Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01

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Subject: [Leica] Re: P 51 for two
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Apr 1 11:12:55 2007
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Hi, Len,

Thanks for looking, and for your kind words.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: P 51 for two


> Hi Jim,
> 
> I have no idea what the pilots in the group are talking about. But I  
> do like your photos of these antiques. You have a nice collection.  
> Keep shooting.
> 
> Len
> 
> 
> On Apr 1, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 
>> Hi, Larry,
>>
>> My memory isn't too clear after 40 years.  I was renting a plane to  
>> fly locally, and practiced landings at Kissimmee when there was  
>> nothing there except for me and some cows. My, how that has  
>> changed.  When I asked about the Mustang, I seem to recall that the  
>> young man had family connections to the oil industry, hence money  
>> to afford such toys.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin"  
>> <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
>> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:37 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] Re: P 51 for two
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 1, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have never experienced the jump seat in the Mustang, but recall an
>>>> occasion during a short stay in Orlando 40 years ago when the   
>>>> usefulness of
>>>> the seat was obvious.  A young, local pilot who must have had  
>>>> independent
>>>> means taxied in and parked a Mustang, and, after he climbed out,  
>>>> a  very
>>>> attractive young lady in tight shirt and hip-huggers climbed out   
>>>> behind him.
>>>> The Mustang sure seemed a fine way to impress the ladies.
>>>
>>> That could well have been a law partner of my brother. He owned a   
>>> Mustang in which he used to fly from Chicago to Florida on  
>>> weekends,  usually accompanied by a very toothsome morsel whom he  
>>> wanted to  impress. He couldn't get insurance on the plane. Every  
>>> time he took  off he said that he felt as if he was flying with a  
>>> big bag of money  hung out of the cockpit.
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: P 51 for two)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Re: P 51 for two)
Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re: P 51 for two)