British Army Apache AH1 Gunship

[Razor61]

Apache AH1 in a tactical environment stalking it's prey. Taken with an EOS 350D and 75-300mm USMIII lens. Hope you like them....

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Venture023.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Venture022.jpg

Apache with it's 30mm chain gun pointing at us.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Nemesis011.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Gunship013.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Gunship014.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Gunship04.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/Architect4742/Gunship03.jpg

[kuebaldy]

The first two are great, great detail and light. Awesome machine.

[Box Brownie]

Great to get so relatively close to it/them.

Was this an exercise with public access and if whereabouts is the location? It would be good to try to get similar opportunities!

:)

[greg20d]

awsume gun ship ...great shots

[RCoulter]

Nice job! Good work on the rotor blur :)

[NukeGM]

Great shots!

[Linkzi]

Nice shots, they look like US Apaches. I was trying to find Brittish markings on the craft. I see it on the tailboom now.:shock:

[scottykm]

have to ask, but are you a 'smurf' by any chance razor?

nice pics btw

here's a couple from Iraq last year

US Navy taking a overly close interest in what we were doing
http://scottykm.smugmug.com/photos/110354071-M.jpg

and one of a RAF Merlin on a routine patrol flight

http://scottykm.smugmug.com/photos/110355152-M.jpg

[Razor61]

Thanks for the comments,
I'm no smurf...

[scottykm]

I'm no smurf...

Wasnt meant nasty, just thought you might have been groundcrew to get so close to an apache (for the uninitiated, a smurf is an oft used term for a member of the army air corps due to their sky blue beret)

[Razor61]

Scotty,
I never took it the wrong way :)
I'm not in the forces but the aircrew comes to us most of the time. Especially the Wattisham crews who seem to like posing more than others!

[shaunknee]

#5 is a great shot

[JWright]

Cool Apache shots... I'm always pleased to see Apache shots because I built them.

BTW, the Apache is the AH-64 not AH-1. The Cobra is the AH-1...

[mogearnotalent]

awesome