Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')
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Clavileño
very impressive, from what distance do your agents shoot at the engine. It looks rather dangerous to be so close if they returned fire, especially with a shotgun.
nw
very impressive, from what distance do your agents shoot at the engine. It looks rather dangerous to be so close if they returned fire, especially with a shotgun.
nw
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End of august, Cote d'Azur
Overview of Le Castellet Race track
Clear day in Gap (at 10.000ft). Notice the black cloud at the horizon, I think the Swiss were practicing flak...
L'Alp d'Huez and Mont Blanc (at 12.000ft)
Port Grimaud at Sun Set
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A Day with the Santa Ana Police Orange County CA.
The Santa Ana Police Dept. patrols the cities of Santa Ana, Newport Beach and Costa Mesa using three EC120 Colibri's designated Eagle 1, 2 & 3.
Sgt. Jeff Van Es, Santa Ana PD Chief Pilot
Russ Eastman, mechanic with the SAPD air unit (ALES) based at John Wayne airport
The aircraft carry the American bald eagle on their tail
Jeff Van Es reflected in the FLIR camera lens
Tactical Flight Officer Ryan Walker prepares for an evening mission over Orange County
TFO's use GPS maps to monitor, track and reference their patrol work
FLIR image from 'Eagle 1'
Rob Dimel (pilot) and Ryan Walker patrol the OC at night
The nightsun trained on an incident over Cost Mesa
Rob Dimel gently dives the Colibri out of an observation pattern and heads to John Wayne to conclude the evening's mission
A tribute to the Airborne Law Enforcement Services team.
HM
Sgt. Jeff Van Es, Santa Ana PD Chief Pilot
Russ Eastman, mechanic with the SAPD air unit (ALES) based at John Wayne airport
The aircraft carry the American bald eagle on their tail
Jeff Van Es reflected in the FLIR camera lens
Tactical Flight Officer Ryan Walker prepares for an evening mission over Orange County
TFO's use GPS maps to monitor, track and reference their patrol work
FLIR image from 'Eagle 1'
Rob Dimel (pilot) and Ryan Walker patrol the OC at night
The nightsun trained on an incident over Cost Mesa
Rob Dimel gently dives the Colibri out of an observation pattern and heads to John Wayne to conclude the evening's mission
A tribute to the Airborne Law Enforcement Services team.
HM
Chief Bottle Washer
Heliport mentioned a while back we should post pictures taken from our machines, so here goes my first one.
That quote is from Blender Pilot, in his first post on this, the most successful thread on PPRuNe. Its intent and purpose has always been personal photos: not random selections from the internet
Senior Pilot
I posted this reminder only a few weeks ago. We can all trawl the internet for photos these days, but what has made this thread unique is that the pictures here are all taken by Rotorheads in their day jobs
Please enjoy the thread, and contribute with your photos taken from around the world. If you have problems with hosting then there is plenty of advice already available: or just ask
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Night shots around Boston
I did a project in 2008 to do some night photography from the helicopter. I tried film and by the time I pushed the film fast enough to get rid of any rotor shake, the grain was like basketballs. Likewise my first digital SLR was simply not fast enough. I got one of the earlier Nikon D3s and shot these pictures. You can see all of them, and at larger sizes, here:
Zenfolio | Paul Cantrell | Nighttime Aerial Boston
but I'm putting a few of them directly here...
Christian Science Church Boston:
Prudential Center Plaza:
State Street Bank:
This is looking back at Ft. Point Channel - Logan airport is directly behind us:
People skating on the Frog Pond:
and the Zakim Cable Stay bridge (everybody seems to like this shot
Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay:
The famous Citgo sign in Back Bay, which coincidentally is where I studied photography (New England School of Photography).
And finally the R44 we shot this from (and believe me it was cold shooting with the door off) - it was about -4C (24F) that night! I couldn't use my gloves while shooting so the wind chill was really bad.
Sorry it's more scenery than helicopters - I'll have to do a night air-to-air shoot sometime!
Paul
Zenfolio | Paul Cantrell | Nighttime Aerial Boston
but I'm putting a few of them directly here...
Christian Science Church Boston:
Prudential Center Plaza:
State Street Bank:
This is looking back at Ft. Point Channel - Logan airport is directly behind us:
People skating on the Frog Pond:
and the Zakim Cable Stay bridge (everybody seems to like this shot
Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay:
The famous Citgo sign in Back Bay, which coincidentally is where I studied photography (New England School of Photography).
And finally the R44 we shot this from (and believe me it was cold shooting with the door off) - it was about -4C (24F) that night! I couldn't use my gloves while shooting so the wind chill was really bad.
Sorry it's more scenery than helicopters - I'll have to do a night air-to-air shoot sometime!
Paul
Last edited by Paul Cantrell; 28th Dec 2010 at 15:32.
