Fairchild K-17
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A Fairchild K-17 A image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
The Fairchild K-17 was a Reconnaissance and Mapping Camera with between-the-lens shutter camera for vertical and oblique aerial photos, using 9 1/2" wide roll film for 9" x 9" images, with exchangeable cones with Bausch and Lomb Metrogon lens of 6", 12" and 24" focal length [1]
- 6-inch / f6.3
- 12-inch / f5
- 24-inch / f6
Notes
- ↑ Aerial Cameras by 20th Combat Mapping Squadron (archived)
Historic Images
A Fairchild K-17 installed for vertical photography in the nose of a Lockheed F-4 ('Photo-Lightning') image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives (Image rights) |