An overview of recent special projects
Friday january 20, the bulkcarrier Aztec Maiden suffered engine failure and ran aground at the beach of Wijk aan Zee, near Ijmuiden, the Netherlands. Flying Focus got special permission and took the...
During december 2011 we executed 5 photoflights with beaufort 7 or more and waves from 4 to 6 meters. December 7 was the most spectacular flight with beaufort 10 north of Texel and waves above 6...
November 27 we captured the lifeboats of Den Helder and Texel in action between 4 meter waves of a northwesterly wind, beaufort 7.
During all our photoflights over the European coastline we often spot lighthouses in all kind of forms and weather, but almost everytime very attractive for an aerial photo.
During a photoflight on April 17 we saw large fields of fog drifting over the Northsea west of Den Helder. Some offshoreplatforms and large ships popped up above the low clouds. A typical weathersituation...
Friday 4 & saturday 5 february the wind was blowing with Beaufort 8 over the Northsea. Waves of 4 meter were battling the ships underway. Some ships could only make 3 knots of groundspeed!
Friday 12 november a storm with Beaufort 9 passed the Northsea. In a nearly 5 hours flight we made a lot of photos of ships fighting the waves. After landing it took us more than half an hour to...
In march 2010 Flying Focus was active in the Bothnian Gulf between Sweden and Finland. In commision for various shipping companies aerial photos were made of ships in the ice up to 65 degrees North.
In january and december Holland was covered with snow a few times. We executed some photoflights over a beautiful landscape. Here the result!
January 2010 the Dutch Markermeer was completely frozen. All the inland vessel sailing between Lemmer and Amsterdam had to be assisted by icebreakers.
November 18 2009 we saw a serie of extreme high and violent waves confronting the coaster Alta Mar, resulting in an impressive serie of photos!
October 3 was the beginning of the stormseason with a southwesterly storm passing north of the Dutch coast.
Beginning 2009 a large operation started to create more harbourarea west of Rotterdam. Generally more than 6 large dredgers are working 24 hours a day to make new land for the future. An impression....
In january 2009 Flying Focus operated a few days near the Scotisch Hebrides to photograph the Dutch trawlerfleet during the mackerel-season. Stormdepressions were passing frequently, perfect circumstances...
An impression of two weeks Dutch winter in january 2009. Nearly everyone was skating. Ships were sailing in convoys accompanied by icebreakers. And Flying Focus was flying nearly every day!