Ah, you were present when JG7 Wilhelm Pieck decided to cut up its fleet of almost 50 MiG-21's. I've seen pictures at the time in Flugrevue, but that you were there... Wow! I guess all the MiG-21SPS you pictured were scrapped there soon. Do you have more pictures? Grazzie!
Als ik eens een knuppel in een hoenderhok mag gooien; ik lees soms met verbazing hoe sommigen na een open dag of spotterdags met 'tweeduizend foto's' of '10gb volgeschoten' thuis komen? Dan heb je toch alles in het wildeweg gefotografeerd zonder eerst te 'kijken'? Of vergis ik mij? Voorbeeld; in Iz...
Kees, wat een kloppend en top-geschreven verhaal! Ik herken me er natuurlijk ook erg in. Begonnen met een Praktica B100 en heel lang de Minolta X300 met steeds beter glaswerk (wat was dat een topcamera!). Nu aan de Nikon met 5000d en 90d. Wat er vóór de lens te zien is, is steeds minder geworden. Ma...
It's like art. Some things you like, some things don't. I think these pictures are terrific, very dominant and full of (e)motion. Maybe after 15-20 of these it's too much for me (like eating caviar on a daily basis), but that's the same after 15-20 50mm flightline pictures. I'm not really into the n...
Very nice pictures, but what's with the swastikas on #9 ? Kill markings. Shows how many German planes the aircraft has shot down, guessing these are fictitious though :) Indeed, around March 1945, P-51D 44-73419 went (by ship) to the 8th Air Force. Before it was active over Germany, not many Luftwa...
Oooh... Jandarma... Saw them beating up a guy at a cafe in '89, he did not want to pay the bill. Glad they're into the 21st century now.. Things have changed a little bit since then, I guess; wouldn't have tried this in those days... His would not have been possible in 1989... :respect: We had to h...
My wife always tell me to wear the camera belt. I obey, but I'm just married for a year.
Looking at these pictures, one thing comes to mind... Spotters ain't beauties....Or maybe their outfit doesn't do them well.
Leaving politics aside, it's a big achievement that they still seem to operate the type, some 30 years after the start of the embargo. Google Earth shows 10 F-14's on the last image of 2009 at Isfahan. So they're still working with the Tomcat, although I have the impression (also based upon older vi...