Hawk indeed, Chris (but easier to ID when it passed at treetop level). That
was in Northumberland last week.
550kt down the Menai Straits? Buzzing the Britannia Bridge, eh? Youthful
abandon, or what?
Thankfully up here we don't get the youthful Hawk pilots, but a more refined
type who have graduated to placing 500kg bombs precisely where they should
be.
Thanks for the peek at the hirsute past - it wasn't that long ago, was it?
Piers
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 September 2011 18:49
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Oly kit (or not), was Messing Around with Silver Effex Pro
v2
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That looks like a Hawk, by its planform at least.
Did I ever tell you that I was the first solo student on the Hawk, back in
1977?
If you can access this (it's public) here is a shot of me after the sortie,
a 20-min trip around Anglesey, culminating in a a 550kt whiz down the Menai
Straits:
<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4450879283&set=a.4138779283.747.511
529283&type=1&theater>
Again, halcyon days . . . :-)
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