Signature portrait and documentary coverage for No. 100 Squadron's heritage flight operations.
No. 100 Squadron RAAF looks after the RAAF's heritage fleet at Point Cook. When the squadron takes a Mustang to an airshow, the photos have to work for Defence media, heritage programme reporting and public engagement, all at once and straight away.
Lyle produced signature portraits and full documentary coverage in one planned shoot. The photos were made for the squadron's official use.
A CA-18 Mk.23 Mustang, built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Melbourne and delivered to the RAAF in February 1950. Following a decade-long restoration, it returned to the skies in 1999. It wears the markings of Squadron Leader Ron Susans' personal mount from 77 Squadron in occupied Japan. Recently reregistered as A100-750, it is one of eleven heritage aircraft selected by the RAAF for continued active flying operations.
Command portrait with shark-mouth nose art, and cockpit portraits across changing light.
Pre-flight cockpit checks, ground handling, and how the shoot was lit: MagMod lighting set up on the ramp.
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