Drones made in Poland

A Warsaw protester launched a drone to spy on police, 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/17/warsaw-protester-launches-drone-to-spy-on-police/ 

letting us know that there are drones made in Poland by RoboKopter.

( www.robokopter.pl )

Helicopter doing aerial shooting crashes in New Jersey

Two people were seriously injured when a Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter they were riding crashed in New Jersey, USA.

The passenger, 44-year-old photographer Julia Armstrong-Robertson, owner of the Delaware-based Aero-Imaging, Inc.
and the 27-year-old pilot were injured when their helicopter came down.

The victims told police they had been taking aerial photographs before the crash.

There were cameras and lenses in and around the wreckage.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/south_brunswick_helicopter_cra.html

Aerial Photography Awards

The top aerial photographers in the U.S.A. competed at the Professional Aerial Photographer’s Association in Las Vegas, and pilot Kevin Butts is among the top winners.

The San Antonio-based photographer won in two of the five categories available.

Read more at www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2011/110325winning_aerial_photos_chosen.html

View Kevin's site at: www.redwingaerials.com

Aerial Photography Blimp stolen in New Zealand

A trailer containing a large Helium filled Balloon, used for aerial photography was stolen from New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Read the story of Carol Ritchie: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/4614651/Theft-foils-photo-firm

Aerial photography exhibition in UK

An aerial photography exhibition with more than 100 aerial photographs opened yesterday at Bath (near Bristol), UK.

http://bit.ly/cVT6IW

The photos showcase Britain’s natural and human landscapes.

Aerial photography and Typography

The first alphabet of Google Earth satellite images of natural features and buildings, featuring all 26 letters, has been created by Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from Australia.

http://rhettdashwood.com.au/16575

Aviation photographer crashes

A Remos light sport aviation aircraft crashed last week at the Sebring Regional Airport, killing an aviation photographer from Peterborough, UK and injuring the pilot.

The plane went down shortly after takeoff.

The photographer Steven Fletcher, a very popular aviation photographer, maintained the Web site www.av8images.com


Read the story here: part 1, part 2

Budget Aerial Shots

...at least for those of you living in California.

Here's the story (6' video)

www.budgetlifer.com/2009/01/19/budget-aerial-shots/

along with a link to the company's website

www.corporatehelicopters.com

Aerial photo of a B-2

No preview here for this amazing photo, you've got to see it to believe it!
Well done Mark!

Read the article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/allthingstrojan/2009/01/the-rose-bowl-f.html

Visit the page at pilot's site: http://www.photopilot.com/clients/bowlgame/

Photography business may fly to Saudi Arabia

Canadian remote-controlled miniature helicopters may be used in an aerial photography contract in Saudi Arabia.

Read the story here: LOCAL FIRM APPLIES FOR CONTRACT IN SAUDI ARABIA

Aerial photographers killed in ANTONOV AN-2 crash near Moscow

A small plane conducting an aerial photography assignment crashed Friday near Moscow, killing all five people on board.

The Antonov An-2 crashed by the banks of the Oka River, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow.

The single-engine biplane's crew of two and all three members of the aerial photography team died.

It seems that the plane fell from an altitude of between 1.5 and two kilometers (over a mile) and burst into flames when it hit the ground. Contact with the aircraft was lost 10 minutes after take-off.

Police started receiving calls about a falling plane at around 6:00 pm local time (14:00 GMT). Russian prosecutors have launched a full inquiry.


(In early June another An-2 plane engaged in crop spraying and operating under reduced visibility conditions, crashed in southern Russia's Stavropol region, killing the two pilots.)


Read the original news

AN-2 plane in Wikipedia

Aerial photos of Crop circles and the solution to the mystery.

Here are the original photos

Read four related posts about the solution to the mystery:

2008 Barbury Castle Pattern is Pi to 3.14159265358

Easy as pi: Astrophysicist solves riddle of Britain's most complex crop circle

Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi

Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields

David Maisel exhibition. Santa Barbara Museum of Art

until April 27, 2008

These large scale images by San Francisco-based photographer David Maisel are printed as negatives rather than positives, providing views of the city. These photographs provide x-rays of a city’s anatomy making them all the more frightening as claustrophobic expanses.

More details here. The museum's homepage is here.

Memphis Tornado damage aerial photos.

Memphis Tornado damage. Some amazing aerial photos.

http://www.laj-bus-assoc.com/tornado-02-05/index.htm

Sharper aerial pictures spark privacy fears in London

Read the story published in "the Guardian".

See the "super zoomed" map in www.192.com

County in North Carolina, US buys camera.

Harnett County in North Carolina, US will get US$11,664 for camera equipment that will be used for aerial photography.

Read the whole story here

Thieves steal blimp.

Adelaide, Australia.

The theft of a blimp has left a business deflated and two men out of work.The blimp, a motorised balloon operated by remote control, was stolen from suburban Granville in Sydney while in an enclosed trailer attached to a car. Mat Tubb, a spokesman for the blimp's owner, Airship Solutions, is hoping the stolen goods will be too hot to handle.

The blimp, which is about 8m long and also used for aerial photography, flies unmanned and is controlled from the ground by a van. Without the control van, the blimp is useless.

The trailer and blimp have a combined value of about $30,000.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23032557-5006301,00.html

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-crime-hits-high-in-blimp-blag/2008/01/10/1199554789523.html

Freak winter tornadoes hit U.S. midwest

Here's an aerial photo showing damage in the town of Wheatland, Wis. after a rare series of January tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin, USA.
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/177766