Early Aviation Photography

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I was lucky enough to be at a talk the other night where the speaker showed some work by Alfred Buckham which really amazed me.

He produced some incredible images and showed tremendous courage too - he survived 9 crashes, had his voicebox removed after one and the nearest he got to health and safety consisted of tying his leg to a seat to stop him falling out the plane!

There is a site showing his work here http://alfredbuckham.co.uk/
 
The first military use for aircraft was photo reconnaissance. Could you imagine going over enemy lines at about 100mph with an early box brownie. No guns (well maybe a service revolver)
 
Caught a few glimpses (had visitors) on the telly last week of some Red Arrow's chaps doing aerial photography from an old biplane with a plate camera. It did not look like fun and would be even worse with people shooting at you.
 
:) Ta for the link. I do like aviation and aerial photographs. A treat to see such an early aerial picture of Lincoln too.
 
There is a cool one with a battleship in front of the forth rail bridge.

Nice link, very interesting.
 
Fred Zinn was another WW1 aviation photographer, but I can't find the link I had that talked about his exploits.
 
That was a great find, cheers
Love the old boys spirit and photography, amazing fella
 
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