Notes:

After what felt like years trying to get this specific shot, it finally happened. An amazing flight with some friends all over Ecuador's Andes. The powerful Lama can be seen here posing for the photo after getting a livery change not long ago.

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Aircraft

AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Flying back to "La Balbina" after a photo session in the andean paramos near Cotopaxi National Park

Diogo da Conceição AEE-314
1,571 42 6 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Wearing its new livery, landing in (as my friend Antonio likes to call it) a "natural helipad" inside the Cotopaxi National Park near Ovejería during some training flight in between the mountains, without a doubt the best background for these helicopters

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-314
1,394 67 2 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

For a second I was with my mouth wide open while taking this picture, I couldn't believe my eyes

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-314
2,666 146 7 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama

Photo location

E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

After a visit to the moor of the Cotopaxi National Park, we later had a photo session at the Pita River waterfall

Diogo da Conceicao E-325
928 55 8 Airbus Helicopters H125
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

Antonio Espinel E-325
1,782 21 1 Airbus Helicopters H125
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

I couldn't believe what I was seeing through my camera lens

Diogo da Conceicao E-325
1,082 72 5 Airbus Helicopters H125

Photographer

FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,715 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
307 9 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
729 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)

Registration

AEE-314

Photo Date

Apr 19, 2023

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Apr 21, 2023

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Notes

After what felt like years trying to get this specific shot, it finally happened. An amazing flight with some friends all over Ecuador's Andes. The powerful Lama can be seen here posing for the photo after getting a livery change not long ago.

Camera

Canon EOS 7D Mark II | 10-18mm
AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Flying back to "La Balbina" after a photo session in the andean paramos near Cotopaxi National Park

Diogo da Conceição AEE-314
1,571 42 6 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Wearing its new livery, landing in (as my friend Antonio likes to call it) a "natural helipad" inside the Cotopaxi National Park near Ovejería during some training flight in between the mountains, without a doubt the best background for these helicopters

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-314
1,394 67 2 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-314 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

For a second I was with my mouth wide open while taking this picture, I couldn't believe my eyes

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-314
2,666 146 7 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

After a visit to the moor of the Cotopaxi National Park, we later had a photo session at the Pita River waterfall

Diogo da Conceicao E-325
928 55 8 Airbus Helicopters H125
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

Antonio Espinel E-325
1,782 21 1 Airbus Helicopters H125
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

I couldn't believe what I was seeing through my camera lens

Diogo da Conceicao E-325
1,082 72 5 Airbus Helicopters H125
FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,715 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
307 9 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
729 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)
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Thomas Ramgraber
Thomas Ramgraber

Thats what i call a stunning picture overall! And yes its desrve it to be your most clicked pic on your profil. Great job!

somewellingtondudeinwellington
somewellingtondudeinwellington

Marcos Marcel, it loos like the place when they land in jurassic park!

Marcos Marcel
Marcos Marcel

Awesome shot! Idk, it feels like a movie scene haha

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