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Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

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Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by slogen51 » Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:31 pm

Sorry the title makes it sound better than it is !

Three RAF Hawks from RAF Valley paid a brief visit to Lakenheath - call sign Ninja

4 Sqn Hawk T.2 : The prince of Wales ?

ImageZK026 Ninja 1 Lakenheath 12-06-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

ImageZK028 Ninja 2 Lakenheath 12-06-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

ImageZK029 Ninja 3 Lakenheath 12-06-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

200 mm lens + a Nikon 1.4 tele converter on a D3300 crop sensor camera = Approx 420mm focal length (I think) hand held at 1/500 sec balancing on a ladder (sadly no more)

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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by paddyboy » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:59 am

Morning Mike :P

Nice shots :thumbs:

Any news of the missing ladder yet :S

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by slogen51 » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:21 am

Cheers

I heard it had run off to audition for Steps

Anyway it was only my Step ladder , my real ladder went upstairs

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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by Supra » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:30 am

My best step-ladder ever was intentionally left in Japan!
I once had a telescope ladder, couldn't see sod-all through it! :whistle:

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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by Herkchaser » Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:14 pm

Nice, quite smart these T-2s.
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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by Dave934 » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:32 pm

Nice set. It is the first time Hawks have been there? (Lakenheath)
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Re: Ninja Day at Lakenheath 12 June 18

Post by Blackcat1 » Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:08 pm

Used to see Hawk T1s there on weekend visits. 4th FTS pilot was a US exchange pilot. Nice shots.
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