When a truly exceptional photo opportunity comes along, the truly exceptional aviation photogs are called on to make the photo opportunity work. Such was the FlySafair flyover of the final Springboks -All Blacks rugby game at DHL Cape Town Stadium,
Justin de Reuck and the two crews planned the flight meticulously and then flew it with Justin shooting from a Piper Seneca with the door off. Justin used his trusty Canon EOS R6 Mkll. The lens is a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM ll. The actual focal length was a very wide 24mm, for the in-your face effect. Exposure: 1/2000@ f/5.0 ISO 200
The pilots involved were:
- Pilot in Command (PIC): Captain Pierre Gouws
- Second-in-Command (SIC): Captain Steve van der Merwe
- Safety Pilot: First Officer Scott Ternent
- Reserve Pilot: Captain Peter Ladiellis
- Camera-ship Pilot: (PIC) Captain Alewyn Burger; (SIC)Captain Trevor Warner ; (Safety Pilot) First Officer Anneri Kemp
Speed was planned for 150KIAS and routing around Robben Island and down the Atlantic Seaboard to Cape Point, followed by us formating on them down the glideslope for RWY 19 at FACT and photographing the landing.
The meticulous planning and briefings happened over two online Teams meetings in the days before and then a final briefing of just the cameraship crew before departure.