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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:10
This Friday and Saturday the Dutch airforce held it's open days at the largest operational base in the Netherlands, Gilze-Rijen (Ry-en) which celebrates it's 100th anniversary this year.
The last few decades it is the home of our helicopter force so plenty of those present!

One of the most impressive helicopters for me is this Czech Mil Mi-24 Hind:

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Austrian S-70 Black hawk:

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The brand new Dutch police Agusta-Westland AW139:

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An usual visitor is this Slovak Let L-410:

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Cougar and Chinook showing how to put out a fire using so-called 'Bambi buckets' :

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Belgian Sea King performing a SAR demo:

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:15
Our very first NH90, the Lynx replacement:

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The Czech demo Hind:

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One of the most impressive and noisiuest displays of the weekend, a British Eurofighter Typhoon; when it comes to agility this thing is in a class of its own!:

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The smallest aircraft of our armed forces, the Raven. 1 Meter long and a wingspan about the same. It can fly for about an hour with an electric motor and it is fitted with a camera with infrared and nightvision capabilities:

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The Spanish airforce's "patrulla ASPA' flying five EC-120 Colibri's:

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Another very impressive display, this USAF C-17:

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Sadly only flying on Friday because they had two more shows this weekend, the Red Arrows:

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:18
More Reds:

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Vickers VC-10 C.1K tanker on static display:

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The first display on Saturday, a privately owned Fouga Magister:

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A Slovak AF Aero L-39 Albatros getting ready for his display:

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The Dutch Dakota Association PH-DDZ coming in for a visit:

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A regular visitor at airshows is the P-51D 'Damn Yankee':

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:21
The two spare aircraft of the Patrouille de France getting ready to leave; the did a short show on Friday (Due to a very low cloud base) and left for another show early on Saturday:

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The Belgian Solo display F-16 in the new paintscheme called the Vortex:

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:25
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The main group of the PdF leaving; this is the #1 aircraft flown by the first female PdF commander, Virginie Guyot:

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Dutch Apache AH-64D:

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Very fast FOD crossing the runway:

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The French solo Alphajet lands after its display:

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Part of the historical flight which is based at Gilze-Rijen; because of the severe crosswind only the D-18 and Harvards flew, the Beaver, cubs etc. only taxied over the runway:

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Czech Saab Gripen taking of after the first shower of the day:

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Though I like the Gripen, it didn't impress me like the Typhoon did.

Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:30
The rain started again after the Gripen show, but slightly heavier this time... Lasted for about fifteen minutes but thankfully it was the last shower of the day:

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The traditional show after the noon break is the simulated airfield assault with every aircraft in the Dutch inventory participating. Lots of helicopters of course!:

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Next up are our two solo display aircraft; the F-16 and back after a few years is the Apache demo. First a formation of both:

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And then the Apache was put through its paces. It's not everyday you see an Apache do loops, rolls, hammerheads and deploying flares!:

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The 'Orange Lion' F-16, with a new pilot for this and next season, was next:

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:37
Back in the sky following a long repair due to a collapsed landing gear, the Spitfire Mk.IX:

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Another great classic, this Mk.6 hunter:

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Shortly after this photo was taken the Hunter deployed the brake chute but somehow it didn't unfold and the entire thing just fell on the runway; luckily the pilot did manage to stop in time!

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Another Patrulla ASPA shot:

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A fly by of the Battle of Britain memorial Flight Lancaster:

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A Spanish F/A-18 Hornet ready to make some noise:

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Landing a bit short!:

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One of my favourites, the Royal Jordanian Falcons; must be really hard to fly four of those Extra's in close formation in bad weather conditions:

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Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 04:41
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A Finnish NH-90 doing its routine:

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The C17 again, doing a very steep take-off:

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Coming in for a very short landing demonstration:



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Brakes smoking, spoilers and reversers deployed, coming to a stop within 3,000 feet:

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The last display of the weekend, the eight-ship Turkish Stars, flying six former Dutch NF-5A's and two NF-5B's; I've seen them before and they seem to get better each year:

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Thanks for looking!

will_b
June 20th, 2010, 05:31
Great pictures, beyond the Canadian Forces we don't get any foreign display teams at the shows around here.

I really like the shots of the Hind.


OT:On one of the photo forums I read there was a discussion about the esthetics of prop blur vs. having the motion 'frozen.'

I prefer a bit of blur but I was curious what other people thought.

Cees Donker
June 20th, 2010, 05:35
Impressive collection Ferry!

:ernae:

Cees

Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 05:38
OT:On one of the photo forums I read there was a discussion about the esthetics of prop blur vs. having the motion 'frozen.'

I prefer a bit of blur but I was curious what other people thought.

I prefer it too, but with a 400 mm lens it is very hard to get both motion blur on the prop and a sharp photo, at least without using a tripod. I tried it on Friday for a bit but didn't get great results. For Saturday I went for sharp photos and sacrificed a bit of motion blur.

Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2010, 05:39
Impressive collection Ferry!

Thanks Cees!

:)

JorisVandenBerghe
June 21st, 2010, 03:24
Nice set, Ferry :). Heard from another Belgian spotter that he caught a cold because of the showers...nice shot of our very own Belgian Air Component (former Belgian Air Force) F-16 demo...love the way the Gripen lift off the runway. Lovely Albatros too!

Prop-blur fan here, too :). How many stops does the IS give you, Ferry ? Two ? Three ?

jmig
June 21st, 2010, 03:44
Excellent pictures!!! So many of aircraft I never get here in the US.

Loved the FOD. Was he lunch?

Ferry_vO
June 21st, 2010, 05:42
Heard from another Belgian spotter that he caught a cold because of the showers

It's amazing to see how unprepared people come to these events even when the weather prediction is quite clear on what to expect... We always travel with at least an umbrella, full rain suit and plenty of clothes but also with sun tan lotion etc. Most weekends we need all of those!


Prop-blur fan here, too :). How many stops does the IS give you, Ferry ? Two ? Three ?

About two or three Joris; at 400 mm that means I would still need at least 1/160 or 1/250 to get a sharp photo which is still not enough to give a lot of motion blur. Also I'm using 'mode 2' which disables the IS in the panning direction.

kilo delta
June 21st, 2010, 07:05
Brilliant collection of shots, Ferry.:ernae:

I'm a fan of prop blur too....but realise just how difficult it is at 400mm. I reckon you got it just spot on with those helo shots. ;)

redriver6
June 21st, 2010, 13:45
great pics as usual Ferry:salute::medals::icon29:
looks like you get a good spot every year...

Ferry_vO
June 21st, 2010, 14:22
looks like you get a good spot every year...

It helps to get up really early.. ;)

Due to the busy traffic on Friday we arrived somewhat late and had to take a bus from the parking lot to the base too; on Saturday we arrived earlier (Less traffic) and were directed to a different parking lot right next to the base. We got a nice spot at the fence at the beginning of the runway more than an hour before the show started. Attendence was pretty good this year with 100,000 visitors on Friday and 150,000 on Saturday.

Tracon
June 22nd, 2010, 12:03
I love the photos. Nice job.

VinFlyer
June 22nd, 2010, 12:14
The rain started again after the Gripen show, but slightly heavier this time... Lasted for about fifteen minutes but thankfully it was the last shower of the day:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/GilzeRijen%202010/IMG_4823.jpg


Now this shows real character, keep taking photos even when heaven breaks open :salute: Nice pictures Ferry, looks like you had a great time as well. I also visited the show on both days, and despite the couple of heavy rain showers Saturday was the better day after all. I'm still working through all my photos, almost done with the Friday. You mind if I post a couple of pictures in this topic? I'd like to share them here if it's ok...

Ferry_vO
June 23rd, 2010, 04:04
Character? Nah, just a full rain suit, a cover for the camera (Improvised from an old plastic bag) and two umbrellas above and two in front. A very nicely improvised shelter for three. :d

Overall the weather on Saturday was better for photos but it was colder than it was on Friday. The shows on Friday were better (Except for the Lancaster!) I think, just a shame about the low cloud base.

Please go ahead and post your photos Vincent! :)

Chacha
June 23rd, 2010, 06:30
Thanks for sharing Ferrry_vo....

I love those shots....
Grabbed some for my wallpaper!

VinFlyer
June 23rd, 2010, 11:56
Well then, here some pictures I took on the Friday. I'm still working though those from Saturday but those will follow soon. (click on the pictures for larger size photo)

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Belgium F-16 demo pulling some G

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Hungarian Saab Gripen

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Czech Mi-24, I saw this demo for the last time 5 years ago also at Gilze-Rijen. Really nice.

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The impressive demo by the RAF Typhoon

VinFlyer
June 23rd, 2010, 12:01
One more Typhoon
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Gilze-Rijen, chopper-town of the RNLAF

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The title says it all...

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More orange, the Dutch "Orange Lion" F-16 demo

VinFlyer
June 23rd, 2010, 12:05
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Danish Air Force F-16 demo

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Impressive C-17 demo from the USAF, first time I saw this demo in real life

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That thing is HUGE...still it almost flies like a fighter.

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The Reds

VinFlyer
June 23rd, 2010, 12:08
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Finnish Air Force NH-90

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Patrouille de France

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And the last one for now. For more go to my photo gallery: http://foto.viny.nl/#14.0

will_b
June 23rd, 2010, 12:12
What's the trick for catching those close passes? :kilroy:

I invariably wind up with just a single A/C or else 2 tails...

JorisVandenBerghe
June 23rd, 2010, 12:28
From my experience, I'd say it's all about timing and using the burst mode (like Ferry's 7D, doing 8 fps). Also you should shoot using both eyes...and as soon as you see them closing in on each other, 'open fire' :). It also helps if you are used to the display routine of some teams and get the 'feel' of the display, I think.

will_b
June 23rd, 2010, 12:53
I just got a 7D myself and it's a whole new world with that beast of an autofocus system and burst mode.

I've had a blast shooting baseball with it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncw_alum/sets/72157624191408207/show/

But I've realized I need to get a faster zoom than the 70-300 for under the lights.




Thanks for the tips, I'll try that at the airshow next year. :salute:

Ferry_vO
June 24th, 2010, 04:17
Those close passes are indeed tricky to catch on 'film'!
I try to track the aircraft coming from the right with the camera and keep my left eye open for the aircraft coming from the left. At the moment they are close I press and hold the shutter. Even with the 8fps of the 7D it is possible to miss a good pass though!

VinFlyer
June 24th, 2010, 11:36
Those close passes are indeed tricky to catch on 'film'!
I try to track the aircraft coming from the right with the camera and keep my left eye open for the aircraft coming from the left. At the moment they are close I press and hold the shutter. Even with the 8fps of the 7D it is possible to miss a good pass though!
That's the same technique I use as well, but it depends on some good luck as well. I use the 50D which is a bit slower than the 7D. From the whole weekend that Red Arrows crossing was the only one I got. For the best crossing pictures it is best to sit at the center of the displayline, then you'll be sure they cross in front of you. Below some more pictures, now from the Saturday show. Enjoy, and for more: http://foto.viny.nl/#15.0

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