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By Dave Lockwood
With this years Spotters Day being such a success it couldn’t get any better could it? With some
trepidation we moved to the Mountains of the Peloponnese in search of low flying aircraft.
Whilst the first week of the exercise proved to be fruitful, the second hadn’t with a combinat...
By Dave Lockwood
Returning to Andravida for a third Iniochos Spotters Day, I spent the week nervously looking at the
weather forecast. The previous two trips had involved Saharan dust, a thunderstorm and a mighty
deluge, that I’m surprised I still haven’t dried out from.
Packing wet weather gear for...
By Wayne Kenward
Using Your Synology NAS with Lightroom Classic – Part 4
If you haven’t already done it, sign up to the COAP Academy, Rich and Tom will cover the Lightroom catalogue and folder structures.Â
Lightroom Catalogue and Images
It is critical the Lightroom catalogue runs on a local dr...
By Wayne Kenward
Accounts, Mobile Apps and Desktop Apps
Synology Account - https://account.synology.com/ Set up an account, you will need this to register you NAS and manage support tickets and subscription or licences.  Also, the NAS and some services need this to work.
Synology Active Insights...
By Wayne Kenward
If you haven’t already ready my blog “Image Storage Guide”, please read it first.
Blog: Image Storage Guide | COAP Online
This blog is a follow on to the “Image Storage Guide” and covers selecting a Synology NAS, connection, configuration and some ideals on how to work with a Syn...
By Hayman Tam
Warbird fans and aviation history fans were undoubtedly aware of the recent final journey of the last great American seaplane, the Martin JRM-3 Mars “Philippine Mars”. On February 9th the Philippine Mars touched down safely in San Francisco Bay after a 4.5 hr flight from British Colu...
By Aled Phillips
Well, what a start to the year it’s been! Seems as though as soon as the January blues had set in, the photo market exploded with lots of exciting new products to get our inspiration whirring and our wallets shivering in fear!Â
Sony
Sony announced their FE 400-800mm f6.3-8 G OSS ...
By Keiran Wilkinson
Ever wished you could travel back in time and photograph iconic aircraft in their prime? COAP Wings makes that dream a reality. I recently attended their Lightning Preservation Group shoot at Bruntingthorpe, featuring the mighty English Electric Lightnings expertly preserved. Le...
By Kev Baxter
The song rang in full voice throughout the Bar at the RAF Leuchars’, predictably well-oiled, Happy Hour, “Give to me your hand Fraulein, your lily-white hand Fraulein, for tonight we fly against England; England, England’s island shores, island shores, island shores…” and then somethi...
By Wayne Kenward
One big issue of shooting air to air, and in some instances ground to air, is giving you subject room to fly. The image below is so typical of an air-to-air shot, the horizon isn’t level due to the banking if the photo ship and as the aircraft is so close, you had to shoot wide an...
By Hugo Pech
 Red flag exercises began in 1975 to provide United States Air Force pilots and weapons specialists with a safe training environment to perform mock combat missions. Today, many U.S. allies take part in these powerful training exercises. During the Vietnam War, U.S. pilots lacked air...
By Bradley Rogers
Sunday 25th August saw Bruntingthorpe once again throw open its doors for a fourth all-teams public open day. Like the Cold War Jets Open Days of old, it took place on the traditional Sunday of the August bank holiday, which saw 117 lucky people indulge in a jet fuelled day. The c...
