I'm 62 years old and retired and living in the Southwest of France. I enjoy photography, especially birds and nature and the travels involved with achieving a result.

I had a Kodak brownie film camera at the age of thirteen, taking black and white photographs of Danish F-100s and English Electic Lightning at shows like Mildenhall and Yeovilton.

My interest in military aircraft dates back to my youth. Being a member of (LAAS) we travelled most weekends to airshows by coach, especially the UK's American bases, they always had more foreign visiting aircraft.

I changed equipment from Minolta to Canon in the early nineties.