Belgian F-16 & Swiss F-18 demojets air-to-air

Aviation PhotoCrew · Post by **Aviation PhotoCrew** » 17 Jan 2011, 14:42

Hello again,

we like to share some pictures with you we've made last year during what was certainly the 'hottest' photoflight ever! The weather was cruel at 34 degrees! C ,

, and unfortunately the sky was also filled with quite some haze.

But of course we didn't say no to an opportunity to catch the new Belgian F-16 demojet inflight, and definitely not because also the swiss friends would join us with their very cool F-18's. Both demoteams made their ferryflight to the Belgian Airforce airshow at Beauvechain airbase.

grrrr, haze haze at 7000 feet: the postprocessing was more something of a rape to make the F-16 look like a pretty bird...

the spare jet flying over the Pampa Range, with the special blue euh 'suitcase'

of course this is what we had in mind, a unique duoshot of two demojets as a twoship!

A very pleasant premiere for all the photographers in the Skyvan, that F-18 looks really very nice...I can't say the same about the ever ugly Belgian backgrounds

Well, we do actually have some bits of green without to many houses

love to do that again in Switzerland tough...

More photos can be found on our website.

Greetz, Eric

http://www.aviation-photocrew.com

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » 17 Jan 2011, 14:48

just yummie!!!
(last one in particular really shows the beautiful lines of the Hornet)

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 17 Jan 2011, 14:58

grrrr, haze haze at 7000 feet: the postprocessing was more something of a r@pe to make the F-16 look like a pretty bird...

Well, it did pay off in the end!

...I can't say the same about the ever ugly Belgian backgrounds

You should try and find beautiful Dutch backgrounds. That's even harder than in your country...

I wouldn't mind you trying though.

ehusmann · Post by **ehusmann** » 17 Jan 2011, 15:40

How low where you flying for this shoot? That Hornet seems really low...
And too bad there is good picture of the demo F-16 like that spare for example.

Erwin

Sines · Post by **Sines** » 17 Jan 2011, 17:16

Hello,

Wrong place in the forum. Pics older than six months should be elsewhere.

Bye

Key · Post by **Key** » 17 Jan 2011, 17:28

Sines wrote:Wrong place in the forum. Pics older than six months should be elsewhere.

Off by two weeks I think, but true. Therefore moved.

Erik

Redskin301 · Post by **Redskin301** » 17 Jan 2011, 18:59

Nice stuff

Andras · Post by **Andras** » 17 Jan 2011, 20:26

Oh almost forgot: Great stuff, hope i get a chance somewhere in the future, looking forward to it in advance! Somehwere, somehow

In the first picture the trailing F-16 (between the smoke) is waiting his turn probably..

Greetz,

Kleintje Pils · Post by **Kleintje Pils** » 17 Jan 2011, 21:26

I love the last shot Eric!

vuurwerkreeshof · Post by **vuurwerkreeshof** » 17 Jan 2011, 23:12

The pics itself are very very nice, only the bird in the upper left corner and the name of ericcoeckelberghs.com in right corner beneath of the pics ruin the pics a little bit

Aviation PhotoCrew · Post by **Aviation PhotoCrew** » 18 Jan 2011, 01:03

Thank you all for the kind comments

and apologies for the link to our website; just read the guidelines for the first time actually

....but I can find anything about not posting photos older then six months.

I guess I can post more of our pictures in the thematical thread?

Ooh, and to be clear to anyone; we just wanna share some of our cool photos with you we've made in the 2010 season

just like I enjoy many other great photos by many other photographers!

greetz, Eric

Aviation PhotoCrew · Post by **Aviation PhotoCrew** » 18 Jan 2011, 01:07

ehusmann wrote:How low where you flying for this shoot? That Hornet seems really low...
And too bad there is good picture of the demo F-16 like that spare for example.

Erwin

Not too low, it's the effect of a zoomlens

; it was basiclly the only layer with no hazy air...and right about the demo F-16: at 7000 feet we were almost flying in the 'fog'...luckely we got another chance in september.

greetz, Eric

Key · Post by **Key** » 18 Jan 2011, 10:41

Umptieth discussion archived. Let me point out a few simple board rules to ALL:

- By signing up for your account here, you agreed to have read and act according the Basic rules.
- Basic rule C.7: Postings with the sole intention to promote web pages outside the Scramble domain will only be allowed in the dedicated "Your Website" forum. But in this forum only aviation related websites will be allowed.
- Basic rule C.8: Do not post complaints about other postings or users on this Board, but send a private message to the Moderator of the forum or use the report function (exclamation mark in lower right corner).

Not acting according the rules can lead to a warning, or even a ban. The moderators decide on all of these matters.
Finally, there are additional Forum rules on the top of this and other pages, making a lot clear.

Erik

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