Thursday, October 17, 2013

Vertical Magazine

My story on the US Marines and their WTI 1-14 training got more coverage as "Vertical" Magazine picked up the story for their website. "Vertical" is the #1 Magazine for any and everything Helicopters. I have been very fortunate in my short career as a freelance photojournalist, and I truly appreciate all of those people who have and are helping me along the way.

"Wings of Gold", a quarterly magazine for Naval and Marine aviators is also running the WTI story in their next issue. Again, thank you to all, including the US Military for all of their access and kindness that they have shown to me.

 
 
 
 

Saturday, October 12, 2013

WTI 1-14

Well, with the sequestration still in place for the US military, the Airshows have all been cancelled, if there was any military involved, and this has led to a really slow year for most of the aviation photographers this year.

As for myself, I've been fairly busy. I wrote an article about the 358th going to the gunnery range and it is being published by Combat Aircraft Monthly for November 2013. (The North American version may have a B-1 on the cover).


On October 2, 2013 I was very fortunate to attend the Fall Weapons and Tactics Instructors course for the U.S. Marines at MCAS Yuma, in Yuma, Arizona. I was assigned to fly in a Huey UH-1Y helicopter ( a gunship). We flew into the Chocolate Mountains of southern California. It was really exciting as we would be flying through the canyons and then pop up over a mountain and then descend quickly blasting the targets with rockets, and machine guns. What an experience! Now, I've flown in most of the Marine's Helicopter inventory. The CH-53 and 46 as a Marine and the MV-22 and now the UH-1W as a photojournalist.