Congratulations and good luck to both of you and your new arrival.

I’m in Mike Currils School (could have been actually we live quite close to each other !) and Kev35, I’m English and proud of it.
However I do wish Sibeluis had been English because we could have his fantastic work renamed ‘Englandia’ and use it as a national anthem, its a very patriotic and stiring piece of music almost makes me want to be a Fin.

where is it taken, at the bottom of a dissused reservoir?

Coanda,
Pretty much all of what has been said is correct and good advice.
I have tried for years to make a breakthrough in aviation photography, I started with two other mates at about the same time, some umpteen years ago and we all wanted to be centerfold ,front cover and calendar working for all of the top mags,supplying picture libraries and selling freelance. Well reality and experience will tell you that you aint going to do it, certainly not all three of you and certainly not to the same market. There are 10,000 and 1 other photographers like us, look at the amount of people taking pictures at airshows. Despite a couple of earlier comments I firmly believe that top equipment is very important, having said that we are in this transition period from real to digital photography, so just what is top equipment is quite difficult to define at the moment. For me its a couple of good Nikon bodies and a range of lenses, i’m pretty sure that I will buy the new Sigma 80-400 OS very soon, at least when some dealers have it and have forced the price down a bit .
But back to the question, and lets not deflate your enthusiasm, if you want to get some reward from this, it wont be financial however, concentrate on the non mainstream events or local stuff, small fly-ins etc or follow restoration projects and static ‘movements’ and write some text to support it (take a leaf out David Burkes book) and keep sending to the publishers, you will get something published one day, but don’t take a motgage based on it !.
Anyhow the three of us that started out all those years ago are still at it, one is now very much involved in the Shuttleworth collection and has been reasonably well published over recent years, the other is a regular contributor to mags in particular ‘Aircraft Illustrated’ and has done some commisioned work and then theres me.Well I have made a little niche out of it by giving slide talks to groups on aviation photography and history as well as the odd publication. I do still have to work however to pay the bills.
Earning from a passion is just a dream for the majority of folks I’m afraid, but like I say you keep doing it.
Phil

If I hear ‘Welcome to Duxford 2040’ I will be very happy, as I will be 82.

Digby, thats the most sensible comment that I have read all through this thread.

Andrewman.
Tell you what ,if you send me some of that stuff that you smoke we can add a few more to the list.