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| Hello, my name is Tom Houquet, and on this page I tell something about myself and show you some of my best aviation photographs taken throughout the years. Since my childhood I have been fascinated by aviation. As I lived close to Koksijde airbase, me, my brother and some other friends regularly went looking over the fence when something special was flying. The Koksijde International Airshows were the highlights of the year as it was also the start of the summer holidays. | |||
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| In 1998, we started photographing with an analog SLR camera to capture the beauty of aviation. National and international airshows were visited throughout the years, as well as many base visits like the TLP exercises in Florennes. In 2001 I made my first website, Spotting Group Koksijde, to bring the aviation enthusiasts of Koksijde airbase together. | |||
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| As I wanted to combine work with my hobby I decided to study Aeronautical Engineering from which I graduated in 2006. Now I work as aircraft mechanic at the Belgian Federal Police Air Support Unit in Melsbroek, Brussels operating a fleet of MD900/MD902 Explorer, MD520N helicopters and Cessna 182. | |||
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| Since 2005 the transformation was made to digital SLR cameras, which provided many new perspectives often impossible with analog cameras. We visited as much aviation events as we could, from the UK, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, up to Hungaria. We also tried to make some aviation holidays, for instance to the aviation photography paradise Switserland, Jaguar town Coltishall or Phantom heaven Hopsten/Wittmund. | |||
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| During the years I came in contact with Eric Coeckelberghs, and in 2009 he invited me to be part of his photocrew, which I kindly accepted, the Aviation Photocrew was born. The main goal of the photocrew was to make stunning photoreports, only possible by teamwork, to achieve the very best results. During the preceding years, we met many great people and we were very lucky to be able to make so many great aviation images, as can be seen in the photoreports on this website. | |||
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| In 2010 we organized our first edition of the Air-to-Air Academy which gives other enthusiastic Aviation Photographers the chance to experience the excitement of Air-to-Air photography. The first edition was a huge success, and so the following year we continued growing, and meeting many new friends from all over the world. | |||
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Over the years we have had the honor to meet many great people and perform over hundred Air-to-Air photoshoots, ranging from the vintage Vickers Vimy to the latest fighter Jet and everything in between. In 2010 I also joined the Bronco Demo Team, lead by Tony De Bruyn, who operates the OV-10B Bronco and participates Airshows around Europe. I’m also responsible for the websites of the Aviation PhotoCrew, so I hope you enjoy flying through the webpages. Tom Houquet |
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