Unfortunately I've had to cancel an upcoming trip to the USA in September. I've had to put my priorities elsewhere money wise which means trips have to take a bit of a back seat
Before my trip to Asia last year I decided I'd make a photographic book about it when I got back. Normally I'd compile a CD of all my pictures for my friends without cameras so that they'd have something to look back on, but as this was a bit of a special trip I felt the book would be a better option.
I've had a few people say to me, after they've seen the book, that I should sell it to the public. So, just under a year later, I've decided to do just that. It contains all the photos featured in the Shanghai, Beijing, Haneda, Nyutubaru and Tsuiki pages of this website, plus a few others taken at the Great Wall and The Forbidden City. It is a personal book so there are a few pictures of the group of us in it, but it should still be a good book to have laying around if you wanted printed versions of my photos.You can preview and purchase the book below
Something that I will do in the next few months is get down to Wales to try and get some Low Level action. In my research for this I came across a great website/forum called Fox2.co.uk
It contains some great photos and all you need to know on where to go to capture your own images or just view the aircraft flying Low Level
Hi, welcome to Rogdabbit Aviation Photographs. My name is Tony Roper and I'm an Air Traffic Controller at the Prestwick Control Centre in Scotland. I've worked in ATC for over 21 years, most of which for NATS as both an Assistant and a Controller. Prior to that I worked as an Assistant in the RAF for 8 years. I've been interested in aircraft since I was 12 and I've taken photographs of them for the vast majority of that time. I've been lucky enough to have had my photos published in many magazines through the years, as well as having some of my work used in books and by corporate companies around the world.
This website is a collection of some of my favourite images
The latest collection of photos come from my archive and my trip to the West Coast of the USA in 2008. This time the pictures are from LAX at the end of October. You can't beat the hill on the southside of the airport for getting some great shots. Not only are there seats and tables provided, the parking is free and there is a very good food mall a few hundred yards down the road. It is a popular spot with the locals, especially more so on this trip as the Qantas A380 had just started its service into the airport. In fact we were only about 10 minutes behind its first flight into the airport two weeks before. The picture below was taken after we'd seen it for the 3rd time. The locals couldn't quite grasp that we were bored with it by then
Below is a short video taken at JASDF Tsuiki Airbase during my trip to Japan
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Recently uploaded pictures taken at Nellis Air Force Base as part of my West Coast tour in 2008
My recent trip to Dubai, staying at the Sheraton Deira hotel
