Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh fine, Herr Douglas. I loved them all. Shouldn't you be posting Focke-Wulf 190's and Bf109's ? Did I ever tell you that a Hoppy was lost attacking the dams in 1943? (Bomb aimer in FLTLT Astell's Lancaster AG-B). The aircraft and entire crew were lost. Their aircraft flew so low that it struck high tension wires near the Dutch border and was destroyed, the first casualties of the mission. Forty years later Hoppy was an armourer in the RAAF. Our service numbers 127817 (RAF) and 127521(RAAF) respectively. Hard to disregard the connection for me. Cheers Hoppy Per Ardua Ad Astra -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] For airplane fans- more Spitfires and Red Arrows So, the sub-gallery with Spitfires and the Red Arrow display team is finished. http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=98798 Terrible problems on all 3 days with changing light, bright sun, low cloud and light mist, and 1 Spitfire pilot who refused to fly his Spit so that you could see the cockpit too. All in all I'm quite pleased with what came out - and particularly pleased with the performance of a second hand CZ 3.5/200mm lens. The gallery is ordered with the 2 Spitfires first, then close ups (or tight crops of the Red Arrows, and finally, the Red Arrows showing the different display formations (the names of which I've forgotten. A little history concerning Whitby and Spitfires: The first German bomber shot down over the UK crashed in flames close to Whitby, the first German POW was taken prisoner in Whitby, and the Spitfire pilot who shot them down was Peter Townsend, later Princess Margaret's boyfriend - not the member of The Who, he's Peter Townshend with an "h". Cheers Douglas _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information