Posted on 12/27/2010 8:28:26 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
First prize for Gripen in Aviation Week photo competition
Jamie Hunter won the 2010 Aviation Week Photo Contest Military Category with one of his Saab Gripen photographs taken in August during a visit to Linkoping.
With this photo Jamie Hunter won the 2010 Aviation Week Photo Contest Military Category.
2010-12-27 |
Jamie said: 'We had a very small window of opportunity to shoot the Gripen NG Demo in formation with a JAS 39D and so it had to planned very carefully. The weather in the area around Linkoping was quite bad with heavy rain and low clouds - but luckily we were able to find some better weather in the operating area thanks to some advice from a Gripen pilot who had just returned from a local mission. This was Rhys Williams from the ETPS, an old friend of mine. We got airborne in the SK 60 cameraship and immediately climbed above the cloud into fabulous blue skies and headed for the operating area. The Gripen NG Demo and the Gripen-D were vectored towards us quickly and we used up our 10 minute window very quickly before the two aircraft went their separate ways to complete their respective missions'.
The images from the photo shoot also appear a 16-page Gripen supplement in the December 2010 issue of Combat Aircraft Monthly magazine, of which Jamie is the editor. More of Jamies stunning Gripen images can also be found in the Saab Image Bank.
Jamie Hunter is one of the best known aviation photographers today and has flow with air forces around the world. He got the “Best of the best” award in last years Aviation Week Photo Contest after a photo assignment with the US Navy and a third price Military Category flying with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team.
Another shot likely to be from the same series by Jamie Hunter.
Tyson Rinninger is the best
You probably know this guy!!
Porter Airlines Bombardier Q400 passes night skyline of Toronto.
Wow!
You can practically see the time of day on the aviators’ watches!
Ooooohhh...
Cool pics. I heard the latest models have sleds attached to the back.
very nice
Look to see 0bambi buy a fleet of these planes.
Internet kudos to the first person to name the creature on the jet’s tail. I’m drawing a blank, and it will bother me all day.
Maybe its a Gripen? my spelling is probably off, I saw one on a Scooby Doo episode so it must be real....
I don’t think so. And it’s not a bruin or a gremlin, I checked . . . .
But very nice shot! It looks like a Gryphon/Griffin/Griffon, so Gripen is the Swedish spelling. Thanks.
I was really serious about the Scooby Doo thing, they had an exact image of the “Griffin” in that episode.
And I actually know zilch about medieval mythology.
That is a neat picture.
I haven’t met Jamie, but I am a fan of his photography. Congrats to Jamie!
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