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About us

 

 

Simply planes, the website set up by Chris and Ross Cannon drawing on their film, video and photographic archive, and our like-minded colleagues who we gratefully thank for supplying their images etc to add to the website, for ours and your enjoyment.

 

Meet the Team

 

 

Chris Cannon

 

Chris Cannon

Chris has grown up in the aviation world having lived beside RAF Wyton most of his life. He learnt to fly in 1977 and trained as a cameraman in 1992. His favourite aircraft is the Canberra, the type which he filmed from 1992-2006. Chris is also a film producer and cameraman with years of aviation knowledge and footage. Chris has worked very closely with the RAF since 1992 and has also filmed at most air shows throughout the country. He can generally be seen working with the ground crews, live side/air side filming walk rounds, crew ins and crew interviews.

In the earlier days when he had more time he also used to write articles for a well known aviation magazine and helped operate one of the civilian Canberras.

 

 

 

Ross Cannon

 

Ross Cannon

Ross is the webmaster for Simply Planes, a website designer, coder and graphic designer. Taking up photography (including aviation photography) around June 2009.

 

Bob Franklin

 

Bob Franklin

Bob has been an aviation photographer for well over 30 years. Consistently attending air shows both in the UK and abroad, as well as press events at RAF stations. Bob's photographs have been used in various magazines, books and brochures over the years, including The Battle of Britain Flight at Coningsby.

 

Ian Bracegirdle

 

Ian Bracegirdle

Ian got interested in photography at the age of 16. In 1990 a friend took him flying to take pictures of his house, that got him interested in aerial photography. He learnt to fly in 1991. Ian is also an author and his book Nottingham from the air is available from his website www.aerialphotography.org.uk. His new book Sheffield from the air will be available in October 2009.

Check out his other website www.ianbracegirdle.com for other photography services.

 

Roger Whitcomb

 

Roger Whitcomb

Roger has had an interest in aviation for as long as he can remember, with his first visit to an air show with his father when he was four years old. Some of Roger's images date back to the 1980s.

Visit Roger's website www.milairpix.com for more aviation images.

 

 

Stuart Thurtle

 

Stuart Thurtle

Stuart lives in North Norfolk getting his aviation and photography bug in the mid 1970s after visits to RAF Coltishall, he now has 30 years plus photography behind him with work in several books, calendars and websites.

Stuart has helped out with Simply Planes since 2011 and you can visit his own website for more images www.aircraftimage.zenfolio.com

 

John Bradshaw

 

John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw served as an Engineering Officer in the RAF for 33 years, retiring in 2000.

Although he has been photographing aircraft enthusiastically for 50 years, it has only been since he finally retired in 2009 that he has had the equipment, opportunities and time to develop his technique significantly.

John’s other main interest is scale aircraft modelling and this has had a major impact on his portfolio. However, since joining Simply Planes in 2012, flying shots have begun to outnumber wheel hubs and airbrake interiors in his new photo sets.

John’s main contribution to the site will be in researching and writing the material to back the video and images, particularly for the squadron histories and aircraft type sections. However, living very near Chris, he is available to undertake short notice photo tasks when more experienced team members are not available.

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Gorman

 

Richard Gorman

Joining our group recently is Richard Gorman. Richard is a serious amateur photographer based near Ottawa, Ontario Canada. A volunteer/member of Vintage Wings of Canada and an avid warbird enthusiast, Richard will bring a “North American” element to the site. As well as being involved technically with the restoration and maintenance of aircraft at VWoC, each air show season Richard attends several of the north eastern shows in Canada and the United States.