Sikorsky CH-53 - All Variants

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks guys!  Don't sell your Mark IV Jeff!

[Scott Youmans]

CH-53E - Low and Slow

[Joe Copalman]

Beautiful shot.  I've always loved blue-water ops shots where the sea and the sky just seem to merge with no defined horizon.  Such a good backdrop.

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Joe!  The beauty of it is that two-thirds of the world's surface is covered with it!  Another thought relative to helicopter photos is that for static shots I've never been too concerned about getting the whole rotor in the photo.  With this series I had a clear preference for the frames that included the entire rotor.  Glad I thought to back out the zoom for some.  It's easy to get fixated on a certain crop and to just keep shooting that same shot.  There is a place for the tighter crops but I'm glad I got both.

[Joe Copalman]

THIS AIN'T NO PICNIC

[wingsnstuff]

Nice shot Joe.

[Tower Guy]

Didn't meet his departure time

Fly a bird, fix a bird. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

The start of another long day

You can't say the Marines don't use their equipment hard. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

Now where did I put that damn helmet again? by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

Why helicopters are not always welcomed at fighter bases, FOD.

Single aircraft dust storm. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Tower Guy]

DARK NIGHT

WTI Yuma by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Daniel DeSart]

[Brian Lockett]

A flight of four Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallions depart MCAS Yuma against a fiery sky on October 23, 2012..

[Daniel DeSart]

[Daniel DeSart]