Lockon Aviation Photography

The photos on this site were taken over a period from about 1988 to present.  My interests originally included mostly military aircraft; however, as the military phased out bright colors in favor of Low-Viz paint schemes, I started to gain more interest in Civil Airliners and other non-military aircraft.

 

Cameras: As of April 2013 the well used Nikon D200 is retired and I now use the Nikon D500 and occasionally the Nikon D800 with the new AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR and Nikkor 18-200mm VR II lenses.  My other favorite lenses are the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 II and old Nikon 35-105mm because the lens fits in most fences.  Lenses have ranged from marginal non-Nikon lenses to an assortment of Nikon lenses including the now retired workhorse 80-400 VR lens (original version).

 

Film Photos: Prior to digital I used Fuji Provia 100F & Kodachrome 25 and 64 film in a variety of Nikon film bodies that included the Nikon N2000, 8008s, N90s and F100. Slides were scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 4000ED and  Vuescan software.  Many older images were scanned with the  Minolta Scan Dual II.

 

If you would like any information about the photos on this site including permission to use them, please send e-mail using the form below.
 

Published Photographs

See my photographs on these sites

  • Airlines of the Jet Age: A History (Smithsonian Press) - R.E.G Davies - Cover
  • International Air Power Review
  • US Air Power - Modern Bombers (Greenhill) - Anil Pustam
  • P-3  Orion in Action (Squadron) - Rich Dann & Rick Burgess
  • BAC One-Eleven The Whole Story - Stephan Skinner
  • Air Force One (Motorbooks) - Bob Dorr
  • Boeing 747-400 (Airliner Tech Series - vol 10)  - Bob Dorr
  • World Air Power Journal
  • Desert Storm : Air War (The Power Series)
  • Flying the Frontiers : NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft
  • Periodicals: Scramble,  Airline92 (Spanish), Pri-Fly, Koku Fan
  • Corporate: America West, Snecma Motors (CFM), Sprayavia & more

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Statistics

Total number of photos

13840 

Top 10 views

LN-DYC

1682

G-CIVN

1599

G-BNWT

1272

N801FR

1222

N232FR

976

N901FR

969

N803FR

939

N804FR

925

N801FR

905

N301FR

869

 

Number of unique registrations numbers

7825 

Top 10 registration numbers

ET-AOQ

28

161883

23

N850FD

21

F-BVFA

18

162866

17

NC19903

16

G-BOAG

16

D-ABYA

15

N162W

15

B-2035

13

 

Number of unique airports

241 

Top 10 airports

IAD

2015

ADW

1253

BWI

1234

DCA

1059

FRA

675

LHR

503

FCO

296

PRG

286

JNB

200

KUL

196

 

Number of unique types

2150 

Top 10 types

737

1985

A320

1109

747

915

777

776

A319

527

767

516

757

492

A330

480

ERJ

314

A321

298

 

Special Colors Fleet Statistics

 

Fleet

Photographed / Current / Total

1Time.co.za

6 / 0 / 9

Air Asia

19 / 21 / 37

Air India Express

16 / 17 / 25

AirTran Airways

17 / 0 / 28

Alaska, Virgin & Horizon Airlines

43 / 39 / 54

American Airlines

24 / 15 / 32

Boeing 747SP

37 / 22 / 45

British Airways Tails

72 / 0 / 72

Centennial of Naval Aviation

8 / 0 / 29

Delta Airlines

35 / 24 / 49

Dreamliner Colors

8 / 9 / 15

Frontier Airlines

275 / 147 / 301

JAL StarJets

10 / 0 / 10

jetBlue

101 / 212 / 234

Kulula

13 / 5 / 20

NASA

37 / 0 / 37

Norwegian.com

57 / 85 / 110

OneWorld

46 / 72 / 103

PIA Provincial Tails

8 / 0 / 36

Production Milestones

17 / 19 / 39

RetroJets & Heritage Schemes

68 / 84 / 119

Sky Airlines

5 / 0 / 20

SkyTeam

37 / 91 / 103

Southwest Airlines

82 / 46 / 96

Star Alliance

185 / 169 / 288

US Airways

19 / 4 / 19

 

 


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