ABOVE: As the photographer for the Barksdale AFB airshow, Christopher shot the first Heavy Heritage Flight; the first time a B-17 and B-52 have flown formation! This was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Boeing Bombers! The CAF B-25J "Yellow Rose" was used as the camera platform.

Welcome to AV8PIX.COM!

Whether you need pictures of your airshow or aviation expo for your website, photos of your P-51 for a brochure, photos of your SAR helicopter for training, your airport ARFF/MCI Drill, or pictures of your Lear 45 for a sales magazine, You will not be disappointed with AV8PIX!

Av8pix is a vision of "Colonel" Christopher Ebdon, a Confederate Air Force Life Member and veteran air show photographer, known for high-energy, pro-digital aviation photography. Av8pix is a proud member of the International Counsel of Air Shows (ICAS).

The Av8pix team concept differs from the norm due to its approach to the event. This team of still and video media professionals, scaled to meet the needs of your event, joins together to create a “one stop shop” for the aviation industry.  Instead of being confined to a media-specific area, where all photographers tend to produce the same photos of each performer, the team concept ensures that there are photographers available to shoot your act or airshow from multiple angles and simultaneous events get documented.

Av8pix makes sure that all of the behind the scenes action is also photo-documented. We understand that the airshow is not only about aircraft, but the attendees, the show sponsors and VIPs, the maintenance individuals supporting the acts, and of course, the airshow volunteers. The Av8pix package ensures that the show staff has multiple choices when choosing photos for post-show press releases, sponsor "thank-yous", ICAS advertisements, pamphlets, or website content.

The Av8pix.com team has shot for aviation manufacturers, vendors, trade expos, magazines, and more importantly, small fly-ins to major air shows. Our most recently published work is featured in Rotor Magazine, the industry trade journal for rotary-winged aviation.

If you need professional digital pictures of: your aircraft, airshow, VIPs and guests, flight crew, aviation exposition, be it air to air, air to ground, you will be rewarded with accurate, brilliant results.

AIRSHOW INFO: The Av8pix team will arrive prior to any scheduled pilot briefing and/or safety meeting to secure both pictures of the briefing as well as setting up of any special shots/special angles. This allows for time to liaison with Air Boss, Announcer, and Pyrotechnics Crew as well as the Event Safety Team and the FAA, to ensure a safely captured, quality deliverable to you, the customer. 

REQUIREMENTS: Security credentials for flight line, runway, and "airshow box" access.

Vehicle: 1 golf cart or mule for entire air show

Accommodations: hotel room or base transient aircrew housing for Friday & Saturday

Radio: 2-way radio for direct communications with Air Boss while he "owns" airspace.

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Christopher flies the only airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the world.

"Fifi" belongs to the Commemorative Air Force (formerly: Confederate Air Force) and is assigned to theB-29/B-24 Squadron in Midland Texas

 

 

 

Between going to airshows  as a child, going to  Marine Military Academy next door to the Confederate Air Force's Headquarters , and later becoming aircrew on warbirds, Christopher has had a love for aviation throughout his life! Christopher belongs to the Gulf Coast Wing Of the Confederate Air force, located at Hobby Airport (HOU) Houston, Texas, and is a Flight Engineer on the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Texas Raiders" as well as a "Fortress Fixer" with the maintenance team.

Av8pix travels with a Canon camera kit that includes Canon's premium grade L glass lenses, laptop PC with CD and DVD burner so that photos can be burned to CD or DVD within minutes of the shots being taken, and flight comms for civilian and military aircraft!

 

This website is dedicated to aviating public servants the world over, be they NYPD's Aviation Unit, Hermann Hospital's Life Flight, LA Co. Fire Department's Air Attack, ICE, USAF PJs, USCG SAR, and all of the thousands of others not mentioned!