Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/24

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A-10 Warthog up close
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu May 24 18:27:40 2007
References: <79637171-EF5E-4622-AAC1-0D1E49D9C4B4@comcast.net> <4655C30A.5080408@gmx.de>

Thank you Douglas. It really looked neat as it flew out of the smoke.

Thanks for looking. I guess many of us are Star Wars fans. I just  
didn't make the connection.

Regards,
Len


On May 24, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Really looks like something thought up by George Lucas close-up -  
> May the Force be with you :-)
> Cheers
> Douglas
> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>> I took this photo in 2002 while these aircraft were preparing for  
>> an airshow at the local Air Station. The engineering building  
>> where I worked was only about 1/4 mile from the runway. The photo  
>> opportunities I had were much better then going to the show  
>> itself. All the aircraft including the USAF Thunderbirds practiced  
>> for two days prior to the show.
>>
>> This particular plane had just fired it's cannon and dropped a  
>> smoke bomb of some sort. I left the enlarged view larger then  
>> normal so you could see the pilot in the cockpit.
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Aircraft/A-10a.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/29epxg
>>
>> I hope you enjoy the photo of this amazing aircraft.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: A-10 Warthog up close)
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