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Hawk trainer

by HowardJ

Armed - with what?

RAF Valley 22/05/2012

Howard

Uploaded24/05/2012 - 19:23

CategoryTransport

BodyPENTAX K-5

Shutter Speed1/500

Aperturef/13

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length87.5mm

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Date Taken	22/05/2012 - 15:05
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5
Program Mode	Shutter Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/500
Aperture	f/13
ISO	100
Focal Length	87.5mm
Lens	N/A

prf1967 prf1967

9 posts
14 years
Lincolnshire,
England

Posted 24/05/2012 - 20:18 Link

Howard, I don't believe its armed. I think you're looking at the centre line fuel tank.

Paul

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HowardJ HowardJ

454 posts
19 years
Cheshire

Posted 24/05/2012 - 21:57 Link

Thanks, Paul, for that info. I didn't know that they carried an external fuel tank. Ijust looks like some sort of munition.

Cheers,

Howard

Cymru Am Byth

davesexton davesexton

34 posts
14 years
Worthing,
West Sussex

Posted 25/05/2012 - 00:17 Link

Howard,

I can confirm this is the centre line fuel tank.

Teh Hawk T2 is wonderful looki aircraft with which I am more than a little familiar

Cheers,

Dave

Capture: Pentax K-1, PENTAX HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8 ED SDM WR, PENTAX 100mm f/2.8 WR Macro, SAMYANG 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC, SAMYANG 35mm F1.4 AS UMC, • SAMYANG 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC

Processing: Adobe Bridge for organisation, DxO Optics Pro Elite for RAW development, ON1 Photo RAW for some 'stylising' and Affintiy Photo for more involved edits.

keltos keltos

20 posts
14 years
Pietrebais,
Belgium atm

Posted 26/05/2012 - 22:00 Link

Sooo the K5 is more than up to the job for spotting right ?