Aviation photography by John Hewitt
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Having been interested in Military aircraft since the early 70's and an Aircraft enthusiast since 1976 I have seen the changing face of Military aircraft which has not all been for the best.
I have been a member of Norfolk Aviation Group since 1978 and was the British forces editor until the demise of the NAGMAG some years ago.
My early years were spent at RAF Coltishall and it was extremely sad to see it close, but this has been a sign of the times.
Now a key member of a core group of around 10 we keep the Norfolk Aviation Group alive.
Our goals are to visit as many Military bases, Airshows, Deployments, around the world as time permits and photograph as many aircraft as we can.
I have 2 x Canon EOS-10D's and most shots are taken using a Canon 100-400IS lens.
Please take a look at the gallery and I hope you enjoy what you see.
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14th Nov 2009
to 15th Nov 2009
NELLIS AIRSHOW
Great backdrop to a great show, shame the light was not better in the morning for the flying shots.
12th Nov 2009TUSCON CORONA New
A text message from a contact in the UK told us there was a preserved F-4 @ Corona, so off we went and here it is.
12th Nov 2009TUCSON ARIZONA ANG
Having spent 4 days in the area visiting Tucson Airport each day it was time for some pictures of the locals. Weather was not as good as it had been but still some great shots.
12th Nov 2009AMARG FROM THE FENCE
AMARG from the walk of the fence plenty of shots before a dust storm from hell!
11th Nov 2009MARANA NORTHWEST NAP New
Knowing there were A-4's at this airport we took a trip there. We were given access to all area courtesy of ATW. As you can see some great pictures of some A-4's and others.
11th Nov 2009AMARG SCRAP YARDS
Shots taken from the air and fence. Any help with the 3 serials for the Coast gaurd HH-3's and all the current CH-34's in the one scrap yard welcomed.
11th Nov 2009AMARG FROM THE AIR
11 curcuits over AMARG and plenty of pictures what a fantastic flight. Sonoran wings were fantastic.
10th Nov 2009PIMA MUSEUM
Pima museum and some shots from the air thanks to Sonoran wings
10th Nov 2009AMARG FROM THE TOUR BUS
Two trips on the AMARG tour bus sitting on either side gave some great views of the storage areas. Here are just a few pictures hope you enjoy.
9th Nov 2009LUKE
Luke fantastic!
8th Nov 2009COOLRIDGE New
Coolridge well worth a visit if you are in the area. The C-130's were easy to see but ask permission first!
8th Nov 2009MESA FALCON FIELD CONFEDERATE AF MUSEUM
Mesa Falcon Field Confederate AF well worth a visit.
7th Nov 2009
to 8th Nov 2009
PHOENIX SKY HARBOUR WEEKEND VISITORS
We were told to expect weekend visitors to Sky Harbour and agian they were right 4 x F-18's in place on the Saturday folled by another 3 from Sunday and a T-6 for good measure. Fantastic.
7th Nov 2009PALM SPRING AIRPORT WEEKEND VISITORS
Palm Springs airport last place I expected to see my first T-45 and 4 off them as well great.
7th Nov 2009PHOENIX WILLIAM GATEWAY LOCALS & VISITORS
We were told there are always weekend visitors to Williams gateway and they were right.
7th Nov 2009PALM SPRINGS MUSEUM
What a fantastic museum very clean and tidy and a great back drop for external photographs.
6th Nov 2009ROSAMOND SCRAP YARD New
Having visited here back in 1997 it was nice to find this place again and take some pictures.
6th Nov 2009NASA DRYDEN
NASA Dryden very nice, you need to take the Edwards tour to see the NASA aircraft.
6th Nov 2009EDWARDS PRESERVED & MUSEUM
What a great place you have to do the tour to get the museum and preserved. The Century jets are located next to the gate and are accessible without a tour.
5th Nov 2009POINT MUGU MISSLE PARK
Another preserved F-4 and in the company of an F-14 great. F-14 158623/224 F-4 157259/129
5th Nov 2009LANCASTER USA
Another preserved F-4 and an F-18 very nice to see. F-4D 64-0952/ED F-18A N842 Ex 161214
5th Nov 2009PALMDALE MUSEUM
Light was failing when we arrived and the museum was closed all shots were taken through the fence but well worth it.
5th Nov 2009MARCH MUSEUM
Fantastic museum and with great weather the pics say it all.
4th Nov 2009DALENO USA
Stored AH-1's and a few other odds here at Daleno well worth a stop.
4th Nov 2009HICKEY PARK USA
Preserved A-4 at Hickey Park serial welcomed.
4th Nov 2009LEMOORE 2009
What a fantastic base to visit and our hosts made sure we saw all we wanted to see.
This is just the start!!!!
3rd Nov 2009TULARE USA
Another preserved F-4 and a TJ as well great. 64-0912/TJ
3rd Nov 2009BORON USA
Preserved F-4's are always welcome and this one was no exception. 66-7716/ED
19th Jul 2009FAIRFORD 2009
It was WET,WET,WET but still manged to get some reasonable pictures between the "showers" Roll on 2010.
11th Jul 2009YEOVILTON 2009
Yeovilton 2009, some nice participants shame about the weather.
5th Jul 2009WADDINTON 2009
Nice photographs at this the RAF's show for 2009!
4th Jun 2009DUXFORD
Had time on my hands and was in the area so why not, Duxford always worth a visit.
3rd Jun 2009COTTESMORE
Had some time to spare so spent a day at Cottesmore. Some nice shots on a dull and overcast day.
23rd Apr 2009SHAWBURY 2009
Shawbury visit 2009 very nice to catch up with some stored Gazelles.
5th Apr 2009CVN-71 & LYNEHAM
Theodore Roosevelt at 12.30 light not the best but well worth the shots. Then to Lynham to see the two C-2's and an E-2 very nice.
15th Jul 2008A Gazelle on a stick very unusual
Having heard a local college had done a bit of art with a Gazelle well some friends and I thought it might make a good photo and here it is.
15th Jul 2008Farnborough 2008
Following Fairford and no flying, it was good to be at Farnborough on the Tuesday. Shame no F-22.
14th Jul 2008Fairford 2008
Fairford 2008 its all been said, but it was great to get some pictures of the aircraft as they left on the Monday.
13th Jul 2008Fairford 2008 Sunday
Fairford Sunday, ticket in hand but show canceled what a shame. So sat outside and watched the day unfold and I was not disappointed.
30th Jun 2008OCEAN TIGER 08
A Fantastic show tiger c/s were a sight to see.
31st May 2008BERLIN ILA 08
Berlin ILA and with the Indian participants it was a very good show.
13th Apr 2008MILDENHALL APRIL 2008
Always nice to see 7 x C-17's in one place and a few visitors add to the enjoyment
9th Mar 2008SAFFERNBURG
Nice to get a change to visit the inside of this base, and catch up with a few gap fillers.
9th Mar 2008BRUSSELS SURPISE
Some good friends of mine thought it would be good to stand and photo civi's um civi's?, but then 2 gems passed our lenses and both were well worth a picture.
21st Oct 2007Lelystad 2007
Not the best museum I have visited but some nice Airframes all the same.
21st Oct 2007Soesterberg 2007
Very nice museum
20th Oct 2007Best 2007
Nice Museum well worth a visit
20th Oct 2007
to 21st Oct 2007
Belgium Wrecks Oct 07
TLP trip with time for a few Wrecks
19th Oct 2007TLP OCT 07
Having visited TLP many time at weekends, Time to visit a flying day and wow what a day!
10th Sep 2007Marham Saudis 2007
Nice day spent watching very rare Tornado's.
16th Jul 2007Fairford departures day 2007
Following Sunday’s trip into RIAT and getting totally soaked Monday proved far better.
15th Jul 2007FAIRFORD 2007 SUNDAY THE WET ONE
Wet and Dull Sunday at RIAT
10th Jul 2007Waddington Indians
Waddington Indians, you have seen others but here are mine.
30th Jun 2007Waddington 2007
Saturday was very wet and it was debatable if I would even take the camera out, but I did and here are some of the results. Stormy weather can be very atmospheric if you are prepared to get wet.
13th Jun 2007SUNDERLAND MUSEUM 2007
At long last I made it to this museum and it was well worth it.
26th Apr 2007Graz Museum
Austria 2007 With Graz well worth a visit
25th Apr 2007Tulln 2007
Nice few days spent in Austria with some great backdrops for photography, Tulln was a very open base with great positions for photography
24th Apr 2007Salzburg Red Bull
Austria great back drops for great photography here is Red Bull country at Salzburg
23rd Apr 2007Neuburg April 07
Nice visit to Germany during April and Neuburg good for Photography
20th Apr 2007MILDENHALL 2007
A few hours spent at this great base.
3rd Jan 2007Lakenheath 2007 late evening
Passing Lakenheath @ 15.00 in January and saw the opportunity for some interesting shots. The ISO of 800 was the only way to get any light but it does add some atmosphere.
28th Sep 2006SHAWBURY 2006
Shawbury always a good visit and a challenge with the dark hangers.
19th Sep 2006Duxford
Fantastic museum well worth a visit.
19th Aug 2006Laage 2006
Very nice German Show
18th Jul 2006Farnbourogh 2006 Trade day
Tuesday after a busy Monday at Fairford departures, nice to have a ticket and good friends to enjoy Farnborough 2006
17th Jul 2006Fairford departure day 2006
Just can't get enough of Fairford departures here is 2006
3rd Jul 2006CONNINGSBY 2006
A little time to kill so off to this "superbase"
Some good points for photography.
2nd Jul 2006Albert 2006
Very nice museum well worth a visit.
2nd Jul 2006Cambrai 2006
Nice day at the last Cambrai
1st Jul 2006Koksijde 2006
Nice and sunny here for this show shame the positions of the Aircraft were not more photogenic
21st Jun 2006BLUE ANGELS VISIT LAKENHEATH
Nice to see these transit through.
18th Jun 2006Satenas 2006
Few days in Sweden and here is the show Satenas great day and great photography opportunities
17th Jun 2006Swedish Odd Wrecks
Over for the Satenas show, and took in a few wrecks whilst in Sweden
17th Jun 2006Save Museum
Sweden again and a great undergroud museum
15th Jun 2006NORWICH MUSEUM 2006
Nice local museum and well worth a visit.
28th Apr 2006Lasham 2006
Quick early morning visit gave a chance to take a few pictures, thankfully the mist lifted!
28th Apr 2006ARBORFIELD
Very nice to visit to this location and the guide left no stone unturned.
1st Apr 2006The saddest day of all Coltishall last
Watery eyes and the clouds empty, was this an omen. No it was Cotishall last day.
22nd Oct 2005MILDENHALL 2005
Rare NASA WB-57 well worth a visit to this fantastic base.
8th Sep 2005Laupheim 2005
Great base visit with all areas visited, nice to see so many CH-53's in one place.
7th Sep 2005Schwenningen 2005
A few days in Germany and here is Schwenninggen very nice.
6th Sep 2005Koblenz 2005
This is a very interesting museum to visit, hard for photography but with gems like these worth a go.
6th Sep 2005Seifertshofen 2005
A few days in Germany and here is Seifertshofen very interesting
6th Sep 2005Sinsheim 2005
A few days in Germany and here is Sinsheim well worth a visit
5th Sep 2005Hermeskeil 2005
Excellent museum well worth a visit
4th Sep 2005Speyer 2005
Germany for a few days and here is Speyer, great museum
16th Aug 2005Lakenheath Excalibar 2005
Lakenheath Excalibar shame I did not have a digital camera for the Excalibars in the past.
16th Jul 2005Fairford 2005 Interesting Tails
Something different, some nice tail art.
2nd Jul 2005WADDINGTON 2005
Nice show with some interesting visitors [for once]
28th Jun 2005Netheravon 2005
French again wish I'd been there the first time!
27th Jun 2005T200
What a couple of days, loads of Ships and some very rare helicopters
11th Jun 2005East Fortune 2005
Time to spare on a family break so over to East Fortunes for a few pictures.
9th Jun 2005Coltishall Polish 2005
Another visit by the Polish to Coltishall and it was good to be there.
4th Jun 2005Bierset 2005
First time for a vist to Bierset show and I was not dissapointed.
24th May 2005Caernarfon 2005
Nice museum well worth a visit
1st Jan 2005
to 11th Nov 2007
Odds n Sods
Just a few odds including one I have had published.
20th Oct 2004Flixton 2004
A very nice museum tucked away in Suffolk.
23rd Aug 2004Nostalgia from Coltishall Polish deployment 2004
A very rainy start to what turned out to be one of my best days at Coltishall
26th Jul 2004Coltishall Day at a great base
A lunch break hour gave a change to visit this fantastic base, what a shame its now going to waste!
26th Jul 2004COLTISHALL 26-07-04
Always was nice to be at this wonderfull base what a shame!!!
19th Jul 2004Fairford departures 2004
Always a good day to be at Fairford if you can survive the rush! Here is 2004
3rd Jul 2004Charlwood 2004
Nice place to visit as long as you have asked first.
17th May 2004Nordholz 2004
Nice base & museum visit before the Atlantics dispanded.
16th May 2004Berlin Gatow
What a museum, well worth a visit
16th May 2004Merseburg 2004
Very interesting musuem and well worth a visit.
14th May 2004HUBSCHRAUBER MUSEUM
Following a base visit to Buckeburg dropped into this great museum
13th May 2004Fassberg 2004
A great visit to Fassberg
10th May 2004Buckenburg 2004
Nice visit to this base and some very nice pictures to go withit.
28th Apr 2004Baldonnel 2004
A fantastic visit by NAG to a very welcoming airbase.
3rd Jan 2004
to 1st Apr 2006
Asst Jaguar Pics from Coltishall
Living so close to this fantastic base gave me the chance to take a few Jaguar pics.
19th May 2002Cazaux 2002
In France for Dax and Cazaux shows and A-4's everywhere great.
18th May 2002Dax 2002
France 2002 Dax & Cazaux shows in two days.
16th May 2002Pau 2002
A base visit to Pau shame the hangers were not as well lite coz the pics are not good to download.
19th Sep 2001Romania Constanta 2001
Romania trip for the IAT organised show @ Constanta very interesting, these are scanned photos so the quality may not be all that good.
23rd Aug 2001Otopeni Museum 2001
Romania for Constanta and why not take in a few wrecks
1st Jan 2001
to 28th Dec 2005
AMCI visitors over the years
Visitors to Waddington I have photographed over the years
6th Sep 2000Volkel 2000
I remember this as one of the wettest shows I have visited, but well worth it.
18th Oct 1997
to 19th Oct 1997
Edwards 1997
Edwards 1997 2 days spent here and some fantastic pictures, hope you enjoy these.
24th May 1997Mildenhall Show 1997
Remember Mildenhall shows well heres a good one.
Mildenhall visitors over the years
So many visitors to Mildenhall over the years and so many pictures hope you enjoy
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