The best hobby in the world...
Aviation Photography Blogs
Written by COAP Online members
By Dave Griffiths
Next week I’ll be moving to a new PC, so will need to transfer Lightroom Classic along with thousands of images. I thought I had a good idea of what is involved, but did some research nonetheless. The attached PDF is the best I’ve come across. It’s very thorough and mentions some ...
By Dave Lockwood
We all have them, for some of us it’s the chase of capturing ‘that’ plane in flight or collecting serial numbers. I have a new one though and it’s something I can’t quite figure out why, patches.
I’ve spent far too much in recent months at events, trawling eBay, obscure websites f...
By Richard Bryant
My Air Defender 2023 Experience – 19th to 23rd June, 2023
With the announcement the ANG were sending A10’s for Air Defender I decided I should explore going to Germany.
This would be my first military exercise since 2017. And my first time in Germany on holiday. We agreed to fiv...
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
Ahoy! First blog post for me.
I had the most fun I’ve had behind a lens in a long time last night.
I went down to the Pima Air and Space Museum with my hombre Judd Slivka for the museum’s ‘Night Wings’ event yesterday to get some photos to help reinforce a few of the co
...
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 26th 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...
