Dirk Jan de Ridder - Ridder.aero

23/08/2024

A pair of Brazilian Air Force T-27 Tucano trainers on a formation training flight above the clouds.

17/08/2024

The Belgian Air Cadets' annual summer camps are over and the old workhorses, these L-21B Super Cubs deserve a holiday after pulling as many as 50+ gliders into the air, every single flying day! I captured LB-05 in the hands of an NH90 helicopter pilot over the Ardennes earlier this week.

09/05/2022

OUT NOW! FLIGHT Coffee Table Book with a selection of my favourite images from 20 years in this business, taken of aircraft from four continents - Asia, Europe, North and South America - as well as the Middle East.

The book contains 192 photos of 95 aircraft types from 39 different armed forces, taken at 58 locations in 22 countries.

Highlights include action photos of the Croatian Air Force's firefighting fleet, a world exclusive visit to the Cyprus National Guard's attack helicopters, Swedish Air Force Gripen fighter jets over the Arctic Circle, night operations with the Lebanese Air Force, a four-ship flight with Royal Canadian Air Force Hawk training jets, aerobatics with the Brazilian Air Force Tucano turboprop trainer and many more.

Available from https://www.kameramarkt.eu/flight-dirk-jan-de-ridder

23/11/2019

I created a video photo gallery with a small selection of my favourite photos taken during the last 15 years. Can you identify every single aircraft type?

13/11/2017

In April I had a fascinating interview with one of the biggest aerial firefighting authorities in the world. Croatian Air Force lieutenant colonel Davor Turković explains all about aerial firefighting in Croatia. A must-read!

Pilots of the Croatian Air Force Fire Fighting Squadron are among the best equipped and most respected aerial firefighters in the world.

09/10/2017

The Swedish Air Force is employing Cold War tactics in a fresh guise to deal, including road-based operations and operating in the arctic region, In order to deal with new and resurgent threats. Read all about it on my website!

The Swedish Air Force's most northerly based fighter wing is employing Cold War tactics in a fresh guise to deal with new and resurgent threats.

03/07/2017

Do you like my photos? Then please follow me on Instagram! I post three new photos every week: https://www.instagram.com/djderidder/

25/06/2017

The Swedish Air Force’s way of training new pilots is unique in many ways, as major Marcus Jedby explains.

“During the last part of the QFI course we take volunteers ‘from the street’, generally with a connection to the Swedish Armed Forces, and the instructors are supposed to teach them how to fly in three weeks. They will fly once every day from day two. [..] I am pretty convinced that’s not done anywhere else in the world."

Major Marcus Jedby from the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School's Education Unit explains what makes military pilot training in Sweden so different.

10/05/2017

Swiss Air Force helicopter pilots carry out many roles in difficult circumstances, making them one of the most experienced pilots in the world.

22/04/2017

Wow, just wow! What an amazing week with the Croatian Air Force Fire Fighting Squadron..

27/03/2017

The aircraft of the 'Bayou Militia' (159th FW, Louisiana ANG) wing commander touches down after the first Frisian Flag sortie in 2017, this morning at Leeuwarden airbase.