Nice pics! The B707 is a recent addition, arriving last November. It was good to see Swartkop active again, seems to have been for the last 3 years already. Last time I was there it was about to close as an operational base. 17sq is based there nowadays with the Oryx and A109E LUH helicopters. But i...
Hi all, my first go at posting on Youtube. It's a 28 second clip of an Oryx helicopter taking off and performing a flyby at the SAAF museum at Swartkop AFB, South Africa. I shot this two weeks ago while on vacation in South Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jjQiRnCmWU" onclick="window.open(thi...
Geen UV-of ander filter op de lens en ook eigenlijk nooit een zonnekap. Het is gewoon een kwestie van goed met je spullen omgaan. In de 20 en een beetje jaar dat ik nu fotografeer nog nooit een kras op een lens gemaakt. Ik heb het voordeel van een UV-filter nooit gezien en wil het verder qua foto's ...
This photo has been borrowed from the RAF website. Unfortunately the photo resolution is a bit low for my cinema display, but when you sit back about a meter it looks very impressive...
The spot is not hard to find, when you are there figure it out........ but it is a tricky spot, you are vissible for the police and they don't like you there. No problems with guards/police as I see the runway shots taken towards the base No problems, we where checked several time's by the german s...
Als je met consumentenproducten op reis gaat zul je niet zo snel gelazer krijgen met de douane (in NL en buitenland), of je moet echt pech hebben. Bonnetjes, of kopietjes daarvan is vaak voldoende. Met professionele apparatuur kan dat heel anders liggen. Maar dan wel als je naar landen buiten de EU ...
Oh yes, the credit crunch! Heard about that one.... :lol: Lucky Norwegians... Anyway I hope we'll get the correct answer in the next issue... Thanks for your reply Jurgen!! Otherwise another nice issue, albeit a bit thinner than normal. Did like the South American tripreport very much. CU! Richard.
One remark on this issue. In the Norwegian Military news section it is mentioned that the NorAF has sold 15 F-5s to the USA for 560 million dollars. Where do you get that amount from? According to Norwegian newspapers, the transaction is worth 100 million Norwegian Kronars, which is about 12 million...