Aviation photography and astrophotography

Koksijde International Airshow 2011

Highlights of the Koksidje Airshow in Belgium on 6th July 2011.  Celebrating fifty years of the Belgian Air Force, this was a huge event in front of a relatively small crowd.

The Turkish Stars fast jet display team. The Turkish Stars fast jet display team. The last venue for the USAF Thunderbirds' European tour. The last venue for the USAF Thunderbirds' European tour.
F16 and Spitfire. Patrouille de France. Sokoi search and rescue helicopter of the Czeck Air Force. RAF Tornado GR4.

Duxford Autumn Air Show 2011

The Duxford Air Show on 16th October 2011 closed the air show season in the UK.

First public display the Gloster Meteor WA591 at Duxford. F16 of the Belgian Air Force. F16 of the Belgian Air Force. Supermarine Spitfire at Duxford.

Dunsfold Wings and Wheels 2011

A selection of my photographs taken at the Dunsfold Wings and Wheels show on 29th August 2011, including a rare Hawker formation of a Sea Fury and a Hunter.

The Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance, based at Dunsfold. Miss Demeanour - Jonathon Whaley's Hawker Hunter. Hawker Hunter and Sea Fury formation. The Hawker Hunters of Team Viper.
Guy Westlake and his glider. P-51 Mustang - Ferocious Frankie. North American Sabre. Flyby of a Spitfire following a one minute silence for Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging of the Red Arrows.

Airbus A380

My photographs of the Airbus A380.

Kemble Battle of Britain Air Show 2010. Kemble Battle of Britain Air Show 2010. Hawker Hunter and Sea Fury formation. The first A380 landing at Gatwick (diverted from Heathrow). 10th August 2008.

AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers

The Wingwalkers of AeroSuperBatics performing on their Boeing Stearmans during the 2011 air show season.

Bird's Superwoman pose. Opposition manoeuvre. At Dunsfold Wings and Wheels 2011. Eastbourne 2011 - Shoreham is that way!

Astrophotography

My photographs of planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies taken at my observatory in Sussex.

M27 - a planetary nebula in the constellation of the fox. Changes to Jupiter over 12 days in October 2011. The waxing gibbous moon of 7th October 2011. Open Cluster M52 and the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia.
The Triangulum Galaxy (M33). The Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Lunar eclipse - December 2011. The Flame and Horsehead nebulae in Orion.
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The Orion Nebula and Running Man Nebula (M42, M43, NGC 1977). Mars - February 2012. Two galaxies colliding - The Whirpool Galaxy and NGC5195.

Recently added

Published in Sky at Night Magazine April 2012.  Northern Lights over Iceland.

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33).

The Lunar Eclipse in December 2011.

Lunar eclipse - December 2011.

The blue mountains of Iceland.

Taken from the edge of the North American tectonic plate in Iceland, looking across to Europe.

The London Eye.

The London Eye.

The Vickers VC-10 at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford.

The Vickers VC-10 at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford.

The Patrouille de France displaying at Koksijde, Belgium in July 2011.

The Patrouille de France displaying at Koksijde, Belgium in July 2011.

Stonehenge, Wiltshire.

Stonehenge.

The Colosseum, Rome.

The Colosseum, Rome.

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