Taking off from the helipad of the RN frigate, HMS St. Albans. I got special permission to be on the deck at the takeoff, which is quite different from most helcopter takeoffs, much more rapid ascent to clear the ship. Lens at 44mm.
VF-211 F-14A Tomcat rests on Nimitz flight deck crossing the Atlantic at the end of a round-the-world deployment. (Photographer's name on rear cockpit rail.)