Rodney Martins' Aviation Pictures
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Since the late seventies I have been interested in all things to do with aviation. My teenage years were spent mainly at RAF Coltishall, which was until recently one of the oldest Battle of Britain stations in the UK. Sadly the airfield has now closed and been consigned to the history books but it certainly provided some interesting aircraft during the eighties especially.
My current camera equipment consists of two Canon EOS 400D bodies plus a 17-85IS lens and a 100-400IS lens. Prior to that I had a Canon 350D and an Olympus C4000Z.
My wet film camera was a Pentax MG with a 70-300 Hoya lens.
Please check back as I will be adding to the site on a regular basis.
I hope you enjoy looking at my pictures.
Cheers
Rod
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Most Recent Collections
00 - Nato Tiger Meet 2009 - Kleine Brogel - 18th Sept. 2009 (52 images)
Superb weather! Superb aircraft and schemes!
01 - Mildenhall - Based and visiting aircraft through the years (149 images) Updated
A selection of the visitors and also some based aircraft at Mildenhall in the past 30 years.
02 - Mildenhall - Air Fete Pictures (52 images)
It is such a shame that this event is no longer part of the calendar, however it is understandable as the world has changed so much. I will never forget the sights, sounds and smells of what I regarded as one of the highlights of the aviation year. Enjoy!
03 - Tactical Leadership Programme - Florennes (125 images)
TLP as it is known has been at Florennes in Belgium since March 1989. This has provided excellant opportunties for the enthusiast to photograph some air forces aircraft which do not normally frequent Western Europe. Unfortunately the TLP will move to Albacete in Spain during 2009 so bringing to an end, 20 years of TLP in Belgium. Within this collection you will find some of my own memories from TLP. Enjoy!
04 - Stokes Bay United States Navy aircraft carrier visits (31 images)
Over the years several of America's nuclear powered aircraft carriers have docked in Stokes bay near Gosport and the Isle of Wight. Here are some of my pictures.
05 - Royal International Air Tattoo (214 images) Updated
Officially according to the Guniness Book of World Records RIAT 2003 at Fairford was the "worlds largest military airshow" I will be adding considerably to this section with the old IAT's and also IAS which was held at Bournemouth a couple of times. Of course RIAT was held at Cottesmore in the early noughties as well.
Three words describe this event. SIMPLY THE BEST!!
For more on the history, facts etc check out the official website http://www.airtattoo.com/airshow

06 - RAF Northolt Photocalls (50 images)
I thought I would bring all of the photocalls together in one place. These have been organised since 2006 and have grown in stature steadily since then.
07 - RAF Coltishall - Jags and Visitors (63 images)
My home base until it was forced to close prematurely. There has been some memorable exchanges and visitors over the years as well as Jags of all colours.
I will be adding more Jaguar pictures as well as others in due course so check back regularly for the latest.
08 - Waddington Air Show (96 images)
The RAF's premier airshow normally held at the end of June each year.
09 - Yeovilton Navy Day Air Shows (85 images)
A very nice event especially the airfield assault by the fixed and rotary elements of the Royal Navy.
10 - Lakenheath - based aircraft and visitors (46 images)
Some fairly recent pictures here but I will add some more older pictures soon.
Unfortunately I took the days of F-111's for granted so don't have that many swinger pictures!
11 - Daniel Martins First Aviation Pics (4 images)
Daniel, my eldest son, is 9 and has just started experimenting with my old Canon EOS 350D and 18-55 mm lens. Here are his shots from a cold day at Mildenhall. All he needs now is a zoom lens and he is ready to take over from his old man!
12 - Farnborough (53 images)
One of the more well known events. Usually a great mix of civil, military and experimental planes are seen at this biennial trade show/airshow.
14 - Belgium (81 images)
15 - France (55 images)
16 - Italy - Pratica di Mare (77 images)
17 - Nostalgia section (30 images)
In this folder I will showcase some older planes many of which are now scrapped or in museums.
18 - Germany (88 images)
19 - Eire (14 images)
20 - Holland (6 images)
21 - USA - March ARB Air Fest '98 (13 images)
My first show in the USA.
Only got off the plane the evening before so I was a bit tired but the weather was great as was the small static display
22 - Stansted Airport G-20 Departures and others (6 images)
Some nice late afternoon sunshine enabled me to get some shots of VIP aircraft which are rarely photographed
23 - Reims - Champagne (26 images)
Celebrating 100 years of aviation. Lots of display teams but not so much in the way of French Air Force F.1CR's however I still enjoyed it!
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