Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, Others like myself may be curious about the aircraft. Thanks for including the tail number in your photos. According to the AOPA data base, it is a Chinese-built version of the Russian YAK-18A. Jim Nichols > [Original Message] > From: <SonC@aol.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: 10/24/2004 5:13:32 PM > Subject: [Leica] airplanes > > > Last year I showed you a nice selection of Bellancas that flew in to > Natchitoches. They came back this weekend, and I really wanted to get out there, but > as things go, I did not have time. Funny thing about living is a small town. > > Anyhow, this morning, as I was getting out of my car at church, I heard the > beating of an old piston type overhead. I saw a star spangled something or > other that I could not identify. I was an Air Force brat, so, my heart thumped a > little, but I went on to church. > > Anyhow, I kept thinking about it, and in the middle afternoon, I made a pass > by the airport, just in time to find Jim prepping the airplane for the flight > home. His wife Ann was there too, they had been invited to the Bellanca fly > in. > > I took some pictures, and Jim took off. Maybe next year when they come, I > can hitch a ride to show you Natchitoches from the air. > > Aw.. that's selfish. A low wing plane is not good for photography. I would > be doing it for the thrill. > > Oh yeah, the pictures... http://www.sonc.com/cj6/ > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information