This image of the Hawk was published in a Short Communication in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand:
DE Cook, PA Strong, SA Garrett and RE Marshall (2012). A small unmanned aerial system (UAS) for coastal atmospheric research: preliminary results from NewZealand.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2012.695280
It shows the Hawk gliding with motor off (the propeller is folded back against the fuselage). The pitot probe is clearly visible on the port wing. A temperature and humidity probe manufactured by Vaisala Oyj is mounted under the starboard wing. In this application, all measurements were collected on-board and combined with time-stamped GPS data for transmission to the Ground Control Station at 0.25 second intervals.
This beautiful photograph was taken by D. Ashman of the Defence Technology Agency.
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