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PRIVATE HOMEPAGE FOR FOR AVIATOR & PHOTOGRAHPER  ALLAN J. KORTSEN

 

DENMARK 

PILATUS PC 9/B

Me in the backseat of the PC 9/B. PIC: Chiefpilot Ulli Kogl, E.I.S. Aircraft

It was a pleasure to support you guys. Thank you Frank, Ulli and the FGS / Deutsche Budesmarine making is possible

 to arrange the exchange of operation-experiences during DANEX/NOCO

 

 

 

VISIT FROM CAP CIVIL AIR PATROL - UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

The idea of ​​reactivating the Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG) were inspired by CAP - Civil Air Patrol

 

 

CAP Captain and commander Micheal J. Oerregaard giving a briefing about CAP and its type of missions,

at Hjemmeværnskommandoen, Kastellet, Copenhagen. Participants at the briefing:

CH HJV Major General Jan S. Norgaard (RTD), his staff and invited guests

 

 

CH FHV, colonel Kurt Refsgaard (RTD) gives captain and commander Michael J. Oerregaard,

 on behalf of the audience a few appreciative words for his briefing

 

 

Leader Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG), lieutenant Allan J. Kortsen (RTD) and commander Michael J. Oerregaard,

Cedar rapids Senior Sqn. having a discussion about similarities and differences between DAFHG and CAP

 

 

From the left: Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Jens Binderup, Leader Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG),  lieutenant Allan J. Kortsen (RTD)

and our guest from CAP, captain and commander Michael J. Oerregaard, Cedar rapids Senior Sqn. 

before a demonstration flight at the Oeresund on his second visit to Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG)

 

BORNHOLM, BALTIC SAREX

EH-101 Merlin Royal Danish Airforce  hoisting from the ferry "Povl Anker"

The downdraft from the helicopter rotorblades is so strong, that it push/moves the ferry during the hoist

 

MVLRS

MOBILE VERSATILE LIVE RECCE SYSTEM - FROM IDEA TO OPERATIONAL USE

Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG), following the idea and presentations from Morten Hoyer-Nielsen,

Gunnar B. Pedersen and myself - with our own private equipment under primitive conditions, conducted a series of test flights

 that led to the development of MVLRS Versatile Mobile Live Recce System

 

During a presentation of MVLRS for the Danish Parliamentary Defence Committee said Zenia Stampe (R):

 Include on the bringing together civilian and military capabilities, "We've seen some fine examples of it today - for example in

the Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG) - and the kind I could well imagine that there will be even more needed future "

Gunnar B. Pedersen and Morten Hoyer-Nielsen works with the academic part of MVLRS

 

ROYAL BRIEFING

As leader (now RTD) of the Danish Air Force Home Guard (DAFHG) I’m giving His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark

 (in his younger days - also a pilot) a briefing about our unit, at the Airshow, at RDAF Airbase Skrydstrup, SKP / EKSP 2010

 

 

GEORGIA / RUSSIA

Departure from Tbilisi -TBS / UGGG to RDAF Airbase Aalborg - AAL / EKYT - Great Cirkel distance 1.626 NM / 3.011 KM

En route: TBS - AAL: Mt. Elbrus, Russia. Europe’s highest mountain. 18.510 ft. / 5.642 m

 

USA

 

Boeing Airfield, Seattle, Washington

The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

"New York", Las Vegas, Nevada

Oregon. Smell of forest fire the whole day did result in this beautiful sunset light

Totem Pole, near Olympic National Park, Washington

 

CANADA

Vancouver skyline and harbour

 

HONG KONG

Hong Kong skyline

Down town

Our host and driver Eddy had to pay a fine for speeding. However the representative for the

Hong Police was a nice officer, with a very good sense of humour!

 

Protection against the sunlight - or maybe shy?

 

P.R. CHINA

Shenzhen, Guandong: Hotel lobby. Aquarium with sharks an sea turtels

First class hotelservice

SZX / ZGSZ Shenzhen - Baonan International Airport: European airlines could learn somthing about service

Airbus A319-133 China Southern Flight CZ3989 up to CGO / ZHCC Zhengzhou - Zheng International Airport

Main road, Zhengzhou, Henan

A case for the Highway Patrol?

Never seen people from the west before?

Charming little vehicle

Relaxing Taxi Driver

Visit to advanced digital manufactor in Zhengzhou, Henan. Eddy our host number two from left and me

B737-3Q8 Shenzhen Airlines Flight ZH9844 back to SZX / ZGSZ Shenzhen - Baonan International Airport

 

GIBRALTAR

British Airways Airbus arriving at Gibraltar GIB / LXGB from London Heathrow LHR / EGLL

Me getting “robed by daylight” from a gang of wild monkeys!

 

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