He logged nearly 4000 flying hours for air-to-air photography in over 140 different aircraft types of several air forces and flew and photographed with most of the aerobatic display teams as 'Patrouille de France', 'Red Arrows', 'Frecce Tricolori', 'Patrulla Aguila', 'Patrouille de Suisse', 'Canadian Snowbirds', and 'Biele Albatrosy'. In the period from 1995-1997, he was assigned for most of the aerial photography for the Belgian VRT television production 'Windkracht 10', a 23rd episodes long fiction TV series about life, love and adventures of the pilots and crews of the 40th Search and Rescue Squadron of Koksijde AFB. For his air-to-air assignments he can appeal on the best "formation cleared" pilots and most suitable aircraft, -from open canopy training aircraft till fast jets. These allow perfect photo shoot conditions as well for slow aircraft as for the fastest commercial, business or military jets. |
In 1992 he became also member of the CAF, the Commemorative Air Force -formerly known as the Confederate Air Force-, -THE AIR FORCE- who still fly all those "old" WWII aircraft at air shows all over the USA. As crewmember of the only flying B-29A and "OL 924" the oldest B-24A WWII bomber of the whole world and still flying he spends every year lots of weeks touring around in the USA as crewmember with those aircraft.
After his retirement from the Belgian Air Force in 2003, Antoine also founded IAPA, the International Aviation Photography Agency, which has the capability to provide any aviation business company with the perfect photography for all their publications.
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Antoine Roels is also member of ISAP, The International Society of Aviation Photographers, a society that gathers the leading aviation photographers of the world, the Belgian Aviation Press Club, and “The Vieilles Tiges van de Belgische Luchtmacht”.
