Ned's Image Thread
 

Chatting with Senior Pilot and thought it might be good to start posting a thread of some of my images from the various shoots I do, sort of add some eye candy to the Rotorheads.

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Stunning looking 427 I shot the other day in Nashville, TN.

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Privately owned VIP Bell 429 I was lucky enough to shoot near Nashville, TN recently.
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Always fun playing with the setting sun - Collier County Sheriffs brand new Bell 429 off the coast of Naples, FL.
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Collier County Bell 429 and their Bell UH-1H which has a pretty cool Vietnam War history.

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This was from a shoot I did with the team at Starspeed in the UK - considering how many different helo types we had it actually went ok.

Glad to see this thread....and your photos.....always enjoyed your photographic work!:ok:

Thanks Sasless - I am privileged to get to shoot some amazing machines doing amazing things with some great crews around the world. Will try and regularly add to this thread - got a few images :)


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This was a fun shoot with some VIP AW139s in Dubai. Took a couple of passes along the dunes to nail it but happy with the end result.
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One of 3 Sqn RNZAF NH90s waiting to pick up some customers late one evening.
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On one of my many visits to Afghanistan - I would always stand out on the ramp at sunset and capture images of the helos coming back to base or heading off on a mission. This was a USAF Pavehawk coming back from picking up an IED victim.

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From a shoot I did with ERA Helicopters in Alaska. They were doing some trials of the AW139 with sling loads. Was quite fun to see.

Always like your images and recall the thread some years ago which was a "screen saver" and calendar. Still looking at the May 2019 one each day! :ok:

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On the way to work one morning with Jay in the Lama that used to be based up north in New Zealand.
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Gulf Helicopters AW189 and S92 that I got to shoot out over the desert in Qatar.

Fantastic Pics as always Ned :ok:

Thanks Ned - great idea and brilliant pics - should have done it years ago!

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From a shoot in South Korea with the DustOff UH-60s that work around the DMZ with North Korea.
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Back when Everett Aviation and Bristow were teamed up and operating to a drilling ship offshore of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.
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Gulf Helicopters S-92 out in the desert towards the Saudi border. We played around in the sunset for a while to get some cool shots.

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Here is one that has some history to it. I am the one in the grey shirt - the guy beside me who was our interpreter in Afghanistan between 2006-2009 is Ahmad Shah Massood. His father was the Lion of Panjir and ran the Northern Alliance before being killed by the Taliban. Ahmad Shah went on to become a politician in Afghanistan and now runs the National Resistance Front in the Panjir Valley and is fighting the Taliban. From time to time I would keep in touch with him - amazing person.

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Friend operates this S-76 in NZ and we were recently doing some shots around NZ for their new VIP charter business. This one was up around some of the glaciers on the southern alps.
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Ten days ago over in Colorado shooting Mountain Blade Runners K-Max. Cool looking machine this one.
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Rod Lewis's Bell 429 alongside one of his many warbirds - a Bell AiraCobra.

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Couple of CT Officers from Nitra, Slovakia as we did a shoot with the Govt operated Bell 429.
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Couple of Huey IIs from the US State Dept INL Air Wing. Did a bunch of trips over to Afghanistan to work with these crews.
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On the ground in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Thys Potgieter out herding some Rhinos so they could dart them and put trackers in their horns and in turn help keep them away from poachers.

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A USAF crew about to leave Kandahar to go and pick up a medevac case from TK. This was a common sight on the ramp in Kandahar.
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Another shot of Thys Potgieter and Doc about to dart a Rhino so they could put a transmitter into its horn and keep them away from poachers.
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HH-60G coming back into Kandahar late one afternoon.

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From a shoot off the UK south coast a few years ago.
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Michael Kadoories MD520N I shot over Hong Kong harbour back in the day.

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Always fun shooting with Air Zermatt. This day we took the Bell 429 out for some hoisting shots up on one of the crevasses.

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One of Erickson Air Cranes S-64s taking a powerline tower out to its site during the Sunrise Powerline Project near San Diego.
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The Erickson S-64 approaching the bottom half of the pylon to attach its section to the top.

What are the odds that the blades on the two Hueys in post 14 would come out with both sets of blades exactly fore and aft?

More dumb luck than anything LOL

What is your favourite helicopter out of all you have flown in/taken pictures of Ned?

For pure unadulterated fun it would have to be an MD500D. As a camera platform the Bell 407 and 429 are brilliant as is the 5 Bladed H145 which I got to use as a camera ship in Oman recently. For a machine that is just pure bad ass - then MH-47G wins hands down.

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In the valleys of Maui while out shooting with Windward Aviation and their MD500s.
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Skywork Helicopters AS350B3 out spraying early one morning in Northland, New Zealand
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This was a fun shoot - out offshore in a couple of MH-60Rs. Bit daunting when every direction you look all you see is water. Was flying with HSM-75

As soon as I saw the title of this thread I knew it would be good, really good, well done and Thank You Ned!

Always welcome Sir - glad to share images of this great industry with others. Opens up the rest of the heli world to those who work in one segment and dont get to see what else is out there.

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One of Starspeeds VIP Bell 429s out over some English countryside.
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Shooting Blackcomb Helicopters B2 as they were out heli-biking near Squamish, BC
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Hawaii Helicopters are a division of Blue Hawaiian and run some B2s, here one having a close look at some flowing Lava on the Big Island.

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One of Siller Bros S61s working on the Station Fire back in 2009.
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Lot of helos used for keeping the air moving during frost protection in Marlborough, New Zealand. EC130 early one morning.
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From a shoot with the HH101 CSAR in Italy back when they were painted black, think they are now painted grey.

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Out shooting with ERA Helicopters near Juneau one day - ice walls made for some spectacular backdrops.
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VIP owned AW139 I shot way back in the day before the Palm was complete.
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Spent a few days with the S-76D crews up in Leadville, CO during their high alt testing program.

Brilliant photos, Ned! I love reading the captions under each one to see what was going on.

Thanks and trying to make it uniform for all my posts - images same size and then captions under each one.

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Up in the French Alps with Pascal Brun from CMBH Helicopters and his H125.
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This was with NSW Police Air Wing and their Bell 412 as well as a couple of the K9 handlers. Had another Police Officer behind me winding up the dogs.
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On the Sunset Blvd helipad in LA with Larry Welk and Aaron Fitzgerald for some fun early evening shots.

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Out at Twentynine Palms with an AH-1Z of HMLA-169 during a shoot we did. Here its with a couple of M1 Abrams.
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From a few days spent with CBP Air & Marine Operations down in Puerto Rico. This was one of their UH-60Ms they had.

Great stuff, thanks Ned, keep 'em coming! Nice to see the interloping fixed wing Bell too, used to be at Duxford just for a short while.

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Heli Logging over on Vancouver Island with VIH Helicopters Kamov KA32
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Oldie from when Heli Dubai started ops with the AW109s. Couple of them in front of the Burj during one of our air to air shoots.
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Sitting in the door of a Huey II operated by the US State Dept INL Air Wing out in the Helmand Valley of Afghanistan.

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Shot this EC135 when out with the NSW Police Air Wing.
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Back in the day of ERA Helicopters when they had the S-92. Was a fun shoot with such a big machine.
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Shooting in the crystal clear waters of Sardinia is always fun - here it was with a brand new Bell 407GX at the time.

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Out with Pascal Brun from CMBH in the French mountains. He has two stunning looking H125s each with its own unique paint scheme.
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Couple of Cabris from Christchurch Helicopters in New Zealand - one being flown by All Black great Richie McvCaw.
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HeliSika's MD530F that they had prior to it being sold. Was out at Port Waikato shooting this day.

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This one is more of a find the helo - shot this on the 2019/2020 fire season in East Gippsland, Victoria. On this day everything turned to crap. Not enough aircraft and some massive fire fronts. Here you can see Firehawk Helicopters UH-60 dwarfed by the fire front.

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An EC155 I shot some time ago when Heli Air Monaco operated it. Think it was owned by the Royal Family down there.
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One of Heli Austria's EMS 902s on a cold wintery day in Austria. Spent a few hours chasing them around the mountains.
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VIP AW109 I shot on a trip to the UK some time ago. I love shooting around the UK as there are some stunning castles that can be used as backdrops.

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ArchAngel Aviation in Florida used to use this Bell 412 to train USAF PJs and other law enforcement agencies.
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We had this Bell 505 in NZ for a short period of time doing ag work.
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One of my most fav images from the Canberra firestorms. This was a town called Uriarra as it was burning.
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An S76 I shot long time ago in the UK - back in the original Starspeed days I think.

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AW139 from Lee on Solent I think it was during a shoot I did way back when.


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Stornoway based S-92. Got to shoot with some awesome people on this visit. Even got hoisted down onto the ferry.


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A Lama that was based in Northland, NZ and used on ag work.