Aviation Photography Blogs

By Lee Matthews

I can’t believe it’s been over a month since that final 3-ship, my FINI flight and a day I had to wave farewell to the mighty Hercules.

Though what a day it was, I had a full compliment of kit, both stills and video and pre-planned to sit on an echelon aircraft (OMEN2) with a colle...

By Jason Gore

Let’s be honest, the days at events like RIAT are long enough. Most people are queuing up long before the gates open at 0730, and some are still walking about when they’re reminded to “get out!”. So what would you say to being able to get in 2 hours before everyone, walk the statics a...

By Raimo Roonet

[Recap] At the end of April I finally returned from a “little” relentless pursuit of my own, having spent nearly a month in Florida with my wife and kid.

How to plan a month-long family trip across the pond to Florida? Squeeze in three airshows and a museum or two plus a night shoo...

By Richard Bryant

I had read the “Fête Aérienne Le Temps Des Helices” is one of the go to events on the airshow calendar. The show name translates to “Air Festival The Time of the Propellers”. This event takes place annually during the Pentecost weekend around the end of May. 

Having never been I ...

By Mathew Foster Thorn

After the announcement of The Blades being disbanded back at the start of the year, I hatched an idea to try and capture the final display of The Blades over at Sywell (thankfully only a 10 minute drive from home), this meant keeping an eye on the Facebook groups and checking...

By Joe Copalman

By Bradley Rogers

On Saturday 17th June I embarked on my latest Relentless Pursuit in aviation. It was Friday evening that I learned of a possible early morning x2 ship departure, of the currently RAF Fairford based, Rockwell B-1B Lancers. As it happened it would also fall on the day of Shuttlewort...

By Raimo Roonet

(Recap) At the end of April I finally returned from a "little" relentless pursuit of my own, having spent nearly a month in Florida with my wife and kid.

How to plan a month-long family trip across the pond to Florida? Squeeze in three airshows and a museum or two plus a night sho...

By Mark Edwards

Ever since the 26^th August 1912, when a pilot named Jean Benoit landed his aircraft on the beach in St Aubin’s Bay as part of a race from St. Malo, the beautiful island of Jersey has enjoyed a strong connection with the world of aviation.  Evidence of the aviation heritage on the is...

By Alan Bland

Having been a frequent (does 5 or 6 times a year count?) visitor to Lakenheath over the last 40 years, I decided it was high time to check out the day dubbed ‘quick climb Friday’ It took a while for the planets to align, (able to get time off work, the weather, runway 06 departure and...

By Raimo Roonet

I have just returned to the Estonian Aviation Museum for the annual Estonian Aviation Days. The event that at some point was like a tradition to me, calling me in every year, like a pilgrimage. This is also the event that started to steer me into aviation photography, culminating wi...

By Keiran Wilkinson

It’s been a few years since 2020 when I built my current website, and I thought it was time to finally build a dedicated website for my photography. Over the years I’ve tried different things like branding as “Fly By Code” or mixing it in with my professional portfolio site and ...