overhauls, extensive inspections or scheduled engine changes are usually moved to the winter half of the year, when flight activity is somewhat reduced.

Particularly interesting: the exceptionally salty air on the coast also requires the aircraft to be washed every day.

Further information on the current flight schedule and the company itself can be found on the official FLN homepage under www.inselflieger.de.

The shots in this feature have been taken with the NIKON Z50 APS-C camera and several older NIKON DX lenses with F-mount technology.

NIKON’s FTZ adapter does a perfect job to synchronize those lenses to the newer Z-mount system.

Frisian Flyers Article and photos by Marc Schultz

CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT AT THE GERMAN NORTH SEA COAST

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Marc Schultz

I’ve been to Las Vegas many times but never took a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon until now. My friends and I were taking a vacation to Las Vegas and really wanted to take a flight into the Grand Canyon.

There are a couple of different helicopter companies that offer the flights from different locations around the Las Vegas area but after extensive research I found that you could not only go to the Grand Canyon but also to the Skywalk glass bridge, West Rim, South Rim, and even explore Grand Canyon National Park. You could also choose the flights during the day or at sunset to capture some beautiful landscape photos. Due to the time crunch and length of flight we decided to fly on Maverick Helicopter and could not have had a better experience.

When I first researched the helicopter experience I factored in a few things and asked many questions. How long was the flight? What day

and time my friends and I could go? Transportation to the airport? How many does the helicopter seat and cost per person? And could my 6’5” friend fit in the helicopter. Most of the helicopter tours I was looking into took off from the Las Vegas Strip Terminal located at the Harry Reid International airport (former McCarren Airport). Since we were staying at Caesars Palace, Maverick offers a free shuttle bus service to pick anyone up from the hotels only on the strip or within a certain distance.

They pick up people an hour before your scheduled flight. We had to pick up a few other people at different hotels but overall we were there within 20 minutes to the terminal. The cost varies from the various tours and locations you may wish to visit located on their website www.maverickhelicopter.com

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Due to the events we set up in the evening we couldn’t take the sunset flight over the Grand Canyon and decided on the Wind Dancer tour.

I found the flight would take close to four hours from the time they picked you up and take you back to the hotel. Time slots were filling up quickly so we had to decide what day and time we wanted to go. You can cancel your trip within 48 hours to receive a full refund. Side note when booking the tour they do ask for the weight of each person in your party.

The actual time to fly to the Grand Canyon and back was about 3 hours.

About an hour and a half each way with a fuel stop. The great part about the trip is that you actually land in a secluded area for Maverick helicopters in the Grand Canyon for 30 minutes. And yes my tall friend was able to fit comfortably in the helicopter with no issues at all. However, for all the tall people out there I would double check to make sure.

Now comes the tough decision I had to make. Should I carry one camera or two? Supposedly this is a fun adventure with my friends and promised I wouldn’t work on this vacation. However, I wasn’t supposed to be working except I was thinking about this article for Airspeed and wanted to make sure I got every angle. I decided to take two cameras after all.

My lenses I decided to take were the Canon 24-105mm and 16-35mm.

I also had my iphone 12 Pro that would be my extra wide lens for compact areas in the helicopter which paid off in so many ways. I also decided to take my Ultimate lens hood to cut the reflections from the window. No large backpacks were allowed to keep weight down so for everyone wanting to take a ton of stuff with you wear some close toed shoes and go as light as possible.

So here we go. We booked a 10:00am flight and met the shuttle at the rides share area of Caesars along with a few other people. The shuttle was comfortable and driver was very nice. After arriving into the terminal we were escorted to the counter to check-in. The employees were very accommodating even when each passenger had to step on an actual scale to calculate the weight and balance of each helicopter flight. Each member of a party can even pay individually if you are in a big group.

After each group checks in we were assigned a number and seated in a big lounge area where people could get a drink or use the bathroom.

Trust me you want to use the bathroom since it was a long experience.

A group of pilots get together and then take each assigned group to their helicopters. We met our pilot, David, and walked out to the flight line.

You could see rows of corporate jets on the Signature FBO ramp as we walked to our Airbus EC-130 helicopter. The helicopter had 7 individual seats. Three in the front and four seats in the back but due to the weight and balance and only 5 of us, we could sit two in the front and three in the back which worked out great allowing us to spread out throughout the cabin. David gave a thorough safety briefing and walked us through some of the safety features using the seatbelts and what to do in case of an emergency. After the briefing a photographer with Maverick came out to take some photos of us before departing.

We got into the helicopter and each of us put on a David Clark headset with voice activated microphones to communicate with one another. I decided to sit in the right front side by the door to get some shots facing forward and able to turn to get some nice selfies of the entire cabin. As the main rotor started spinning other Maverick helicopters started hover taxiing in front of us while Fortunate Son by CCR was playing by my friend with his cell phone.

Little did we know our pilot started playing his awesome Spotify playlist of music in our headsets throughout the entire flight including CCR, AC/DC and other great bands. It was a great way to set the tone for more awesome things to come.

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We followed the other helicopters as we lifted off over the Las Vegas strip then back around over the airport. As we were flying out our pilot was also a great tour guide talking about the landmarks and fun facts about the desert. All Maverick helicopters exclusively fly a certain route while other helicopter companies each fly their own routes as well. As we got closer to Hoover Dam you could drastically see the landscape change to sharp canyons carved out by the Colorado River. We briefly crossed back and forth between the Nevada and Arizona border but seeing Hoover Dam from the air was amazing.

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Even though we weren’t flying at sunset the colors and sky were breathtaking every time we came over the horizon of a valley. It was a little bit of a challenge shooting and alternating cameras since there were so many things to shoot including capturing video. I would avoid taking a 70 - 200mm or anything bigger since there isn’t much room to swing the lens between you and the windows.

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Along the way we could see other helicopters landing in other areas of the Grand Canyon. As we descended into the canyon above the Colorado River people could be seen kayaking and hiking. When we approached our landing zone helicopters had already arrived and some came in behind us. From this photo you could see how close we were to the edge of the cliff.

There were a total of six helicopters spaced out on natural landing pads.

After the other helicopters shut down everyone got out to some park benches and went exploring getting some phenomenal photos.

Kevin Hong

Kevin Hong

Kevin Hong Everyone was treated to some refreshments including some champagne.

It was an amazing 30 – 45 minutes we spent admiring the landscape and sitting on the edge looking down at the Colorado River. I was able to get some beautiful photos of my friends and the helicopters all around us.

I talked to some people from other countries and said this was way better than they could have imagined.

Kevin Hong

Our time came to an end and it was time to get back on the helicopter. It was really unique to see all of the helicopters startup at the same time and exit out of the canyon. Zipping out was quite an adrenaline rush going past the jagged landscape. We continued on to a private fuel farm owned by Maverick helicopter to get some gas before returning home to Las Vegas. It was quite a surprise since nothing was mentioned on the tour but awesome for me since I was able to get some great photos of the helicopters all together before we departed. Each pilot got a running start pulling the hoses to get their lines out to the helicopter and get some fuel. One by one each helicopter lifted off and started our approach back to Las Vegas. Along the way we saw some wild mustangs and even donkeys grazing near the water.

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As we came back in David had to talk with Las Vegas tower to get us back to the airport. Coming back into the city we flew over Freemont Street and flew parallel to the entire Las Vegas Strip starting from the Stratosphere all the way to the Luxor hotel.

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Although it was April the weather was perfect in the 70s. One thing to note is that in the summer if it does get too hot Maverick Helicopters may not fly due to the extreme temperatures. I did have a bottle of water with me just in case I got dehydrated. That’s a lot of desert we covered. Just as we took off we landed one after the other and taxied back in. When we returned to the terminal, the group photos that were taken before the flight were available for us. A shuttle was waiting for us to return back to our hotel after the flight. I recommend the helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon to everyone if you want to experience some beautiful landscape. I would like to thank Bryan Kroten, VP Marketing of Maverick Aviation Group and Maverick Helicopters for a great adventure. If you guys have never taken a helicopter flight during the day or at sunset to the Grand Canyon I highly recommend it. If your’re pressed for time you can even fly around the Las Vegas Strip.

HONOR FLIGHT P H O T O G R A P H Y Article and photos by Jim Koepnick One of the most rewarding experiences as a photographer has been my association with the Old Glory Honor Flight of NE Wisconsin, What started a few years ago as a newspaper assignment following a group of veterans to Washington DC, has turned into being their official photographer. In addition to about five trips to Washington DC a year, I’ve also traveled to Vietnam with them to cover a group going back on a healing mission.

Since the Washington trips are day trips, I keep my gear to a minimum.

This last trip I took two Canon R3 cameras with a Sigma 24 - 70mm f/2.8 Art lens and a Sigma 70 - 200mm f/2.8 Sports lens. The 70-200mm is used about 75% of the time for medium to tight photos of the veterans as they tour the World War II Memorial, Vietnam and Korean Memorials, the Marine, Navy and Air Force Memorials, and the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery. The veterans may also visit the FDR and MLK Memorials as well as the Nation at War exhibit in the Smithsonian.

Although most of the photos are taken outside in daylight, having a lens that opens up to f/2.8 comes in handy in the airplane, the airport, on the bus and in the museum.

The 24 - 70mm f2.8 lens fills in when I need wider photos. It is especially useful on the “Homecoming” back at the Appleton, WI airport where thousands of relatives and friends line the walkway to honor the vets.

I prefer shooting available light rather than using a flash, although on this last trip I did try out a Lume Cube panel for photos in the airplane and back at the airport. I was pleasantly surprised by how well the little LED panel did filling in shadows in the faces and adding just enough catchlight to produce natural looking photos (at ISO 3200/6400).

Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick

While each memorial has a different impact on individual veterans, the Vietnam Memorial Wall may bring on the most emotion, as well as healing for many of the veterans. And it is a time to balance between taking photos that capture the moment as well as not going too far.

It is also a crowded location because each vet has a guardian with him or her, and there are also other groups and individuals at the wall.

And this is one of the reasons the 70 - 200mm lens gets so much use. I can narrow my field of view and photograph past a small crowd of people to capture my subject. I have tried a Sigma 100 - 400mm lens, which works great, but because of the f/5-6.3, it is not as useful in the plane, museum or airport.

I carry my gear in a Think Tank Street Walker, which is small enough to fit under an airplane seat, and easy to carry on and off our tour bus. Again, it’s a balancing act between being able to bring all the gear you want and being able to carry it all while walking for 3 - 4 miles throughout the day.

I’m still old-fashion enough that I carry the camera with the wide lens around my neck and the other camera, with the 70 - 200mm, over my shoulder. I am considering using my dual shoulder strap set-up on the next trip to see how that works.

I set my cameras up to shoot RAW and high jpeg. This allows me to grab the best jpegs for quick social media posts and the RAWs are available for collateral projects at a later date.

As emotionally satisfying as covering an Honor Flight can be, it’s also physically exhausting for the vets as well as the photographer. The day starts around 5am at the home airport, and ends about 10:00pm back at the airport. And for me, it’s a quick download and back-up when I get home, as well as wanting a quick look through the thousands of images from the trip.

There are about 133 Honor Flight chapters in the country, so if you’re looking for a way to give back with your talents as a photographer, there is probably a chapter in your area. One of the first, and easiest ways of helping out is to photograph the Homecoming when the flight is over.

For more information on an Honor Flight near you, and how you could help out, go to: https://www.honorflight.org

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MEMBER’S SHOWCASE Article and photo by Scott Slingsby

Night photoshoots have become a feature at many airshows these days and Thunder over Michigan 2021 was the venue for this shot. The aircraft get towed to a far corner of the airport and lit by Pete Lerro and his crew, usually for five minutes. This particular night, “Mad Max pilot Louis Horschel fired up the Mustang numerous times trying to get some flames to come out of the exhaust stacks but the Merlin just wouldn’t cooperate. She fired off cleanly each time. I think I can live with the results though.

Camera: Nikon D300 Lens: Nikon 24 - 120mm f/4 ISO 200 Shutter speed: 1/800 Exposure: f/8 Processed in Adobe Photoshop 2022

MEMBER’S SHOWCASE Article and photo by Craig Swancy

Boeing KB-50J Superfortress resting at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. Another “Bucket List” museum that continues impress.

This KB-50J is another one of those rare birds that you don’t see often.

Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 24 - 120mm f/4 ISO 100 Shutter speed: 1/50 Exposure: f/11 Processed in Adobe Photoshop 2022

MEMBER’S SHOWCASE Article and photo by Airspeed Editor / Kevin Hong

Commemorative Air Force P-40 Warhawk flown by Congressman Sam Graves flies escort off our wing.

Shot from the waist window of B-17 Texas Raiders.

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II Lens: Canon 24 - 105mm f/4L ISO 100 Shutter speed: 1/250 Exposure: f/11 Processed in Adobe Photoshop Camera RAW and Photoshop 2022

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Ben Ullings

BEN ULLINGS

My aviation interests developed at an early age and from my 13th I was an active ‘plane spotter’ at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Photography of my sightings started a year later in 1967.

And (self taught) it developed further over the years.

My first air-to-air opportunity, unexpectedly, took place over Hong Kong in a formation of two SA365 Dauphin helicopters.

Air-to-air became a passion from there on and very much so still today.

I use Nikon equipment since 1990. When flying, the D850 with an AF 24 - 70mm f/2.8 is the standard combination. And a 70 - 200mm is

use as a secondary option. For optimizing my pictures taken in RAW I use Lightroom in combination with Photoshop. Prior to switching to digital in 2003, Kodachrome slides was the ‘standard’ material.

Unfortunately, a left shoulder handicap (polio epidemic in 1956) limits the use of long/heavy lenses and thus my air show photography has a lesser focus. Finding an optimum combination between aircraft in flight and carefully selected backgrounds provides a continuous challenge. Over many years the support received from hundreds of superb aviators has been a never ending delight.

In several lectures I presented not only the many aspects of air-to-air and the crucial preparation of photo missions, but also the many safety factors to be considered when photo-flying in formation.

Accompanying my pictures, I write/wrote features for many aviation publications world-wide. All of this basically a hobby (sustained besides a demanding job in liquid bulk transports) that – admittedly – ran out of hand a little. I retired ten years ago so I have a lot of extra hobby time at hand.

For almost 40 years now I had the privilege of being the staff photographer for the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight. A unique source of opportunities.

Joining ISAP has been on the to do list for (too) long. It is done now and I look forward to sharing many pictures with fellow members and Airspeed readers!

Ben Ullings (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1953) has practiced aviation photography since 1967 and also wrote numerous features for books and magazines world-wide on a semi-professional basis. Since 1981 his work has focused on air-to-air photography. He was winner of the AWST Photo Contest in 1994. As a staff photographer he has been connected with the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight for almost 40 years. www.aviationphotos.nl

Shorts Skyvan Camera: Nikon D300S Focal Length: 40mm Shutter speed: 1/500 Exposure: f/13

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Dragon Rapide Camera: Nikon D810 Focal Length: 32mm Shutter speed: 1/500 Exposure: f/11

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Extra 300 / Royal Jordanian Falcons Camera: Nikon D810 Focal Length: 50mm Shutter speed: 1/250 Exposure: f/18

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TUBE FULL OF BOXES: A Prime Air plane departs Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport during the gloaming in June 2020.

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Ben Ullings TUBE FULL OF BOXES: A Prime Air plane departs Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport during the gloaming in June 2020.

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American Champion Super Decathlon Camera: Nikon D200 Focal Length: 125mm Shutter speed: 1/400 Exposure: f/13

Ben Ullings McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Camera: Nikon D100 Focal Length: 52mm Shutter speed: 1/250 Exposure: f/14

STEVE BRIDGEWATER Steve Bridgewater is a British-based journalist who has edited aviation magazines for more than two decades and also worked in the warbird and aviation museums industries.

Steve is also a Liveryman of the Honorable Company of Air Pilots, which is a Livery Company of the City of London; a philanthropic organization protects the interests and welfare of pilots and navigators and strives to encourage and assist all those from any background who wish to become a pilot.

Although he travels the globe Steve has chosen images from his native Great Britain and Europe to illustrate his biography.

I’m located in the UK and have been a professional aviation magazine editor for more than two decades. I’m less of a photojournalist and more of a writer who happens to take their own photos.

Over the years I’ve been on the editorial team at various General Aviation and historic aviation publications ranging from Pilot and AOPA UK to Aeroplane Monthly.

I have been incredibly lucky and turned my hobby into my career.

Apparently my first word as a toddler was “plane” and I grew up with a fascination for aviation. There’s no aviation history in the family, both of my grandfathers worked in the coal mines during the war as their occupations were vital to the war effort, so nobody knows why I was bitten by the aircraft ‘bug’, but it left its mark for a lifetime.

I got my first SLR camera for my 14th birthday. It was a Pentax P30 and I used it mostly for airshow photography, however for some inexplicable reason I always used ASA 400 print film so most of my photos from the 1990s are grainy and pretty much unusable.

They call RAF Biggin Hill “Biggin on the Bump” for a reason! The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster leads its Canadian cousin in after arriving at the historic World War Two-era airfield close to London.

Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Sigma 150 - 500mm f/5-6.3 ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/200 Exposure: f/13

These days I’m a Nikon driver. I had a D40 for more than a decade but today I have a D500 as my main body and pair this with a Sigma 150 - 500mm lens. I also carry a D7000 mated with a Nikon 18 - 105mm lens for static, taxiing and close up images. However, in recent years I have found myself using my iPhone 11 for increasing amounts of photography. In fact, my two most recent covers at AOPA UK magazine were shot with my smartphone.

I’m afraid I’m a bit of a luddite when it comes to editing photographs.

I guess this is because I have always worked with professional designers who lay out the pages of my magazines and I generally leave the ‘tweaking’ of images to them. I’ve only ever shot JPG and the only image processing software I’ve got us PhotoScape X, which I just use for cropping or converting an image to B&W. I’ve been meaning to join ISAP for many years. Each visit I make to Oshkosh or ICAS I promise Larry Grace that I’m going to join but I’ve

finally got around to doing it (sorry Larry!). While ISAP is the only photography group of which I’m a member I’m a very active within the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. This is a Livery Company of the City of London; a philanthropic membership organization which represents and protects the interests and welfare of pilots and navigators and strives to encourage and assist all those from any background who wish to become a pilot. I am a Liveryman of the Company and was elected to its Court in 2020.

Over the years I have been incredibly lucky that my job has taken me to aviation events around the world and I’ve been blessed with wonderful opportunities. However, most of those have come about through my own networking – and that is the tip I would offer any aviation photographer: be known, be seen, and be liked. The doors to the aviation world are open and if you lean on them in the right way the opportunities are amazing.

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (the Red Arrows) Synchro Pair at Duxford, England in May 2015.

This photograph won the 2016 Aerospace Media Dinner award for Best Aviation Image.

Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Sigma 150 - 500mm f/5-6.3 ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/800 Exposure: f/7

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Spitting Fire. Stu Goldsmith starts the Old Flying Machine Company’s Supermarine Spitfire IX MH434 ahead of a display flight. This aircraft is a genuine combat veteran and has never been rebuilt (merely overhauled).

Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Sigma 150 - 500mm f/5-6.3 ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Exposure: f/9

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Dan Griffith flies de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGTM in formation with the Avro Anson camera-ship en route to the 2012 Royal International Air Tattoo.

Camera: Nikon D40 Lens: Nikon 18 - 105mm ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/320 Exposure: f/14

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The Fighter Collection’s Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk takes off during the 2014 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford.

Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikon 18 - 105mm ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/320 Exposure: f/14

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Europe’s only airworthy Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Sally B, reflected in the windows of the American Air Museum at Duxford.

Camera: Nikon D40 Lens: Nikon 18 - 105mm ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/400 Exposure: f/4.5

The Great War Display Team operates a gaggle of World War One replica aircraft and are a popular display item at British airshows. This image, taken at the Bicester Flywheel event shows the Sopwith Triplane being hotly pursued by a pair of Fokker Dr.1s, a Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 and an American-marked SE.5a. The team used this image for their business cards and promotional material.

Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Sigma 150 - 500mm f/5-6.3 ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/320 Exposure: f/13

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History We opened our original storefront in 1973. Our reputation for extensive inventory and intelligent conversation about photography began with our first customer. We grew from a small photography shop in Manhattan’s Financial District to a major supplier of photo, video and audio equipment on 17th Street, with customers returning again and again for our low pricing and high reliability. The new millennium’s explosion of affordable technology for pros and consumers alike brought new lines of computers, home entertainment, and consumer devices at our location or online at www.bhphotovideo.com We continue to expand to meet your needs with showrooms, classes, educational and social media, and more.

ISAP Merchandise

If you wish to purchase any ISAP merchandise please email info@aviationphoto.org Send your name and current address and you will be invoiced via PayPal. Shipping cost will be added to your invoice.

Members with an international address will have a higher shipping rate.

ISAP Challenge coin - $10 + shipping ISAP safety vest (Small to X-Large) - $28 + shipping ISAP safety vest 2XL - $31, 3XL - $34, 4XL - $38 + shipping ISAP membership patch - $5 + shipping Limited patch version with Velcro backing - $10 + shipping

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ISAP Board Members President and Board Chairman Larry Grace Vice President and Vice Chairman Jim Wilson Treasurer Gary Edwards ISAP Board Member George Kounis ISAP Board Member Kevin Hong ISAP Staff Member John Sepp Chairman Emeritus Jay Miller Airspeed Editor Kevin Hong

Airspeed is a periodic publication of the International Society for Aviation Photography (ISAP) and is used to communicate news, functions, convention information, and other information of interest on the local, regional, and national scenes. The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and should not be construed as the views or opinions of the International Society for Aviation Photography (ISAP).

Please contact us at info@aviationphoto.org Airspeed is a publication to showcase our members’ work in capturing aviation events.

Images should be sized at a minimum size of at least 5100 x 3300 (17” x 11”) @ 300 dpi. We would like your largest landscape file size format for our full page spread in our featured magazine. Please submit up to 10 images per article and your text in a Microsoft Word document. Email your article and images by using www.wetransfer.com and send to info@aviationphoto.org (Up to 2GB).

Members can submit images for review for a future cover or back page display or would like to inquire on doing an article for Airspeed contact us via email at info@aviationphoto.org We look forward to your submission and to showcase your articles and images.

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